Example sentences of "[adv] [adj -er] degree of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To achieve these goals usually entails a much higher degree of centralization and a much more interventionist role for the government in focusing national resources . |
| 2 | Buchanan is arguing that because of environmental pressures , and particularly because of changes in management technology and the need for flexibility , high performance requires organizations to combine flatter structures with a much higher degree of worker control . |
| 3 | Older pupils , who are still being taught in a more ‘ traditional ’ way , demonstrate a much higher degree of dependency upon Rick in their maths lessons than do younger pupils who are involved in the new curriculum . |
| 4 | Extrapolation based upon a mathematical formula has the appearance of a much greater degree of precision and has been used by a number of workers in Britain , e.g.Jones ( 1924 ) and Brown ( 1952 ) . |
| 5 | Blake also realised that , although horses have an extensive body language as well , there was still a much greater degree of communication between horses , and between himself and horses , than could be explained by sounds and signs . |
| 6 | What is new is the much greater degree of sophistication which is now necessary to produce the maximum revenue yield from each and every InterCity journey . |
| 7 | Outsiders could not hope to participate in the learned debates on comparative anatomy at the great museums , but field naturalists relied on local amateurs for specimens and surveys , thus ensuring a much greater degree of interaction . |
| 8 | Other movements in symphonies and chamber music may have a much greater degree of completeness in their melodies , especially slow movements and dance pieces such as minuets and scherzos . |
| 9 | The latter pavements , admittedly , share a number of features which , together , indicate a much greater degree of affinity : similar acanthus scroll and arrangement of designs at Stonesfield and Woodchester , or the almost identical styles of the animals at Woodchester and Barton Farm . |
| 10 | On the whole they feel such predictions are not justified and , indeed , the evidence is of a much greater degree of fitness and independence than is generally acknowledged . |
| 11 | Where human life is at stake , a much greater degree of certainty is required . |
| 12 | It is hoped an Ada version of ANDF will allow government , defence and corporate procurers to exercise a much greater degree of control over their suppliers , by enabling them to separate hardware and software purchasing considerations . |
| 13 | Praxis argues ANDF will eventually allow government , defence and other large information technology procurers to exercise a much greater degree of control over their suppliers , by separating hardware and software purchasing considerations . |
| 14 | It seems to have been the case that attempts to defend their interests by knitters , wool and cotton workers met with a much greater degree of hostility from masters and magistrates than did those made by urban artisans . |
| 15 | Under the system of primogeniture it will be known from childhood that one sibling will be privileged over all the rest ; by contrast partible inheritance requires a much greater degree of co-operation between siblings in adult life , especially if they inherit land or a firm which provides them with a common livelihood . |
| 16 | Waves D , C , B and A show progressively greater degrees of retardation , with resulting greater degrees of refraction until wave A is not only breaking against the point but also against the sides of the headland . |
| 17 | There are many reasons for this , two important ones being the generally greater degree of government intervention in society and the increased predominance of foreign and military affairs in a century that has seen two world wars and the development of nuclear weapons . |
| 18 | Butler believes that there is a further principle of our nature , conscience , which has a still higher degree of authority , and which will judge between all the lower levels of our being , including self love and benevolence . |
| 19 | The international trend is towards an ever greater degree of devolution ; here the tendency has been to centralise , and the issues of autonomy , which most locals want are confused with the mechanics of finance . |
| 20 | The new frontiers opened up by the development of the sciences through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries have taken them far beyond the model of the machine and revealed a far greater degree of randomness and unpredictability in the fundamental structure of the universe . |
| 21 | Thereafter Edward III , having learned some valuable political lessons , was able to develop a far greater degree of co-operation with his people , in particular with the fighting nobility , a spirit fostered by the two outstanding victories won at Crécy and Poitiers . |
| 22 | Early this year they announced that they had found the 17 keV neutrino again , with a far greater degree of sensitivity than any previous experiment . |
| 23 | But the principal argument he produced in favour of ruling indirectly was not that Indirect Rule provided the perfect instrument of intelligent conservation , but that it created the possibility of exercising over the native a far greater degree of control than could be achieved if he were ruled directly . |
| 24 | They must comply with a far greater degree of control ( and restrictions ) . |
| 25 | Does this mean that McDonald 's does n't achieve higher margins , or does it reflect an even larger degree of undervaluation of these currencies , or other factors ? |
| 26 | In results reported last summer ( New Scientist , vol 95 , p WS ) , their data confirmed quantum mechanics to within an even higher degree of accuracy than previous experiments . |
| 27 | An even greater degree of bone loss has been demonstrated for the kestrel ( Yalden & Yalden , 1985 ) . |
| 28 | The pollen record for the Neolithic period into the Bronze Age , approximately 4000 to 1500 BC , shows an even greater degree of woodland clearance with more extensive areas of grassland and some places tumbling down to scrub and waste . |
| 29 | He postulated that the brittleness of cast iron resulted from its even greater degree of impurity . |
| 30 | Nearly a century and a half later Alexander II might have been forgiven for feeling an even greater degree of disappointment . |