Certain relics will also affect his statistics: the Fang of Vlad increases his defense points, for example.

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.

Certain this menace was only imaginary, he yet stared in fascinated horror, his hand sticky against the stock of his weapon.

Certain complex character combinations can only be accomplished in a double-byte language, giving rise to especially complex forms, sometimes known by their romanized Japanese name of kaomoji.

Certain popular stories, such as the Prodigal Son and the Good Samaritan, are found only in this gospel.

Certain European ritual traits such as the significance of the number 3, the importance of the head and of water sources such as springs remain in the archaeological record, but the differences in the votive offerings made at the Roman Baths ( Bath ), Bath, Somerset before and after the Roman conquest suggest that continuity was only partial.

Among his extant writings, Calvin only dealt explicitly with issues of contemporary Jews and Judaism in one treatise, Response to Questions and Objections of a Certain Jew.

Certain medications have been associated with an increase in osteoporosis risk ; only steroids and anticonvulsants are classically associated, but evidence is emerging with regard to other drugs.

Certain revolvers, called double action only ( DAO ) or, more correctly but less commonly self cocking, lack the latch that enables the hammer to be locked to the rear, and thus can only be fired in the double action mode.

Certain schools also regulate student hairstyles, footwear, and book bags ; but these particular rules are usually adhered to only on special occasions, such as trimester opening and closing ceremonies and school photo days.

Certain bat-pollinated wild pineapples only open their flowers at night.

Certain Protestants ( for instance the magisterial reformers ) hold that one can be guilty of sin even if it is not voluntary ; The Catholic Church, by contrast, traditionally has held that one is subjectively guilty of sin only when the sin is voluntary.

Certain plants always grow as vines, while a few grow as vines only part of the time.

Certain assumptions are taken in its deduction, therefore Gibbs isotherm can only be applied to ideal ( very dilute ) solutions with two components.

Certain enumerated exceptions include emergency vehicles, electric wheelchairs for those with disabilities, snowmobiles in winter, and golf carts for on-course use only.

Certain design approaches can guarantee stability, for example by using only feed-forward circuits such as an FIR filter.

Certain types of medications can only be given intravenously, such as when there is insufficient uptake by other routes of administration such as enterally.

Certain foods and lifestyle are considered to promote gastroesophageal reflux, but a 2006 review suggested that evidence for most dietary interventions is anecdotal ; only weight loss and elevating the head of the bed were supported by evidence.

Certain countries, such as Israel, only allow couples to register on the condition that they have first been married in a religious ceremony recognised by the state, or were married in a different country.

Certain of Gurdjieff's followers claim that the Gurdjieff Movements can only be properly transmitted by those who themselves have been initiated in the direct line of Gurdjieff ; otherwise, they say, it leads nowhere.

Certain mediumwave frequencies were set aside under the North American Radio Broadcasting Agreement ( NARBA ) for nighttime use by only one or two specific AM stations, covering a wide area via skywave propagation ; these frequencies were known as the clear channels, and the stations on them are thus clear-channel stations.

Certain stops may be restricted to ' set-down only ' or ' pick-up only '.

Certain religious and political functions were reserved for the Levites, and the early sources of the Torah — the Jahwist and Elohist — appear to treat the term Levi as just being a word meaning priest ; scholars therefore suspect that " levi " was originally a general term for a priest, and had no connection to ancestry, and that it was only later, for example in the priestly source and Blessing of Moses, that the existence of a tribe named Levi became assumed, in order to explain the origin of the priestly caste.