Sentence examples for certain often from inspiring English sources
However, in the last five years, things have drastically changed; films such as Nymphomaniac and Shame and television shows like Girls and This Is England have endeavoured to tell certain (often ugly) truths about sexual behaviour.
The pattern is predictable: a foreign aid worker or journalist (or someone mistaken for a foreigner) is abducted; certain, often juvenile, demands are made, and the captive is released unharmed - though shaken up - a few days (and often hours, later).
A cable operator can offer service ubiquitously throughout a given neighborhood while telephone technicians must generally make certain, often by hand, that the wire going to each house is capable of supporting broadband service.
If economics could try harder to recognise that people try to be rational, but in certain, often predictable, ways fail to be, the positivist approach would have a better foundation.
It's heartbreaking stuff — I will confess that I found myself sobbing at certain, often unexpected, points, as when Emily donates a set of monogrammed luggage, feeling like "an executioner" — and yet the novel's brilliance lies just as much in O'Nan's innate comic timing, which often stems from Emily's self-imposed isolation from, and disgust with, the modern world.
Some investors will only invest within certain (often nearby) geographies; I've personally been asked countless times by investors if I'd be open to moving.
Though very little voter fraud has been uncovered, tactics include reducing the number of polling stations, decreasing the amount of days open for voting, requiring voters to present certain often-difficult-to-obtain forms of photo identification, and other measures.
As we have previously reported, prisoners in this country are frequently denied access to certain books, often for arbitrary reasons.
In situations like these, certain patterns often emerge.
One thing is almost certain: surprises often lurk beneath the paint.
Audiences are accustomed to scenes of a certain length; often they are awaiting the cut.
