Sentence examples for a certain underpinning of from inspiring English sources

Both have a certain underpinning of secrecy.

A certain caution underpinned his calm; he had, after all, chosen to pass up the opportunity of high freelance fees in favour of the security of remaining a BBC staff member.

And it was a friendship that to a certain extent underpinned the peace agreements after 2006.

He described the heritage of Gaullism as "a certain idea of democracy that underpins all our institutions".

Whether you're reading about the latest tragedy or writing about it, gathering in a public place that's underpinned by a certain sense of community is a crucial counterbalance. .

In short, in the European view, social stability is desirable, and if a certain amount of inflexibility is needed to underpin it, that is a price worth paying to avoid the restless uncertainties of America's market-driven model.Yet the curious thing is that European society at least in the Nordic countries is far less stable than America's.

I have come to understand that the systems that underpin the top professions in Britain are set up to serve only a certain section of society: they're readily identifiable by privileged backgrounds, particular schools and accents.

A certain type of author.

To learn a certain set of knowledge.

You need a certain perspective of time".

Both evoked a certain amount of controversy.