Sentence examples for be a certain number from inspiring English sources
"One woman wanted her flowers' petals to be a certain number of centimeters across.
Others might require the unit to be a certain number of feet from the rear and side property lines.
"There will be a certain number of banks that will not pass and others that barely do so," said Michel Barnier, the European Union commissioner for internal markets.
"He is convinced to this day that he had a special insight that there had to be a certain number of deaths every year to avoid natural disasters," Dr. Lunde said.
Fixing does not mean a definite result is arranged for a particular game, though that does happen, rather that there might be a certain number of goals, or penalties, scored in the second half.
There should at the very least be designated areas for smokers within these public places, or a requirement that smokers be a certain number of feet away from other people.
There are a certain number of slots out there and opportunities out there.
"There are a certain number of people who may not relate to the party's past.
"What remains is a certain number of individuals prone to carrying them or hiding them.
"There are a certain number of politicians who have lost their sangfroid," Mr. Bonnet said.
With "every plastic surgery procedure, there's a certain number of people afterwards that are unhappy," Dr. Kent said.
