Certain Phosphate Lands: Nauru v. Australia led to an out-of-court settlement to rehabilitate the mined-out areas of Nauru.

Certain areas of the Empire, such as Egypt and Algeria, became independent in all but name, and later came under the influence of Britain and France.

Certain areas of law were placed under ecclesiastical authority.

Certain areas within easy reach of Rome offered cool lodgings in the heat of summer.

Certain higher areas in the north, however, record more than a year, as do some coastal sites.

Certain areas of Saskatchewan and Manitoba are designated as rural municipalities, while equivalent areas in Alberta are designated as municipal districts and some in British Columbia are designated as district municipalities.

Certain inland areas, including the Petaluma area and the Santa Rosa Plain, are also prone to this normal fog pattern in general.

Certain areas within that region currently ( as of July 2009 ) have dispersal orders as a measure to reduce crime.

Certain areas of the traditionally defined Midwest are often cited as not being representative of the region, while other areas traditionally outside of the Midwest are often claimed to be part of the Midwest.

Certain areas of the town were selected to be used as sets in the filming of 1992's Universal Soldier, supposedly due to the extremely low purchase price and poor condition of several buildings, including an old motel, which were blown up for cinematic effect.

Certain protected areas exist that shelter large and exceptionally visible populations of lions, hyenas, leopards and cheetahs, such as Botswana's Chobe, Kenya's Masai Mara, and Tanzania's Serengeti.

Certain areas on the board ( where cities existed historically ) have a square printed in them to designate them as city sites, which require five population tokens to produce a city — non city sites require twelve such tokens.

* 189 Class: Certain locomotives of DB Schenker Rail class 189 are operating primarily in the Netherlands, they are distinguished by large white contrast areas on the front sides ( otherwise painted red ).

Certain areas ( such as the Himalayas ) are not in isostatic equilibrium, which has forced researchers to identify other reasons to explain their topographic heights ( in the case of the Himalayas, which are still rising, by proposing that their elevation is being " propped-up " by the force of the impacting Indian plate ).

Certain species are more common in certain areas than others ; for example, the American hoverfly, Eupeodes americanus, is common in the Nearctic ecozone, and the Common hoverfly, Melangyna viridiceps, is common in the Australasia ecozone.

Certain NIGMS training programs address areas in which there are particularly compelling needs.

Certain plot-related areas are restricted from access, but the player character has another ability called " Gate Hacking " which allows him to access these areas using " Virus Cores " obtained through Data Drain.

Certain areas are traditionally held to be belonging to women.

Certain coastal areas of this Park are breeding areas for the endangered Yellow-eyed Penguin.

Certain holidays, such as August 25, Feast Day of Saint Louis, were celebrated with concerts and fireworks in the park.

Certain models of trackless train may look the same as narrow gauge rail guided amusement park trains, due to the common manufacture of both vehicles.

Willard Thorp, in his new book, American Writing In The Twentieth Century, observes, quite validly it seems: `` Certain subjects are conspicuously absent or have been only lightly touched.

Certain other deductions are not allowed in determining Adjusted Gross Income.

Certain pianistic traits are common to all five Schnabelian renditions, most notably the `` Schnabel trill '' ( which differs from the conventional trill in that the two notes are struck simultaneously ).

Certain other properties of small particles, in addition to those already mentioned in connection with penetration of the respiratory tract, are noteworthy in defense considerations.

Certain badly disillusioned market critics are often apt to feel that there is something somehow unfair, dirty, or even thoroughly criminal about this interplay of competitive forces.

Certain specific conditions are excluded as disabilities, such as current substance abuse and visual impairment that is correctable by prescription lenses.

Certain indigenous religious groups such as the Australian Aborigines are more typically totemic, whereas others like the Inuit are more typically animistic in their worldview.

Certain stones, when examined in thin sections by transmitted light, show a diffraction spectrum due to the extreme delicacy of the successive bands, whence they are termed rainbow agates.

Certain object types, including ACIS solids and regions, are not documented.

Certain natural substances are reputed to have anxiolytic properties, including the following:

Certain international trade laws, such as those on intellectual property, are also enforced in India.

Certain other state agencies enjoy considerable operational independence and autonomy ; they include the electrical power, the nationalized commercial banks ( which are open to competition from private banks ), and the social security agency.

Certain elements have no stable isotopes and are composed only of radioactive isotopes: specifically the elements without any stable isotopes are technetium ( atomic number 43 ), promethium ( atomic number 61 ), and all observed elements with atomic numbers greater than 82.

Certain people are known even to people unfamiliar with the area in which they excelled.

Certain Jewish thinkers, such as Maimonides, believed that concubines are strictly reserved for kings, and thus that a commoner may not have a concubine ; indeed, such thinkers argued that commoners may not engage in any type of sexual relations outside of a marriage.

Certain sub-castes are shunned more than others.

Certain Latin-Rite Catholic priests may receive a dispensation to be married before ordination, and all Eastern Catholic priests outside the United States are also permitted to be married, provided they are so before ordination.

Certain drawing methods or approaches, such as " doodling ," other informal kinds of drawing, and the surrealist method of " entopic graphomania ", in which dots are made at the sites of impurities in a blank sheet of paper, and lines are then made between the dots, may or may not be considered part of " drawing " as a " fine art ".

Certain forms of the gene are associated with a mild form of epilepsy.

Certain aspects of XP have changed since the book Extreme Programming Refactored ( 2003 ) was published ; in particular, XP now accommodates modifications to the practices as long as the required objectives are still met.