Example sentences of "and [prep] a lesser [noun sg] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | What is meant by science in this case is of course the physical sciences and to a lesser degree the biological sciences . |
| 2 | It followed , therefore , that most of the military appointments to which Scottish freeholders and burgh councillors aspired were in the line infantry and to a lesser degree the cavalry , augmented during the wars with France at the turn of the century with numerous local military units of a temporary nature . |
| 3 | The US — and to a lesser extent the USSR — will probably wish to maintain their capability to exert military force worldwide , to influence , and if necessary intervene in the affairs of other countries . |
| 4 | Inability to meet the criteria of comparable income and to a lesser extent the lower incentives in France account largely for the small number of development plans approved — only 87 in Cantal during 1981 and a total of 534 between 1975 and 1981 . |
| 5 | ‘ The Swedish devaluation in particular , and to a lesser extent the Norwegian and British devaluation , will affect the DFDS Group even more in 1993 , which is therefore expected to be an even more difficult year . |
| 6 | Top headhunting firms will become , in essence , more like the international law and accounting firms , and to a lesser extent the advertising fraternity . |
| 7 | The even more familiar end-Cretaceous mass extinction event is also associated with substantial regression ( Fig. 18.5 ) , as are the equally striking events in the marine realm at or near the end of the Ordovician and Triassic , and to a lesser extent the Devonian ( Raup & Sepkoski , 1982 , and Fig. 18.6 ) . |
| 8 | The emergence of finance ( and to a lesser extent the media ) as the engine of Leeds 's revival has surprised the city 's leaders as much as anyone . |
| 9 | The relative beneficiary should be IBM 's mid-range but growing AS/400 business and to a lesser extent the RS/6000 . |
| 10 | The aim in this book is to consider the legal and economic dimensions of the regulatory technique known as the Chinese Wall , and to a lesser extent the regulatory context within which the device operates . |
| 11 | It appeared then to favour teacher appraisal , the publication of examination results , and to a lesser extent the evaluation and review of schools ( especially through curriculum review ) . |
| 12 | And , since most of your readers will be women , you should also describe the clothes other characters wear and to a lesser extent the rooms in which they meet each other . |
| 13 | Britain 's poor military performance sharpened the perceived economic , political and cultural threat to the predominance of the Empire from other burgeoning nations , especially Germany and to a lesser extent the USA and Japan . |
| 14 | For Germany , one scholar has demonstrated that ‘ both the growth and modernization of the German iron industry and to a lesser extent the engineering sector , may be regarded as a consequence of the railroad ’ . |
| 15 | Hitherto the focus of economic restructuring had been on the first ( and to a lesser extent the second — see above ) . |
| 16 | From Table V it is evident that the cost difference is principally caused by the expenses incurred in ward stay associated surgery ( £2483 ) , and to a lesser extent the theatre costs ( £783 ) . |
| 17 | It is also true that there were moments , like the 1720s , the 1780s and to a lesser extent the 1750s , when their establishment was especially noticeable , but even where they existed , large numbers of claimants were still relieved at home . |
| 18 | Er having said that er some of the newer opportunities must have er a lot of oh catching up to do if you like er to the levels of the estate agents and to a lesser extent the doctors surgeries . |
| 19 | In subclinical infections , it has been shown under both experimental an natural conditions that O. circumcincta causes a marked depression in appetite and this , together with losses of plasma protein into the gastro-intestinal tract , results in interference with the post-absorptive metabolism of protein and to a lesser extent the utilisation of metabolisable energy . |