The phrase "a certain weight of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to an unspecified or approximate amount of weight in a context where the exact measurement is not crucial.
Example: "The recipe calls for a certain weight of flour to achieve the desired texture."
Alternatives: "an approximate weight of" or "a specific amount of weight".
"There is a certain weight of responsibility.
Being booked for a festival says you are worth a certain weight of cultural and commercial capital.
But I suppose that when you get a certain weight of a body of work, then people have to give some respect for that.
Speaking at a press conference before the premiere, Cumberbatch said: "Getting an idea of his story out there does bear a certain weight of responsibility.
So it's hard to stop a certain weight of expectation hanging heavy over the duo's first joint-effort in 27 years.
He has been subjected to strict sentencing mandatory minimum laws in Alabama because the cannabis offense involves a certain weight of the drug and comes on top of convictions for armed robbery more than 30 years ago in Florida when Brooker held up a series of liquor stores, his trial lawyer John Steensland said on Wednesday.
"He adds a certain weight to the crew because of what he's done and his confidence.
Further to this, there needs to be a greater availability of regular community support groups, marketed in a way that highlights the fact that you don't have to be of a certain weight to attend.
The bureau's agents go out each month and look for a list of the same products -- a certain weight box of Tide, for example -- and record their prices.
On the very first page of his book, The True Gold Standard, Lewis Lehrman advocates a return to a form of gold standard where, "…the United States dollar will be defined…as a certain weight unit of gold…" In other words, under Mr. Lehrman's proposed system, gold would once again be money.
These powders are available (e.g. from the Institute of Reference Materials and Measurements, European Commission Joint Research Centre, Geel, Belgium [ 12]), and are certified for a certain weight percentage of a specific GM event, hence their name "certified reference materials" (CRMs).
