great certainty

collocation in English

meaningsofgreatandcertainty

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great
adjective
uk
/ɡreɪt/us
/ɡreɪt/
large in amount, size, ...
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certainty
noun
uk
/ˈsɜː.tən.ti/us
/ˈsɝː.tən.ti/
something that cannot ...
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(Definition ofgreatandcertaintyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofgreat certainty

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It is difficult to predict with anygreatcertaintywhat the demand for personal assistants will be.
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Progress thus depends on the congruence of individual interests with the requirements of research, a circumstance, which cannot be predicted with anygreatcertainty.
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Hamlet takes his time, but finally acts withgreatcertaintywhen fate calls upon him, and then with talent and for the moral good.
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It can thus be established withgreatcertaintywhether a patient previously has been in contact with the psychiatric service, irrespective of, for example, name changes.
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Everyone is saying that there will begreatcertaintyand that no other member state is going to make use of the power of derogation.
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It is obviously difficult to predict volcanic eruptions withgreatcertainty.
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Nor will there begreatcertaintyof payment.
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For a few—we may think of them as the fortunate few—the resolution of these conflicts is usually a matter ofgreatcertaintyand no difficulty.
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That is ourgreatcertainty, and there is no need to theorise about that, because that is the fact.
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It is difficult to analyse the figures with anygreatcertainty, for the following reason.
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The report submits its conclusions with a very considerable degree of diffidence and without any verygreatcertainty.
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We cannot look too far into the futue with anygreatcertainty.
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If we are talking about rights of access to a judicial forum, it is important to havegreatcertainty about who may be a party and who may initiate proceedings.
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There men are remarkable for the accuracy of their aim; striking a mark withgreatcertaintyat two hundred yards distance.
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It has remained difficult to establish withgreatcertaintywhich methods, if any, are effective over a significant period of time.
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While utility maximization was not a controversial assumption, the underlying utility functions could not be measured withgreatcertainty.
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The exact extent of the underground passageways is still not known with anygreatcertainty, despite investigations commissioned by the town, but the length is at least 40 km.
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