Example sentences of "[adj] degree of [noun] from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Within the burrow , the spadefoot achieves a high degree of protection from the relentless heat of the desert sand above . |
| 2 | Air is one of the best of all insulators against heat loss when not allowed to circulate , so , between them , these two layers provide a high degree of protection from the biting cold . |
| 3 | The diagnosis may be made with a high degree of accuracy from the clinical appearance of the lesions , and this can be confirmed by growing the virus in the laboratory on developing hens ' eggs . |
| 4 | The book adds a distinctive , more cheerful gloss to the boyhood and early youth of a precocious young writer who later , on his own testimony , suffered bouts of depression of different degrees of intensity from the age of sixteen onwards . |
| 5 | Managing a curriculum has at least three interlocking components : ( a ) a formal statement ( more or less detailed or precise ) ; ( b ) those who deliver ( teachers ) , and who enjoy more or less autonomy , responsibility , public confidence , etc ; ( c ) a hierarchy which monitors and supervises delivery , carries varying degrees of ‘ clout ’ vis-à-vis teachers , and operates at varying degrees of distance from the classroom . |
| 6 | Notwithstanding the significance of Japanese ambitions in continental Asia in the modern period , for many centuries Japan managed to maintain a substantial degree of isolation from the mainland . |
| 7 | In 1890 he received the honorary degree of MD from the University of St Louis . |
| 8 | He was a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers from 1866 and in 1868 received the honorary degree of M.Eng. from the University of Dublin . |
| 9 | In their ensemble , these practices and privileges afford the defence sector a considerable degree of protection from the vagaries of the economic system . |
| 10 | Maintaining this configuration requires that the state apparatus should operate with a considerable degree of autonomy from the dominant class fraction , and that the leaders who assemble and co-ordinate the ruling ‘ power bloc ’ should appear on the political stage as independent actors . |
| 11 | These priorities are also reflected in the prescriptions for teacher education laid down with an increasing degree of firmness from the centre . |
| 12 | Wishram , an American Indian language , makes no fewer than four distinctions in reference to past events alone , each distinction expressing a certain degree of remoteness from the moment of speaking . |
| 13 | These boys , when tested , were found to have an average IQ of 80 , thus showing a significant degree of recovery from the level reached at the end of the first year . |