Sentence examples for certain would be from inspiring English sources

ATTENTION immediately shifted to Merrill Lynch, which many were certain would be the next to topple.

That was one of several dispiriting media moments last week for the vice president, a week that his staff had been certain would be a winner for him.

There was one in particular that I was certain would be perfect for a murder, if only I could find it.

He wanted to use his knowledge as a geneticist to explore the causal linkage that he was certain would be there.

"I'll never forget the incredible passion he had for a very simple idea that he was absolutely 100 percent certain would be important to the culture of the United States in the next 20 years".

The company submitted the RFP on time, all its i's dotted and t's crossed, then waited with bated breath for what Alan was certain would be a positive response from BellSouth.

Anything above a certain amount, or beyond a certain time, would be considered fraud.

Relax the exclusion criteria that ban certain would-be donors?

But certain would-be collaborators have been turned away, he said.

The lefty, progressive Teachout-Wu challenge to Governor Andrew Cuomo and his conservative candidate for lieutenant governor, Kathy Hochul, was only two weeks old, but there were hopeful murmurs among some guests, who recalled house parties around Hyde Park in 1996, in support of a certain would-be state senator who went on to bigger things.

Even at the New York Blood Center, which supplies blood to 200 hospitals in the New York area, some officials question the tight restrictions placed on certain would-be donors, including any man who has had even a single homosexual encounter in the last 23 years.