Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [det] a degree " in BNC.
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| 1 | She is adamant that under no circumstances would she consent to further use of a nasogastric tube , whether or not she was drugged to such a degree that she felt little discomfort as it was pushed down into her stomach . |
| 2 | This was , in all probability , the first scandal to be shaped to such a degree by references learned from the screen . |
| 3 | By the following year , guerrilla activity on the part of the Zealots had intensified to such a degree that Rome was obliged to take vigorous countermeasures . |
| 4 | It is unacceptable to deduce from the lack of prosecutions that hooligan behaviour was formerly tolerated to such a degree that the culprits were neither censured nor prosecuted . |
| 5 | It is probably a lot more common than is generally realized , a background ‘ noise ’ which only becomes noticeable when emphasized to such a degree that we can no longer ignore it . |
| 6 | It proved impossible ; her senses were heightened to such a degree that she could hear every move he made . |
| 7 | In age-set societies , the changes in status involved in getting older are institutionalised to such a degree that they often constitute the very basis of political organisation . |
| 8 | Or alternatively the new situation is completely ignored and the time-space mesh contracted to such a degree that landform is almost taken as read and interest is , instead , directed at hydrological matters relating to the transmission of water and sediment across land-surfaces which look increasingly like the isotropic ones of human geographers . |
| 9 | A fortnight ago the council decided that security at Castlemeads had been improved to such a degree that the women could start parking there again . |