Example sentences of "greater degree of [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This suggests that there is now a greater degree of overlap in the characteristics of people accommodated in different forms of care . |
| 2 | " We ourselves would not have used a comma in the example above because we think in that example there is a greater degree of interdependence between the parts of the sentence . |
| 3 | Furthermore , this ‘ coolness ’ is carried over into a somewhat dull performance of the final movement Precipitato — I can certainly think of several lesser mortals who bring a greater degree of excitement to the music than does Gavrilov . |
| 4 | Women who combine their responsibilities in the home with a greater degree of participation in the labour market , together with men and women without those responsibilities will be subsidising them . |
| 5 | The broking scandals came at a time when the Japanese government was already under pressure , both at home and abroad , to improve the supervision of its financial markets , to make insider trading illegal , and simultaneously to allow foreign institutions a greater degree of involvement in the domestic securities markets . |
| 6 | A greater degree of interaction between the statutory and voluntary agencies could foster mutual education and understanding , and initiatives need to be undertaken by both sides . |
| 7 | For at least some Western observers Soviet action was not simply a violation of international agreements but an attempt to establish a greater degree of influence in the Persian Gulf , an area of enormous significance for Western oil supplies and one in which the Western position had already been weakened by the overthrow of the Shah of Iran . |
| 8 | LDCs ' governments also insisted on domestically-generated funds being used to finance economic development programmes and thus sought a greater degree of control over the operations of British banks . |
| 9 | The House of Commons was moving forward to assert a greater degree of control over the colonies than before ; partly to evade this , William created a Board of Trade and Plantations , made up of civil servants and privy councillors , that was unlikely to pay much more attention to the Commons than its predecessor , the Lords of Trade , had done . |
| 10 | Since this case law was developed in the context of the exercise of delegated powers by the Commission , it would seem highly unlikely that the Court would wish to exercise a greater degree of control over the exercise of original legislative power by the Council of Ministers . |
| 11 | The export volume series shows a rather different pattern , with a more modest rise from 1977 to 1981 and a greater degree of fluctuation in the following years . |
| 12 | However , giving as a reason a greater degree of compatibility with the LDP 's conservative line on defence and foreign policy a Komeito spokesperson , Akira Kuroyanagi , told foreign journalists in late November 1989 that it would " make sense " for his party to start supporting the LDP on a " case by case " basis . |
| 13 | Although their long galleries and multitude of rooms provided a greater degree of privacy for the gentry families , the homes were still very much public places , the more so according to the rank of the owner . |
| 14 | One or two surveys revealed better health and a greater degree of satisfaction among the occupied over pension age than among the retired ( Anderson and Cowan 1955 ; We ! ford 1966 ) , and the high death-rate in the first year following cessation of work was often quoted to prove that retirement might speed premature deterioration . |
| 15 | The greater degree of digestion of the isolated teeth is due to their greater exposure to digestion while still in the predator 's stomach ( as suggested earlier for the molars ) . |
| 16 | Further , recall Channon 's argument that many such multi-unit enterprises in Britain have , over recent years , found the ‘ functional ’ model of organisation — i.e. the monolithic top-down hierarchy — to be too inflexible and have quite deliberately changed over to a multidivisional form , reforming the managerial apparatus to restrict the role of the general office and permit a greater degree of autonomy for the management of the operating units . |
| 17 | The consequence of this immediacy is a greater degree of autonomy for the figure : |
| 18 | These more favoured subcontractors , however , gain a greater degree of continuity at the expense of wider variations in profits . |
| 19 | a greater degree of uniformity in the topics covered by audit handbooks would appear to be desirable . |