Example sentences of "a degree of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A degree of rudder/aileron co-ordination is needed in turns , but steep ones , with the upper wing almost vertical brought forth no protest from the airfoil or warning beeps from the stall horn , even at quite high g-loadings . |
| 2 | Some retailers require a degree of exclusivity if they are to take space in a development like the Cornmill . ’ |
| 3 | First , that the avant-garde movements have , typically , a metropolitan base ( where ‘ metropolitan ’ must be distinguished from both ‘ urban ’ and ‘ national capital ’ definitions , its key factors being a relative [ especially cultural ] autonomy and a degree of internationalization , itself often related to imperialism ) . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | He achieved for the COS , however , a degree of influence in government circles which was rather greater than the Society 's contribution to philanthropy . |
| 6 | It is certainly counter-intuitive to suggest that widely separated systems retain such a degree of influence upon each other . |
| 7 | We have a degree of influence in the UK which is quite out of proportion to our relatively small number . |
| 8 | The NRA , which traditionally wielded a degree of influence out of all proportion to its 2,600,000 members , as usual forcefully combated the bill . |
| 9 | He also indicated that his administration would establish an Economic Security Council , with a degree of influence similar to that enjoyed by the National Security Council , in order to improve and prioritize economic decision-making . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Much of this support could be gained from voluntary befriending schemes , single parent advice groups and possibly the kinds of ‘ divorce workshops ’ that have gained a degree of popularity in American mental health centres . |
| 12 | Some stress management techniques for controlling anxiety , which have acquired a degree of popularity , also show certain similarities ( e.g. Meichenbaum , 1977 ) . |
| 13 | Nonetheless such decentralization contributed to a degree of evening-out of unemployment rates between different parts of the country . |
| 14 | Some additional topics , a degree of reorganisation and a tighter mode of exposition enhance the value of this excellent book . |
| 15 | Similarly , moderate versions of indeterminism ( especially the classical version ) allow a degree of predictability : although we are seen as making free choices , this does not preclude the specification of circumstances that influence choices in a particular direction . |
| 16 | The general decline in the Church 's influence was reflected in a degree of secularization in Russian culture . |
| 17 | The development of the system spanned more than twenty years and achieved a degree of success in terms of its defined objectives . |
| 18 | In ways more amenable to women 's visual pleasure , off-beat films which then made it into the mainstream distribution circuit such as Lianna ( Nelson/Renzi ) , Desert Hearts , I 've Heard the Mermaids Singing ( Rozema ) and Percy Adlon 's work with Marianne Sagebrecht in Baghdad Café and Sugar Baby have achieved a degree of success in changing the dynamics of female objectification and sexual fantasy in an entertainment setting . |
| 19 | Kim Barnett 's team has a degree of success to its credit , which has yet to be translated into prosperity on and off the field . |
| 20 | Recently , some Zambian churches have combined to produce the weekly Zambia Mirror , which has met with a degree of success . |
| 21 | The new government set out in 1649 to establish its position with a degree of success which must have surprised everyone who knew about its problems and had not realized the great energy that religious faith gave to its leaders . |
| 22 | All these approaches have had a degree of success , but the drug scene is a dynamic , creative one where just as one drug seems to be under control , a new threat emerges . |
| 23 | The first number of The Polar Star ( named after Ryleev 's almanac of the 1820s ) came out in the summer of 1855 and enjoyed a degree of success which encouraged Herzen to publish further volumes and to embark on Voices from Russia in 1856 and The Bell in 1857 . |
| 24 | In other words , the knowledge which is the stock-in-trade of the academic community has a degree of reliability to it and is not pure whim . |
| 25 | He has presided over a degree of prosperity unknown under his predecessor , Sukarno . |
| 26 | However , even the keeping of cattle , sheep , pigs and poultry in fields requires a degree of restraint in the form of fencing . |
| 27 | A degree of interaction between themselves and their source is required for them to act in this capacity . |
| 28 | that the process of news-making involves a degree of interaction or strategic bargaining , as between the sources of news and the news media . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | In former days the economical cycle hit different parts of the world at different times and the spread gave us a degree of stability . |