Sentence examples for showed a certain amount from inspiring English sources

"He showed a certain amount of fortitude in addressing the emergency and stepping out early, I'll give him that," said State Sen. Henry P. McNamara, a Republican from Bergen County who is co-chairman of the Senate Environment Committee.

Oldham remembers La Roux turning up to sign her recording contract "wearing a T-shirt that said 'I Am a Cunt', which I thought showed a certain amount of chutzpah".

Chivu lost no time in picking up the game's second booking, all too predictably for clipping Robben's heels, before Thomas Müller showed a certain amount of frustration with the blue wall in front of him by shooting hopelessly and pointlessly over from 25 yards.

Jean-Francois Copé, the head of the main center-right opposition party, the Union for a Popular Movement, posited in a French radio interview that the president either "knew nothing, and that's extremely serious because it means he showed a certain amount of naïveté," or that "he knew, and that means he lied to the French people".

Those that showed a certain amount of capability were then allow to do the next step of do the task in the real world".

Harwood writes that Shakespear's attitude to the situation showed a certain amount of "timidity" on his part and a definite "dislike of scenes".

A quick look at Obama's previous public statements on capital punishment shows a certain amount of what can only be described as "trimming".

"The stocks are down because it shows a certain amount of unethical behavior," said Christopher Ellinghaus, an energy analyst with the William Capital Group.

Modernism characteristically shows a certain amount of what we, or our parents, would call ugliness, but Cunningham's musical program displays more ugliness, or simply triviality.

The robber's spree shows "a certain amount of perseverance," said Thomas W. McKenna, a retired first-grade detective with the New York police.

The menu, which changes constantly, shows a certain amount of West Indies influence, with starters like the coconut and conch salad and main courses like Cajun-spiced Atlantic swordfish.