Example sentences of "[am/are] [verb] [prep] some degree " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was learning something of the dead man 's background , admittedly from a biased witness , but any policeman knows that all witnesses are biased in some degree . |
| 2 | For the first time the Great Glen is shown as a straight line , and Skye , Mull , and Islay are shown with some degree of accuracy . |
| 3 | All predator assemblages are characterized by some degree of incisor loss from the maxillae , but it is low ( 20–40 per cent ) for some of the owls , particularly barn owls , snowy owls and long-eared owls . |
| 4 | Other distinctions that were drawn — between democracy and absolutism , between monarchy and republic , between Western political institutions and ‘ Oriental despotism ’ — expressed current political interests and ideological commitments ; and indeed all the attempts to construct a typology of political systems are marked to some degree by an intermingling of scientific analysis and the value judgements which arise from real political struggles . |
| 5 | To be shocked ( i.e. get your hit ) requires that the individual be immersed to some degree in a culture or value system . |