Example sentences of "[verb] to some degree " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've been and watched and contributed to some degree , erm or at least in listening to the reports of governors at the school , erm , in the allocation of some of their contracts , which of course include some being let under L M S and some being let under G M S , with regard to building and cleaning , they were very disappointed with the presentation that the D S O gave , and even though the D S O was eight thousand pounds less than the competing bidder , O C S , they gave the contract to O C S , and a report has had to be made to the district auditor to give their reasons . |
| 2 | We may certainly talk of animals , in the absence of speech , ‘ consciously intending ’ or being compassionate , both of which carry implications of understanding to some degree . |
| 3 | New material , both archival and interpretative , requires these judgements to be modified to some degree . |
| 4 | Most legislation is modified to some degree as a consequence , sometimes extensively . |
| 5 | To be shocked ( i.e. get your hit ) requires that the individual be immersed to some degree in a culture or value system . |
| 6 | A fire , previously confined to some degree , involving such extreme densities of fire load , may be transformed from a ventilation controlled fire to one of the unrestrained burning by such circumstances and produce large volumes of radiated heat in addition to large flames . |
| 7 | Cos these 'll have to be clarified to some degree . |
| 8 | Our clinical findings suggest that the neuronal disorder may be compensated to some degree because the intestines are richly innervated . |
| 9 | However , any diet high in foods that contain few vitamins and minerals is likely to lead to some degree of illness . |
| 10 | The helium may also be separated to some degree . |
| 11 | Governments have to govern people , and not only do their policies have a direct impact on the population at large , and are likely to be shaped to some degree by an awareness of what that impact might be , but policies can also be a response to pressures or problems that emerge out of society . |
| 12 | A series of in-depth interviews with project engineers concerning a critical upstream-downstream relationship — product engineering ( upstream ) and die development ( downstream ) — revealed to some degree how automobile manufacturers address the communications issue . |
| 13 | In any field of employment a successful application depends to some degree on the applicant 's being seen to say and do what is expected during the selection process , and to this extent conventional selection methods can always be faulted for the way they may presume that words uttered on a form or in an interview are reliable indicators of future performance . |
| 14 | Certainly , the collective nature of policy-making in Great Britain depends to some degree on the attitude and personality of the prime minister of the day . |
| 15 | It also depends to some degree on the rate of interest . |
| 16 | The bone is very thin at this point , so that damage to the bone , and subsequent loss of the incisor , occurs to some degree in all of the predator assemblages ( Fig. 3.14 F , G-H ) . |
| 17 | In replying , Poulantzas ritually warns that these matters depend to some degree on the particular conjuncture — the extent to which the state can act autonomously varies with the balance of power within the class struggle . |
| 18 | Rather , they should be seen as establishing ‘ influences ’ pulling in particular directions ( in contexts where , for particular individuals , there are many other influences ) , sometimes supportive , sometimes contradictory , but always open to some degree of individually idiosyncratic interpretation . |
| 19 | Er and therefore erm I think we 'd like to some degree wait and see a bit still because er I think that you know economic circumstances of this particular moment mean that we may just have to consider that further of seeing how things progress really between now and October . |
| 20 | Also , apparently there was some kind of bug which the whole party got to some degree … which was why Deane was ruled out completely . |
| 21 | There 'd be so many other people around that she 'd be cushioned to some degree from the effect of his presence , she had reasoned . |
| 22 | One of the most salient characteristics of present-day Belfast vernacular is the rule for raising /a/ to [ ae , Ε ] before the three velar consonants /k , g , ng/ ( these consonants are themselves normally fronted to some degree ) . |
| 23 | All the people involved in those family relationships will be affected to some degree or another depending on how strong ( positively or negatively ) the emotional tie was . |
| 24 | Everyone is affected to some degree by the nature and quality of health and education provision in their society . |
| 25 | It showed 34 per cent of all trees were damaged to some degree . |
| 26 | It is of interest to compare the positions of Brumfit and Krashen in this collection , positions which might be said to typify to some degree the attitudes to applied linguistics and language teaching on each side of the Atlantic . |
| 27 | ( ii ) The professional judgement of the assessors may be focused to some degree by the employment of criteria . |
| 28 | Whether the reader is willing or able , or even desires , to adopt to some degree the approaches put forward will be decided in large part by his or her wider set of beliefs and understanding concerning the nature of schools , schooling and education . |
| 29 | The alienation of groups among the younger voters has perhaps received too much publicity but it is an attitude which is shared to some degree by other sections of the community . |
| 30 | He quotes the report as stating : ’ … it is reasonable for mankind to behave on the assumption that all vertebrates are capable of suffering to some degree or another . ’ |