I noticed that in the Red Sea and in the Mediterranean there existed a certain numberof fishes of a kind perfectly identical.
It rallied round it a certain number of partisans.
The breakfast consisted of a certain number of dishes, the contents of which were furnished by the sea alone; and I was ignorant of the nature and mode of preparation of some of them.
The principal bookseller of the town, Blanco, a man of great wealth and respectability, consented to become my agent here, and I in consequence deposited in his shop a certain number of New Testaments.
I therefore deposited a certain number of copies in the despacho, and announced them for sale.
If the idea of combat lies at the foundation of every application of armed power, then also the application of armed force in general is nothing more than the determining and arranging a certain number of combats.
The reader will readily agree with us that, supposing an equal degree of discernment to be forthcoming in a certain number of cases, a thousand times as many of them will end in disaster through over-anxiety as through boldness.
At last, at some distance from the centre, on the borders of what I have called the resting-floor, the Spider abruptly terminates her spiral when the space would still allow of a certain number of turns.
I place a certain number, one by one, in bottles small in capacity, but having a wide neck capable of surrounding the entrance to the burrow.
The several straps, after describing a certain numberof turns, ravel out at the ends and hang loose.
Twisted shells with red lips like unicorn's horns ornamented the mantelpiece, which was draped by a pall of purple plush from which depended a certain number of balls.
By degrees a certain number of people began to come down the stairs and to pass through the hall, and in this dim light their figures possessed a sort of grace and beauty, although they were all unknown people.
For this purpose, by a decree of the senate, a certain number of the sons of the leading men at Rome was sent to the twelve states of Etruria for instruction.
He summoned the city-tribes to enlist; but no qualified persons appearing, he ordered all masters to send a certain number of slaves, the best they had, not excepting their stewards and secretaries.
In the same way, I used to see at my uncle's house the best of Oxford company, and also a certain number of Cambridge men.
If you choose out of the body of the population a certain number of men to rule, those men are sure to have divergent views and aims.
There are, I suppose, a certain number of young people to whom it would be unsafe to give a full measure of eulogy.
A boat was lowered, the crew slipped into their places, and a certain number of lady passengers were hastily handed down the gangway.
Eve had written a certain number of short essays--painfully conscious all the while of their simplicity and faultiness.
You see, FitzHenry, in all commerce there are a certain number of fools for the wise men to outwit.
I have known him to spend a planting season in figuring on the production of a certain number of kernels of corn, instead of planting the corn and raising it.
It most fortunately happened that I did not lose a case in those alleys, though I took all kinds, as I had to treat a certain number of surgical and obstetrical cases in my course.
The authorities should employ some dependable sportsman to shoot a certain number of rams which are now in undue proportion, as the ewes with young lambs have been an easier prey to the unsparing Cypriotes.
These men, under the command of a certain number of officers, should be quartered in particular districts, and would quickly acquire a knowledge of the localities.
This arrangement, however, cost him much of his popularity in Bulgaria, while discontent prevailed among a certain number of his officers, who considered themselves slighted in the distribution of rewards at the close of the campaign.
By further decomposition peptones yield peptides, a certain number of which have been synthesized by Emil Fischer and his collaborators.
The mere preparations gave pleasant proof of the devotion to him of a certain number, who entered without question into his plans.
And a certain number of weeks afterwards it was known that "the mad Duke" had reappeared, to the dismay of court marshals.
He tells that the animal has a certain number of legs, and gives other points of a like nature.
This player counts up to a certain number, as the ball passes back and forth along the line; as a certain number is called, the holder of the ball throws it so as to strike one of the players.
A certain number of ends complete a given range, while two or three ranges form a round.
There are no specific taxes, but he occasionally makes a call upon the country for a certain number of goats and supplies.
I told him, that I should hold him responsible, and that he should pay me the value of the lost effects in a certain number of cows.
Every garden is full of this species of tree, as their cultivation is necessary for the supply of clothing; when a man takes a wife he plants a certain number of trees, that are to be the tailors of the expected family.
He has accordingly hit upon the practical expedient of keeping a certain number of wives in each of his villages: thus, when he makes a journey through his territory, he is always at home.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "certain number" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
