Certainly, older learners of a second language rarely achieve the native-like fluency that younger learners display, despite often progressing faster than children in the initial stages.

Certainly its long term success and viability have become much harder to judge since the recent worldwide economic downturn, a situation compounded by the actions of its two principal owner-occupiers.

Certainly, though, iron was essential to military success by the time the State of Qin had unified China ( 221 BC ).

Certainly, Wellington declared afterwards that " the success of the battle turned upon the closing of the gates at Hougoumont ".

: Certainly few countries, if any, have to tell of such a painful apostolate, or of one which has had such success.

Certainly a major contributor to the Rendezvous's success was an aggressive value-pricing strategy that made the Rendezvous US $ 6, 500 less than a comparably equipped Acura MDX and US $ 8, 000 less than the Lexus RX300.

Certainly, Revelations was by no means a failure, and it probably would have been a greater popular success given the right backing.

" Certainly, the officials should be responsible for the success and failure for the policies for which they are responsible ," Tung said

Certainly this would apply to the Zohar to which there did not exist other manuscripts to compare it with.

Certainly, if those genii did not perform their proper function well, the infant would be in danger.

Certainly the spirituality and concentration on light appealed to Rothko ’ s sensibilities, as did Angelico ’ s economic circumstances, which Rothko saw as similar to his own, having always been forced to struggle to exist as an artist.

The immediate dwellers-round, presumably the first members were the small states Aeniania, Malis and Doris. Certainly Thessaly did have a share, including the states of the Boeotian tribes who lived around Thessaly ( perioikoi, " living around ").

Certainly many people did believe they were lovers and Cohen was often referred to as " the old man's darling ".

Certainly, there was what he calls eliminationist antisemitism and its impact increased as the century matured ... But antisemitism came in different forms, and Goldhagen puts all antisemitism in the same basket, including the liberal type that wanted to see the Jews disappear by assimilation and conversion ... The vast majority of German antisemitics did not wish to abolish formal Jewish emancipation.

Certainly, Potemkin had arranged for Catherine to see the best he had to offer ( naturally organising numerous exotic excursions ) and at least two cities ' officials did conceal poverty by building false houses.

Certainly Dayes did not fully appreciate his pupil's talent, and he was to write dismissively of Girtin after his death.

Certainly he had more than enough experience beyond simply being at hand to help Mozart with the details of both La Clemenza di Tito K. 621and Die Zauberflote K. 620 as he did in 1791.

Certainly, they did not need to import food and were probably better nourished than the southerners.

Certainly, both industries had need for people who did this job even if the term had not come into use.

Certainly she survived her husband, and it is known that she did not return to Silesia with her sons when they were finally restored in their heritage in 1163.

Certainly, all but possibly Hardenberg, must have seen that it would give more room for optimization than the Street engine did.

Certainly, the number of the Armenian noble houses did change in the course of time as the aristocratic class was itself subject to flux.

She did, however, accept the notion that some Neolithic and Bronze-Age societies centered around female deities: “ Certainly we are aware of numerous cross-cultural instances of goddess worship accompanied by widespread use of … figurines, so this is one of the most likely explanations of the Neolithic figurine assemblages .” Continuing, she wrote, “ Especially persuasive is the fact that goddess figurines — and larger-scale goddess images as well — exist in later cultures in the same geographic area ” as the prehistoric figurines ( p. 139 ).

Certainly it did little to stop Khazar attacks south of the Caucasus, which resumed in 729.

In October, 1941, her husband wrote, " Certainly more than a thousand people are murdered in this way every day, and another thousand German men are habituated to murder ... What shall I say when I am asked: And what did you do during that time?

Certainly the music is more “ rustic ” than that found on many bhangra bands from the UK, but that did not reduce its impact.

Johnnie Moyes said " Certainly Benaud received a little help from the roughened patches, but he could do what the off-spinners could not do: he could turn the ball, mostly slowly, sometimes with more life.

Certainly when the crew is short handed, or when the vessel is in heavy weather, the quick turn method has a lot of merit because it avoids a jibe.

Certainly, the Yongzheng Emperor ensured his successor would have a smooth transition when his turn came.

Certainly bringing in more supplies would have made greater strategic sense, before risking going on to the offensive and thus in turn risking the wrath of the enemy.

Certainly it isn't making the President happy, and he has been doing his apologetic best to explain how the budget got into its unbalanced condition, how he intends to economize wherever he can and how he hopes to do better next year.

Certainly not in Orchestra Hall where he has played countless recitals, and where Thursday night he celebrated his 20th season with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, playing the Brahms Concerto with his own slashing, demon-ridden cadenza melting into the high, pale, pure and lovely song with which a violinist unlocks the heart of the music, or forever finds it closed.

Certainly in North Britain the Vikings were one reason behind the formation of the Kingdom of Alba, which eventually evolved into Scotland.

Certainly most people's leisure activities are not a completely free choice, and may be constrained by social pressures, e. g. people may be coerced into spending time gardening by the need to keep up with the standard of neighbouring gardens.

Certainly, the broad division of the year into the Christmas and Easter seasons, interspersed with periods of Ordinary Time, is identical, and the majority of the Festivals and Commemorations are also celebrated, with a few exceptions.

Born in Westford, Massachusetts, Abbot entered the Navy as midshipman at the beginning of the War of 1812, serving first on the frigate and next on Lake Champlain with Commodore Macdonough, who, when he asked Abbot if he were ready to die for his country received the reply " Certainly, sir ; that is what I came into the service for.

Certainly Chaplin never held it against him, as he continued to hire White as a supporting actor in his own films into the 1940s.

Certainly Roman forts existed north of the wall, and forts as far north as Cramond may have been in long-term occupation.

Certainly, she wouldn't dare ask her father afterward.

Certainly no other seven American statesmen from any later period achieved so much in so concentrated a span of years.

Certainly external forces should not be applied arbitrarily out of mere power available to do so.

Certainly it is the most pretentious and elaborate.

Certainly one of the most important comments that can be made upon the spiritual and cultural life of any period of Western civilization during the past sixteen or seventeen centuries has to do with the way in which its leaders have read and interpreted the Bible.

Certainly, he must recognize its power and attempt to ascertain its influence on the flow of history, but he must not confuse the natural and the mundane with the divine.

Certainly all can applaud passage of an auto title law, the school bills, the increase in teacher pensions, the ban on drag racing, acceptance by the state of responsibility for maintenance of state roads in municipalities at the same rate as outside city limits, repeal of the college age limit law and the road maintenance bond issue.

Certainly, most continue to lack a certain warmth in communication with other people, but many adjust to school, even college, to jobs and even to marriage and parenthood.

Certainly, the meaning is clearer to one who is not familiar with Biblical teachings, in the New English Bible which reads: `` Then Jesus arrived at Jordan from Galilee, and he came to John to be baptized by him.

Certainly its composer was an ascending star on a new world horizon.

Certainly, America took Prokofieff and his Classical Symphony seriously, and with a good deal of pleasure.

Certainly, it is the traditional clarity of his music which has endeared him to the Western World -- not his experimentations.

Certainly there would be less anxiety, fewer accidents ( it is the clumsy child who sustains the worst injuries ), and higher scholastic averages, since alert children work better.

Certainly every educator involved in interior design should be a member and active in the work of one of these organizations.

Certainly, the mere fact of failing to demonstrate them in one or another species does not conclusively deny their existence in that species.

Certainly a further reduction in the discount rate would be a strong possibility, as well as an easier reserve position for the banking system.

Certainly, one of the best ways of warning the world against anti-Semitism is to demonstrate its workings as a dangerous weapon.

`` Certainly, sir ''.

Certainly nobody will predict that the next time the lawmakers come back together Barnett will be able to enjoy a re-enactment of the strange but successful `` honeymoon '' he had in the 1960 legislative session.

Certainly, in analyzing an action which truly faced such alternatives, `` it is never possible that no world would be preferable to some worlds, and there are in truth no circumstances in which the destruction of human life presents itself as a reasonable alternative ''.

Certainly in the matter of principals there is nothing lacking.

Certainly not the largest afternoon audience Newport has ever had at a jazz concert and the most attentive and quiet.

Certainly the entry of Turkic farmers following their horsemen ended the themes in Anatolia which had furnished the Empire with men and treasure.