Example sentences of "a great degree " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ To a great degree , the reason for the contrast of wealth amongst poverty lies in the ownership and use of the land . |
| 2 | The inevitably open texture of such a document leaves a great degree of discretion in the hands of the judiciary . |
| 3 | Man 's ownership of animals has contributed to a great degree towards the creation of this semi-natural environment , at least within the world 's land mass . |
| 4 | You mentioned that there 's a great degree of toughness since 1979 on Treasury targets and public expenditure , and the word goes down the line and there 's no argument . |
| 5 | Whatever I have recommended , you should always bear in mind that to a great degree tackle is a personal affair . |
| 6 | In the apparent desire to reduce levels of political controversy and so limit the powers of political opponents , it appears that the reforms have , in this area at least , helped to strengthen the position of bureaucrats , and insulate them to a great degree from scrutiny . |
| 7 | To a great degree they are places apart and the separateness is often maintained by a sort of mutual consent between school and community , despite exhortations to integrate from curriculum makers and earnest protestations from headmasters and teachers that the process is underway . |
| 8 | All cereals , fruits and vegetables contain some dietary fibre , but , just as the calorie content of different foods varies to a great degree , so does the fibre content of different plant foods . |
| 9 | The young corporal , it should perhaps be pointed out , was also a Grant , but indeed with the recommendation of his own officers he was to a great degree responsible for his own advancement to commissioned rank , and this kind of promotion for gallantry was by no means an isolated example , for a considerable number of non-commissioned officers of suitable education , many of them Scots , reached the junior commissioned ranks . |
| 10 | The art of ‘ growing people ’ lies to a great degree in this stretching process . |
| 11 | : There is a great degree of variability in the performance of the overlap technique across different domains . |
| 12 | But that was before the murder of the Bulgarian Georgi Markov , in exactly such a fashion , added a great degree of plausibility to the theory . |
| 13 | In a completely stand-alone environment or where exposure to other products has been limited , its ability to incorporate , and to a great degree integrate , external packages is a big bonus . |
| 14 | ‘ Yet what the Romans did to other nations , was in a great degree done by Cromwell to the Scots : he civilized them by conquest , and introduced by useful violence the arts of peace . ’ |
| 15 | KC ‘ What worried me most er at the beginning and now the treat … and now fading to a great degree , was the extraordinary presence of another absence er of another kind of speaking . |
| 16 | It implies a great degree of uncertainty , but equally it presents a challenge to the management of British Coal to fight for every ounce of viable business that it can obtain . |
| 17 | And er that level of development , at five hundred hectares , is an extremely large area of land , in very sensitive locations , particularly around the main urban areas , which are restricted to a great degree . |
| 18 | The terrorist threat , from both sides , remains high and there is a great degree of fear in both communities . |
| 19 | The constraints of the capitalist mode of production still permit a great degree of variability in actual historical states . |
| 20 | Obviously there are a number of issues which people will treat to a great degree , emotional or less extent , and while in some cases we would sympathize with the views of the people in the residence in the area , er the factory will be bringing employment and other benefits , economic benefits , to the area . |