Example sentences of "to [art] [adj -er] [conj] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It produces less sulphur dioxide — because the sulphur in the coal reacts with the limestone during combustion — and less nitrogen oxides , due to the lower than normal combustion temperature . |
| 2 | All this points to a higher than usual intelligence quotient . ’ |
| 3 | Perhaps more important , the Earth would be subjected to a greater than usual bombardment of material from space . |
| 4 | We may use physical methods of measuring light intensity that are apparently independent of our subjective experience — for instance photosensitive cells — but these are accepted because they correlate to a greater or lesser degree , under normal circumstances , with subjective experiences of brightness . |
| 5 | They were all young , all the artists of Montparnasse , all talented to a greater or lesser degree , all bravely pitting themselves against the indifference of the public . |
| 6 | All other considerations , to a greater or lesser degree , had to become secondary if that survival was to be ensured . |
| 7 | We all of us have needs that are practical as well as those that are to a greater or lesser degree intellectual or theoretical . |
| 8 | That road is coated with tar — the same substance found , to a greater or lesser degree , in cigarettes . |
| 9 | Naturally some of these people will be more vulnerable and more susceptible to the influence of their surroundings than others but most of them will be affected to a greater or lesser degree . |
| 10 | But one thing has been proved by frequent controlled tests ; not only does the absorption of the substance into the system reduce the mental powers of the individual to a greater or lesser degree , but other problems arise because he imagines that he is actually able to function far better than usual . |
| 11 | To see the aura requires a certain amount of esoteric training ( unless you are a natural sensitive ) , but most people can feel it to a greater or lesser degree . |
| 12 | Immense and quite detailed power now attaches to that office and , to a greater or lesser degree , depending on the actual holder , on the Civil Service and particularly the Department of Education and Science . |
| 13 | Luckily you will already possess something which every gay has , thanks to our enforced lifestyle , to a greater or lesser degree — the ability to think on your feet . |
| 14 | All chalks , including Belemnite chalk , are fundamentally composed of coccoliths ; the belemnites are but a tiny percentage and are also to be found in some seams of Micraster chalk to a greater or lesser degree . |
| 15 | Holding companies in Switzerland pay tax to a greater or lesser degree , depending on the canton in which they are established , and the Swiss tax treaty network is not as wide as the Netherlands ' . |
| 16 | On the contrary they are a natural feature of the human condition , present in everyone to a greater or lesser degree . |
| 17 | That belief system will be accompanied by values of behaviour and culture , which we are likely to accept and practise to a greater or lesser degree . |
| 18 | Even if he is also religious — as he often enough still is — his religion is most commonly seen as a private , individual affair , divorced to a greater or lesser degree from the everyday concerns of the public world . |
| 19 | Secondly , it may be useful to review the operation of a different regulatory regime , that is , one which to a greater or lesser degree relies on market forces and self-regulation to police it . |
| 20 | Such a cleric has long recognised that his personal belief is not the same thing as historical evidence , and he has effected some kind of personal reconciliation between the two — a reconciliation which , to a greater or lesser degree , manages to accommodate both . |
| 21 | But the vast majority of such sentences would either not fit into the story ( message ) meaningfully , or would alter the story to a greater or lesser degree . |
| 22 | All of the major political parties since the Second World War have , to a greater or lesser degree , been in favour of extending home ownership . |
| 23 | So too , to a greater or lesser degree , does a fifth element of the state system , namely the various units of sub-central government . |
| 24 | I am a male working with young children under eight years old and have been involved , to a greater or lesser degree for almost ten years . |
| 25 | One of the stranger points about desktop publishing is that the hardware you select to act as the basis of your system is , to a greater or lesser degree , irrelevant . |
| 26 | Comforting a sad and discouraged Louise ( March 27th , 1853 ) , he reminds her that we are all caged birds , and that life weighs the heaviest on those with the largest wings : ‘ We are all to a greater or lesser degree eagles or canaries , parrots or vultures . |
| 27 | While part of friendship is caring about each other to a greater or lesser degree , caring for one another is not an element inherent in the routine organization of friendship … the majority of routine friendships are not particularly well suited for providing the sort of caring community care entails , notwithstanding the friendship ideals that might make one think they would be . |
| 28 | Instead , the governments in the Middle East — survive to a greater or lesser degree by simple repression . |
| 29 | Morris 's role appears to have been both that of a clerk of works , responsible to a greater or lesser degree for the erection of the buildings , and that of an architectural amanuensis employed to make ‘ Drawings and Explanations of his Lordship 's Directions ’ ; but to what extent he was involved in the actual process of design is not certain . |
| 30 | The difficulty lies in the fact that the governmental authorities , however highly principled and dedicated to the welfare of the citizenry , are essentially a vested interest running an organization which , to a greater or lesser degree , is designed to preserve and promote the continuing control of those same authorities . |