Example sentences of "to [art] [adj] or less [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the years passed , they moved away from each other to a greater or less degree . |
| 2 | After the adjacent layers of atoms have slipped to a greater or less extent , so that the material is deformed in shear , no serious weakening has necessarily taken place , so that broken bonds have reformed with new partners . |
| 3 | In these materials the wood was impregnated to a greater or less extent with a resin and then compressed to a considerably higher density . |
| 4 | To a greater or less extent this applies to all our sea-birds , but some are more vulnerable than others . |
| 5 | They all differ to a greater or less extent from each other in their conclusions and emphases ; indeed if they did not differ there would be no need for more than one to be published . |