Example sentences of "[adj] degree [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 At the end of their first or second year , a limited number of students may transfer to this degree course from the BTEC HND in Computer Studies ( Code JN 1210 ) ( see page 165 ) , on the basis of academic performance and after completion of some additional work during the long vacation .
2 At the end of their first or second year , a limited number of students may transfer to this degree course from the BTEC HND in Computer Studies ( code JN 1210 ) ( see page 166 ) , on the basis of academic performance .
3 Students for this degree work on the same courses as those taking History of Art honours with , in the third year , a course in the Philosophy of Art specifically designed for them .
4 Furthermore , such short periods of ‘ directed ’ research can be shown favourably as a saving over any extended degree course in the budgets .
5 2 In psychology , generalisation refers to the process that occurs when one stimulus , which is to some degree equivalent to another , can substitute for the other in arousing a conditioned response ( behaviourist psychology ) .
6 Though all are feeding from the same source , and to some degree feed on whatever is most plentiful , competition is minimized by selective feeding ; Croxall and Lishman ( 1987 ) and Prince and Morgan ( 1987 ) summarize methods of feeding respectively among penguins and petrels in southern waters .
7 Most political philosophers — and I think most people-take the intermediate view that fairness and justice are to some degree independent of one another , so that fair institutions sometimes produce unjust decisions and unfair institutions just ones .
8 To some degree aspects of local distribution of the eighteenth century , poor relief of the nineteenth , or welfare benefits of the twentieth .
9 In the first case , with a dependent text , one has to allow for the exercise of schematic knowledge which will to some degree lead to the bypassing of language and the avoidance of inference .
10 It may well be the case , however , that to some degree fear of political change does inhibit civil servants , so that in order to ensure continuity they will only promote policies which they judge both major parties will accept .
11 In the later work the curving rhythms have given way to a system of verticals and horizontals , broken only by the forty-five degree diagonals of roof-tops and trees .
12 It is a pearl of price combining in high degree amenity of position and charm of layout . ’
13 They further suggest that given the generally high degree performance of NSEs with 1 A-level , Access course students may benefit from taking an A-level course of study .
14 Furthermore it is possible for a high degree polynomial to be only slightly better than a low degree one ( even a straight line fit ) , whereas the higher degree fit will certainly require much more effort .
15 , the large figures represent thousands of feet , the small ones hundreds of feet , and taken together they give the height above sea level of the highest known feature ( including terrain and obstacles ) in the quadrangle bounded by half degree lines of latitude and longitude
16 Well , a wide choice of airplanes and missions — a responsive flight model and control system — graphics and to a lesser degree sound of a high standard — a campaign option for more depth of play — and that elusive quality which is really a combination of all of these — PLAYABILITY .
17 So — in controlled airspace , on airways , for example , use the 30 degree correction for 5° off track .
18 The Department of Classics at Edinburgh is uniquely placed to provide access to this study , combining the flexibility and breadth of the Scottish degree structure with a range of disciplines not available to the same extent elsewhere in Scotland .
19 Pitch , of course , gets progressively softer as it is heated , and similarly , since the rocks of the mantle are also at high temperatures — the temperature in the earth increases downwards at a rate of about 30 degrees C per kilometre — they can also be thought of as being rather ‘ soft ’ .
20 The Seychelles lie in the middle of the Indian Ocean , just a few degrees south of the equator .
21 Home Office researcher Simon Field studied 40 years of statistics and found that when the temperature rose a few degrees Celsius above normal :
22 HP 's Larry Lytle , loaned to the Open Software Foundation back at its inception to handle recruiting , has made a 180 degree turn after a stint at Netwise as strategic relations director where he had philosophical differences with OSf : He 's now gone to Unix System Labs as director of corporate communications .
23 Washington 's policy of never negotiating with terrorists suffered a 180 degree change on the way to Manila .
24 Table 1.5 gives the figures for full-time , part-time and total degree enrolments in 11 subject groups between 1979–80 and 1986–87 , excluding the Open University where degree courses can not be grouped in this way because of the structure of foundation plus optional courses ( Open University 1989 ) .
25 ( 3 ) the factors contributing to differential degree performance between different groups of non-traditional students ;
26 An assistant geologist in the Karachi office and the first employee from LASMO Pakistan to attend a full-time degree course in the UK , he graduated at the end of October .
27 Most courses are for education and enjoyment only , and do not lead to a qualification , but some courses lead to a diploma , and many universities offer part-time and full-time degree courses in archaeology .
28 By incorporating parking at right angles to the kerb in 50m stretches on alternate sides of the road , a series of 45 degree chicanes in a formerly straight street can be created ( Figure 5.9 ) .
29 When she had graduated from the School of Fashion she had sold her entire degree collection to Lady Jane , a small but exclusive West End boutique , who had greeted her designs with such enthusiasm that she had believed the world was her oyster and everything was about to happen for her .
30 A bowler who strays wide of the off or leg stumps gives the batsman ‘ width ’ and enables him to glance , cut , and deflect , opening up scoring opportunities in a 360 degree circle around the bat .
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