Sentence examples for have only certain from inspiring English sources

In nuclear, atomic, and molecular systems, the excited states are not continuously distributed but have only certain discrete energy values.

Electrons in an atom can have only certain well-defined energies, and, depending on their energies, the electrons are said to occupy particular energy levels.

Here you have only certain speeds — seventy-four and so on [he means seventy-eight] — but there you could play a Beethoven symphony very, very slow, and very quick at the same time… I put these things together in what one would call today a multifocal way.

Such a class is allowed to have only certain marginal distributions and the corresponding restrictions are given in terms of marginal densities and hazard rates.

According to quantum mechanics, an atom can have only certain discrete amounts of energy depending on how its innards are gyrating.

But, in having a body, we are spatially located creatures: we must always be facing some direction, have only certain objects in view, be within reach of certain others.

Kelly stated that he made his judgment based on the entire event and had not theorized how it would have changed had only certain parts of the incident occurred.

"From my own experience I've known schools that have had very patchy behaviour but they've had good ratings simply because the inspectors have only seen certain lessons or certain situations, which are often quite artificial".

Debt collectors have only a certain number of years to sue consumers.

"I work long hours and have only a certain amount of free time," he said.

You see that there is a beginning and an end and that you have only a certain amount of time to act.