under certain conditions

under certain conditions

In certain situations. We let our kids sleep in the bed with us under certain conditions, like if they've had a nightmare or aren't feeling well.
See also: certain, condition
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • under certain circumstances
  • certain
  • death and taxes, certain as
  • (as) certain as death and taxes
  • (as) sure as death and taxes
  • taxes
  • treat (someone or something) like (someone or something else)
  • treat like
  • be a dead cert
  • or bust
References in classic literature
For the solution of the question of free will or inevitability, history has this advantage over other branches of knowledge in which the question is dealt with, that for history this question does not refer to the essence of man's free will but its manifestation in the past and under certain conditions.
War and Peace
But, in his disordered fancy, the idea had assumed a more daring character, and trespassed, under certain conditions, upon the kingdom of inorganization.
Fall of the House of Usher
"I beg you to consider this large legacy as intended, under certain conditions,to be given by you to your nephew George.
No Name
Crime, which, under certain conditions, may seem to have created Individualism, must take cognisance of other people and interfere with them.
His object was to realise his own perfection as an artist, under certain conditions, and in certain forms of Art.
Soul of Man under Socialism
For under certain conditions it is necessary that either the one or the other should form part of the constitution of every appropriate subject.
Categories
On one side of me was the tawny sea, changing under certain conditions of the weather to a dull pearl-gray.
The Two Destinies
"Under certain conditions," the Prince continued, "I should have imagined that the climate here might prove most unhealthy for you.
The Illustrious Prince
But that also was not, under certain conditions, an unforgivable thing.
Uneasy Money
Edmund would be forgiven for being a clergyman, it seemed, under certain conditions of wealth; and this, she suspected, was all the conquest of prejudice which he was so ready to congratulate himself upon.
Mansfield Park
The Americans are not only the most hospitable people to be found on the face of the earth--they are (under certain conditions) the most patient and good-tempered people as well.
The Haunted Hotel
"No," replied Barbicane; "if it was so, under certain conditions of the moon, these ridges would cast shadows, and they do not cast any."
Round The Moon
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