Example sentences of "a degree [prep] [noun sg] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any attempt to define the criteria for verifying identity claims in respect of individuals already presupposes a degree of intelligibility of the idea of individuality . |
| 2 | We have a degree of influence in the UK which is quite out of proportion to our relatively small number . |
| 3 | Even when the idea of ‘ open marriage ’ enjoyed a degree of popularity about a decade ago , only a handful of married couples actually took on lovers with mutual consent . |
| 4 | However , even the keeping of cattle , sheep , pigs and poultry in fields requires a degree of restraint in the form of fencing . |
| 5 | The immigration of African slaves may have been a factor , as might also a degree of interaction with the aborigines that was missing further north . |
| 6 | Incomes here are between $ 401 and $ 1,635 , with a degree of industrialisation in the economy , supplying cars , trucks , building materials etc . |
| 7 | Indeed for those insiders living in Cheater 's metaphorical front room — such as in the police — the need to obscure and seek a degree of anonymity from the analytic gaze can be described as a major principle in the preservation of power , ranking highly in the structures of significance . |
| 8 | Of course qualities like money , responsibility and promotion opportunities still remain important , but a degree of gender-differentiation in the dimension of prestige follows from the broad structure of gender-differentiation in the occupational world . |
| 9 | This approach assumed a degree of consensus within the family which was not assumed to the same extent in any other social institution . |
| 10 | There was therefore a degree of assurance about the " additionality " of Community funds . |
| 11 | This stage is marked by the sharing of honest communications and the development of a degree of trust among the members . |
| 12 | It was his belief that too great a degree of inequality within a society would prevent a common will or common interest from developing , and that is surely correct . |
| 13 | Whereas if you go for a degree of inequality within the countryside , A you will have , you might get the same , same tax yield because you , you have a higher rate of tax on the rich and their revenue 's going up so that tax revenue will increase |
| 14 | An outright refusal to give the victim of a damaging comment a reasonable opportunity to reply — a rejection of a polite letter to the editor , for example — may similarly betray a degree of malice behind the original comment . |
| 15 | Additionally , changes in the money supply not only affect individual holders of money , but may also lead to inflation and so inject a degree of instability into the economy . |
| 16 | The idea of introducing a degree of democratisation in the political sphere , put on the ‘ back burner ’ since 1980 , was advanced again in the slightly more relaxed and optimistic atmosphere of the new year . |
| 17 | In this way , the depositor is able to maintain a degree of liquidity on the sum deposited as he can sell the CD on the secondary market . |
| 18 | The doors themselves can be natural wood , melamine-faced chipboard , mirror doors , or louvre doors , which allow a degree of ventilation inside the wardrobe . |
| 19 | Er we do hold the view that the sixty hectares is sufficient on the on the basis that there is a degree of flexibility within the structure plan provision , er and that er flexibility should allow us erm in special circumstances for example to compensate for the loss of existing major employment erm sites , erm to make additional provision over and above that . |
| 20 | But it is surprising how many works by composers such as Schubert and Beethoven , who probably never dreamed of creating mathematical proportions , have a degree of exactness in the relative length of sections of movements . |
| 21 | They perhaps feel that since there is a degree of whiteness in the child they will be able to identify with that . |
| 22 | There may be time lags and a degree of sub-optimality in the correspondence between relations of production and legal relations , but otherwise law is functional for the economic base . |
| 23 | There are important differences between native and foreign language acquisition and in the latter case there are valid arguments for a degree of atomism as an intermediate measure . |
| 24 | The loss of sudomotor function seen in constipated patients in this study would at first indicate a degree of impairment of the sympathetic nervous system which would result in the loss of inhibitory tone on gut smooth muscle . |
| 25 | Inevitably individual urban initiatives do not always fit solely within one or other grouping : there is a degree of overlap between the classifications . |
| 26 | At a time of rapid social change , for example , and through the educational system , the child may acquire a degree of independence as a result of the new knowledge and experiences that he comes to possess . |
| 27 | The introduction of compulsory , competitive tendering through the Local Government Planning and Land Act 1980 and the Local Government Act 1988 means that direct service organisations may see themselves as agencies with a degree of independence from the actual client , for example , the social service department requiring the cleaning office buildings . |
| 28 | ‘ We are aware there is a degree of anxiety among the public and so we have taken steps not only to contact those people concerned but to set up a helpline so any member of the public can ring in and have private counselling . ’ |
| 29 | But the spectacle of a few Labour MPs begging for Nationalist arms to link with , on the grounds that ‘ we 're all on the same side , really ’ gives a degree of credibility to the Tory scare-story that it previously lacked . |
| 30 | Although there are some fairly minor local variations ( because of the quality of the local water , for example ) , most water companies base their bye-laws on a set of ‘ Model Water Bye-laws ’ , so there is a degree of consistency across the country . |