Example sentences of "[art] degree of [noun] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | In less extreme cases of unauthorised use by a bailee the question whether his act amounts to conversion probably depends upon the degree of departure from the terms of the bailment . |
| 2 | The first , such as poor climate , dry conditions , the genetic make-up of the tree , the nutrient status of the soil , background pollution and the degree of competition from neighbours , will predispose a tree to succumb to stress . |
| 3 | An important factor that affects this is the degree of competition from rival suppliers . |
| 4 | The hon. Gentleman asked me about the degree of support from medical staff . |
| 5 | As a consequence , the level of reliability of the directors ' statement and the degree of assurance from the auditors is high . |
| 6 | According to Best and da Silva , the degree of hostility from commercial fishermen towards the boto is unquestionably growing . |
| 7 | In 1888 she was the first woman in Britain to earn the degree of LLB from the University of London . |
| 8 | In practice the planning style will fall between these two extremes , with the degree of input from the planning department compared with the business units varying from company to company . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The industry 's cause was not a particularly noble one , but their victory was an important step in establishing a degree of independence from government , and it is in this that its major significance lies . |
| 11 | On the other hand , many fringe bodies are located on the fringe exactly in order to distance them from the core of government so as to give them a degree of independence from public control . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | All the reservoirs receive a degree of disturbance from recreational activities primarily fishing , but on some more active forms of recreation take place . |
| 14 | a helmet of a type manufactured for use by persons on motor cycles which by virtue of its shape , material and construction could reasonably be expected to afford to persons on motor bicycles a degree of protection from injury in the event of an accident similar to or greater than that provided by the helmet of a type complying with one of the specifications referred to in the preceding subparagraph ; and |
| 15 | The Bob Marley Museum might be a skank down memory lane , but the reggae tourist — with a degree of protection from the rude-boys — can easily absorb the current ragga vibe . |
| 16 | The other possible connection between growth and security is that large size offers a degree of protection from hostile take-overs and hence against loss of office . |
| 17 | Life in a tenement property was often very hard , although , as the following description from a black woman growing up in London during the 1950s and 1960s suggests , it frequently provided a degree of protection from the wider racist society : |
| 18 | Although they conferred a degree of freedom from financial constraints in decision-making , they had the effect of creating areas of over-heating in the economy . |
| 19 | At the moment , therefore , interpreting the new treaty involves a degree of extrapolation from case law yet to come a difficult business . |
| 20 | The two further major reservations that must be made are first that the service is moulded chiefly by the doctrine of ministerial responsibility with all that flows from it — anonymity , one collective viewpoint , secrecy and a degree of isolation from the rest of the community . |
| 21 | Structuralist Marxist writers , taking their lead from Antonio Gramsci , an Italian Marxist , have doubted this and have contended that the state may have a degree of autonomy from the interests of the ruling class . |
| 22 | A military-bureaucratic oligarchy is functional to the needs of a state which requires a degree of autonomy from class interests in order to mediate between them while at the same time preserving capitalism as the dominant mode of production and private property as a fundamental institution . |
| 23 | Although this is certainly borne out by the example of Nizan himself who experienced a degree of mistrust from within the ranks of the PCF as a consequence of his petty bourgeois class origins and schooling , ultimately this is of secondary importance compared to Nizan 's overriding reason for being in the communist party in the first place . |
| 24 | A degree of immunity from prosecution for theft was certainly given to Kenneth Littlejohn in return for information about the IRA . |
| 25 | Geoffrey chose this moment to propose a game of I Spy , an idea which met with so marked a degree of hostility from Bridget that he lapsed into silence . |
| 26 | In more recent times the potential of bilingual education not only for a social elite as was traditionally the case but also for the disadvantaged and/or those already possessing a degree of bilingualism from pre-school experience has been much discussed and researched . |