Example sentences of "[vb infin] some degree [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Armed with some or , very rarely , all of the above resources , presidents may achieve some degree of mastery over the American political system . |
| 2 | To hypothesize , it was as if the king of France held the earldom of Cornwall or Lancaster from the king of England , who could therefore exert some degree of control over the foreign policy and behaviour of the king of France . |
| 3 | The magazine commented that a narrow electoral victory by the LDP would entail some degree of compromise with major opposition parties and , in addition , the anti-war sentiment prevalent within the JSP meant that demands for further increases in the defence budget would not be viewed in a favourable light , especially expenditure concerning the acquisition of " future generation " weapons systems . |
| 4 | Patients with a minor degree of atlantoaxial subluxation or with subaxial subluxation need treatment only with a soft cervical collar — which provides symptomatic relief , acts as a reminder to patient and doctor , and may provide some degree of protection from trauma . |
| 5 | It was reported that Samater , the outgoing Prime Minister , was reappointed only after the failure of efforts to bring into the post someone from the Issak tribe , whose appointment could suggest some degree of reconciliation in the civil war . |
| 6 | The conflict of interests was certainly a significant factor in the south-east , where the land tax was relatively highly assessed and where the new monied men had made a noticeable intrusion into local economic life , though it could also possess some degree of reality in more remote parts , such as South Wales . |
| 7 | These situations and circumstances are not seen as operating as ‘ causes ’ , in a determinist sense , but as offering incentives or disincentives that will have some degree of probability of influencing the direction in which the choices are made . |
| 8 | Why did n't he just go while she could still maintain some degree of composure , this deliberate distancing of herself from the rapture that had possessed her before the telephone rang ? |
| 9 | Therefore , this region may confer some degree of specialization to the protein , in terms of cellular location and/or tissue specificity . |
| 10 | Such advances , however , are ultimately dependent upon the quality of the available evidence and their main conclusions , summarized here , may require some degree of modification as more material comes to light . |
| 11 | The golfer who does not suffer some degree of disappointment or annoyance when forced to offer his hand to a victorious opponent is the golfer who will always float in a morass of mediocrity . |
| 12 | However , the uniformity of mucosal cell proliferative patterns in the various colonic segments that was discussed earlier would shed some degree of doubt on this possibility . |
| 13 | It may also involve some degree of persuasion that the customer should consider purchasing the product , or should actually make the purchase . |
| 14 | Whatever display and interaction techniques are used , it seems clear that a system which aims to satisfy the widely differing needs of widely differing types of user must already incorporate some degree of adaptivity . |
| 15 | Many readers will find some degree of truth in all three of these views , and , as we comment later , there is no real test of their validity . |