certain aspect

collocation in English

meaningsofcertainandaspect

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certain
adjective
uk
/ˈsɜː.tən/us
/ˈsɝː.tən/
having no doubt or knowing exactly that something is true, or known to be true, correct, exact, ...
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aspect
noun
uk
/ˈæs.pekt/us
/ˈæs.pekt/
one part of a situation, problem, ...
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(Definition ofcertainandaspectfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In our view, each such attribute is processed independently to control acertainaspectof our actions.
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It is not the function of a name to refer exhaustively to a concrete situation, but merely to single out and dwell upon acertainaspect.
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Guided by various factors such as educational background, profession, personal interests and experience, an individual decides whether acertainaspectis worth being included in a summary.
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In sum, deliberate manipulation of someone else's attention and the highlighting of acertainaspect of the speaker's perception via language is a sophisticated feat of human communication.
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So, our concern for equality is not separable from our concern for acertainaspectof fairness; they are part and parcel of a single concern.
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Often simulation will enable us to produce a representation of acertainaspectof nature that is extremely difficult to observe.
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Onecertainaspectof health is that demand will increase into the indefinite future.
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It relates to acertainaspectof defence.
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It is acertainaspectof the pneumoconiosis and silicosis cases which arose in 1922.
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It might mean surrender of acertainaspectof sovereignty by various countries.
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There is here acertainaspectaffecting safety.
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I congratulate him also on the fact that he wisely decided not to pursue acertainaspectfor which his predecessor was known.
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Onecertainaspectof that would be far fewer cases.
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They objected to acertainaspectof the recommendations, but when we responded, the goalposts were moved again.
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That clause is concerned with making statutory provision for acertainaspectof our international obligations.
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None of us can put a finger on acertainaspectof flying and say that it is dangerous.
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We have disposed ofcertainaspectof research, but the question of planning has been left somewhat in the air.
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So vast is the range of this subject that in a single speech one must restrict oneself to discussing acertainaspectof it.
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There is acertainaspectof what one might call loyalty to one's party.
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Experience shows that if one can involve workers in acertainaspectof industrial life, that does far more good than constantly preaching and putting up posters.
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