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Meanings of certain figures in English

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Usage of certain figures in English
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Into this Hand very gently, very tenderly, certain figures were drawn-Mrs
The Prelude to Adventure
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Why should you wonder that certain figures are dear to me?
The Precipice
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She arranged the eggs in the form of certain figures.
Fifty Famous Stories Retold
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Hester, being the biggest girl, was to lead in certain figures on the ice.
The Girls of Central High Aiding the Red Cross / Or, Amateur The...
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But certain figures he copied carefully into his notebook.
The Sign at Six
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She had hurriedly skimmed through the letter, which seemed to be composed of certain figures and accounts.
A Ward of the Golden Gate
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A previous report-analysis of the situation (erasure ordered) compared Caird-Duncan to certain figures of ancient mythology.
Dayworld Breakup
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There are certain figures in pop culture who always produce colourful copy and are thus in steady demand.
The Irish Times
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And these sentences are also called PARABLES, because great truths are often couched in them under certain figures and similitudes.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Old Testament — Part 2
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Harris took a package of papers from his pocket and selected a single sheet on which were written certain figures.
The Lever: A Novel
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We may point out certain figures or politicians who are supporting or not supporting certain things that do affect the community.
The Guardian
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There are none, and it appears certain figures are, if not off limits exactly, then irrelevant to the overall satirical thrust.
The Guardian
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The painter Hogarth was one day reading in Italian a speech about the beauty of certain figures, attributed to Michael Angelo.
Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic
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In this circle I had certain figures: my childhood buddy, my camp counselor, my college roommate, my business partner, my closest confidant.
The Council of Dads
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There were two armlets, a tiara, and a kind of pectoral; the latter having in high relief certain figures of almost unbearable extravagance.
The New Annotated H. P. Lovecraft
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In the middle distance certain figures began insistently to stand out,-figuresof women sitting alone wherever he looked he met a provoking gaze.
The Inside of the Cup — Volume 04
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