Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] to some degree " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the most salient characteristics of present-day Belfast vernacular is the rule for raising /a/ to [ ae , Ε ] before the three velar consonants /k , g , ng/ ( these consonants are themselves normally fronted to some degree ) . |
| 2 | This is achieved by carefully examining its structure and design , which usually change to some degree with time , and taking into account its general condition and appearance . |
| 3 | We might hold that our beliefs about our sensory states are always justified to some degree just because of their subject matter ( non-inferentially , therefore ) , whereas most other beliefs are justified inferentially if at all ; one could suppose this in an attempt to make sense of the empiricist idea that our beliefs about our present experience have a stability which other beliefs lack , in virtue of which they are able to justify those other beliefs and thus meet the empiricist demand ( vaguely expressed here ) that all our knowledge be grounded in our experience . |
| 4 | Rather , they should be seen as establishing ‘ influences ’ pulling in particular directions ( in contexts where , for particular individuals , there are many other influences ) , sometimes supportive , sometimes contradictory , but always open to some degree of individually idiosyncratic interpretation . |
| 5 | She was still feeling to some degree quite bemused as she walked along to her room . |
| 6 | It also depends to some degree on the rate of interest . |
| 7 | Dietary habits are also influenced to some degree by social class ; for example , those from a working class background tend to eat less fruit and vegetables than others . |
| 8 | There has to be a period of simply understanding how things work ; then graduating to some degree of management control . |
| 9 | A fire , previously confined to some degree , involving such extreme densities of fire load , may be transformed from a ventilation controlled fire to one of the unrestrained burning by such circumstances and produce large volumes of radiated heat in addition to large flames . |