Sentence examples for amount certain from inspiring English sources

Mr. Bush's budget would cut earmarks by $18 billion, an amount certain to provoke outcries in Congress but so small as to be of symbolic importance.

The likelihood must be that this review will lead to an increase in the amount certain groups are told to get, new initiatives to raise awareness of the problem and – the hard bit – ideas on how to get more of us to get more vitamin D.

Administration officials, however, said they believed the discrepancy was closer to $400 million — an amount certain to grow, because a federal Medicaid grant projected to be $1 billion is to be cut by at least several hundred million dollars and probably more.

Feed tadpoles small amounts of certain soft, leafy greens.

Set it for a certain amount of miles, a certain amount of calories cut or weight lost, or a certain amount of days you've gone without caving.

A successful controlled burn requires a certain amount of wind and a certain amount of dryness.

Oliver's work combines a certain amount of coziness and a certain amount of daring.

It's because he comes with a certain amount of history and a certain amount of baggage.

Challenge yourself to finish a certain amount or to get through a certain amount of time.

A certain amount of birthdays have gone by, a certain amount of Christmases.

We compromise a certain amount.