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The amateur or beginner may be well satisfied if after one summer spent in studying mushrooms he can remember the distinguishing types of the various genera, and can say with certainty,
Among the Mushrooms A Guide For Beginners Caroline A. Burgin
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It was not a question of seeking the truth amid this confusion of dates and letters, amid this intricate tangle in which no one could lay claim to any certainty,
The Teeth of the Tiger Maurice Leblanc 1902
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That future was vague, a region for hopes and wishes or fears, not for certainty,
Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. John Chaps. XV to XXI Alexander Maclaren 1868
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True, there was an 'if,' but not an 'if' of doubt, but a condition which they could comply with, and so make it a certainty,
Expositions of Holy Scripture Alexander Maclaren 1868
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By reference to your act of the 6th May inst., and the army regulations it will be seen that there are additional nominations yet to be submitted, the number of which it is impossible for me to determine until it is ascertained, with at least some degree of certainty,
Senate journal of the second extra session of the thirty-third General Assembly of the state of Tennessee : which convened at Nashville on Thursday, the 25th day of April, A. D. 1861, Tennessee. General Assembly. Senate 1861
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Although no one can pinpoint a reason for the link with certainty,
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At this point a ban on Assault rifles is almost a certainty,
justbarkingmad.com 2009
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A fact about reality that will come with an absolute certainty,
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Federal Administrative Court ruling will create legal certainty,
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-- all of these people made their assertions about WMDs repeatedly and with absolute certainty,
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