Preposition: of

• victory: Even now his very proximity still infused many Germans with the certainty of eventual victory.

• mathematics: He tried to base the certainty of mathematics on that of direct observation and induction.

Converse of object

• prefer: Many people, therefore, prefer the certainty of an agreed settlement to the risk of letting the judge decide.

• want: Another is that I think the British people at election time want certainty.

• provide: The saver provides certainty about how much a journey will cost.

• guarantee: Pensioners must be guaranteed certainty in their old age, said Mr Bell.

• lack: These terms alone lack the certainty required of charitable objects.

Preposition: for

• developer: Its intention is to provide clear guidance and more certainty for developers.

Adjective modifier

• absolute: His rhetoric would allow nothing less than absolute certainty about Scripture's absolute clarity.

• sickening: She watched him with the sickening certainty that if he got away she could never survive the years of suspense until his inevitable return.

• moral: The Tories ' abiding belief that taxes are wrong springs from a moral certainty that the state itself does moral harm.

• epistemological: This is also a scholar of remarkable epistemological certainty.

Noun used with modifier

• racing: There is however one racing certainty: Sorrell will henceforth be known as the $ 80m man.

• cent: Research rarely proves things with 100 per cent certainty, there are always exceptions.

• exchange: And exchange rate certainty within a large market area is, of course, a very considerable prize.