certain logic

collocation in English

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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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logic
noun[U]
uk
/ˈlɒdʒ.ɪk/us
/ˈlɑː.dʒɪk/
a particular way of thinking, especially one that is reasonable and based on ...
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(Definition ofcertainandlogicfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The sparsity of resources within a mobile animal's domain compels acertainlogic, one that all energy-consuming autonomous agents must follow.
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We have to recognise the fact that this trend exists and that there is acertainlogicabout it.
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It has acertainlogicbehind it.
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We may not like being all in, but at least there would be acertainlogicabout that.
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I believe there is acertainlogicin that view.
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All those arguments have acertainlogic.
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I believe that there is acertainlogicin that.
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There is acertainlogicin the case that the police put forward, but there are others who come into contact with the public.
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For that reason there iscertainlogicin the proposition that the funding council should be consulted before considerable loans are drawn upon.
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There was, in a sense, acertainlogicabout it.
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There is acertainlogicin that but it is not an admirable attitude.
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I suppose that the theory that, by mentioning large firms, only one automatically excludes small firms has acertainlogic.
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I accept that there appears to be acertainlogicin charging for drainage on the basis of the size of the area drained.
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The old, pre-war electoral structure of suffrage limited to householders had acertainlogicwhich worked reasonably well.
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There is acertainlogicin this amendment.
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I do not agree with that position, but it has acertainlogic.
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There is acertainlogicin that.
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One can see acertainlogicin this.
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There is in all this acertainlogic.
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I concede that there is acertainlogicin that —there is no easy way to differentiate between them.
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