"certain corporations" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it when you are referring to specific groups of corporations. For example, "Certain corporations have been found to be contributing to climate change."
Yes, the increasing use of solar and other alternative fuels could reduce certain corporations' profits, but corporate interest should not trump the planet.
Only certain corporations with a limited number of individual shareholders can make the election.
Currently, houses of worship, religiously affiliated colleges and hospitals, and certain corporations can obtain an exemption from the requirement.
It is allowed on an optional basis in the United States for certain corporations having only one class of stock and no more than 10 shareholders.
[C3.] Citigroup Stopping Some Loans After several years of lobbying by the Rainforest Action Network, Citigroup plans to announce that it will stop lending money to certain corporations and projects criticized by the environmental group.
All this bred an understandable horror of "interference", whose consequences can be seen in every area of the current economic landscape from cheap alcohol to planning, and the nurturing of an environment in which certain corporations and certain individuals continue to get away with murder.
"The question is whether speech that goes to the very heart of government should be limited to certain preferred corporations; namely, media corporations," he said in a speech to the Federalist Society, a conservative group.
In the 2007 Wisconsin Right to Life case, the court ruled that certain nonprofit corporations could spend corporate money on electioneering so long as it stopped short of calling for the election or defeat of a candidate.
Others are planning to paint a "trail of blood" on the pavement outside the offices of certain targeted corporations.
I also see a motivation to hand out money to certain large corporations that are very good at lobbying".
For example - in certain German corporations the board of directors partly consist of worker/union representatives - which greatly changes the types of incentives and motivations at stake - but that's just my own personal view.
