Hence creation in the creature is only a certain relation to the Creator as to the principle of its being; even as in passion, which implies movement, is implied a relation to the principle of motion.
In one sense it means a certain relation of one quantity to another, according as double, treble and equal are species of proportion.
I answer that, To enjoy implies a certain relation of the will to the last end, according as the will has something by way of last end.
Comprehension is not a distinct operation from vision; but a certain relation to the end already gained.
Choice includes something that consent has not, namely, a certain relation to something to which something else is preferred: and therefore after consent there still remains a choice.
But because evil has a certain relation to good, since it comes after good, as privation comes after habit; consequently daring which pursues evil, comes after hope which pursues good.
In the case we have just been considering the objective consists of two parts with a certain relation (that of left-to-right), and the proposition consists of images of these parts with the very same relation.
Even an oath has a certain relation to sacred things, in so far as it consists in calling a sacred thing to witness.
But it is due to the soul that the flesh is human even after the soul has been separated from it--namely, inasmuch as by God's ordinance there remains in the dead flesh a certain relation to the resurrection.
For towards the end it is borne simply and absolutely, as towards what is good in itself; but towards the means it is borne under a certain relation, as the goodness of the means depends on something else.
Investment takes the form of putting in a sum of money in the hope of getting an income bearing a certain relation to it.
It is dependent on it in the sense that, if there is anything which is this inkstand, then, in perceiving that thing, I am knowing it only as the thing which stands in a certain relation to this sense-datum.
And similarly in the case of two sense-data which are presented to me simultaneously, I do not know the one only as a thing which has a certain relation to the other.
The organs of the thoracic region hold a certain relation to each other and to the thoracic walls.
The organs of both the thorax and the abdomen have a certain relation to each other, as they lie above and below the diaphragm.
The organs of the abdomen hold likewise a certain relation to each other and to the abdominal parietes.
But undoubtedly, after however wide an interval, the Homeric poems thus far at least stand in a certain relation to the Scriptures, that no other work of man can be compared to them.
These objects are generally such as stand in a certain relation to action: they either do, suffer, or contain.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "certain relation" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
