Sentence examples for contains a certain from inspiring English sources

Gulbranson's moment of hesitation contains a certain explanatory power.

This luridly gory show also contains a certain amount of subtle pathos.

"Unfortunately, the water contains a certain amount of radiation," Mr. Edano said.

(There's nothing worse than the "two-mailbox" problem, where you can't figure out which machine contains a certain message).

The nucleus contains a certain number (Z) of protons and a generally different number (N) of neutrons.

This water contains a certain number of viruses, bacteria and other microorganisms, which can cause some diseases.

In referring to actions “brought under” §11046(a), §11046(c) means suits contending that §11046(a) contains a certain requirement.

While childhood can be terminated by murder and marriage, it also contains a certain elasticity that can propel it in a seemingly endless extension in the opposite direction.

Each hair follicle (the tissue that surrounds each strand of hair) contains a certain number of pigment cells and, as we get older, they gradually begin to die.

"It's a movie that contains a certain amount of unseemly gore and makes no sense whatsoever," Vincent Canby wrote in The New York Times.

From the beginning, the commandment contains a certain tension concerning the answer to the question: Does it refer only to fellow Christians or to "all"?