11. It is pleasing that there is a large degree of support for the Southern fire station as I said it was music to my ears. 12. Mr Millan personally was in favour of a large degree of devolution and said it helped European regional policy to work more effectively. 13. Such a decentralised system is open to the criticism that there is a large degree of overlap in regulation, and hence an overburden of costs. 14. The fact that they overlap with each other to a large degree is not so important if one does not insist on discovering several distinct functions. 15. Among other factors, the Chinese are trying hard to rein in their surging economy, which is driven to a large degree by exports. 16. And it has, to a large degree. 17. And to a large degree, their exalted status is reinforced by the traveling public. 18. And to a large degree, he has been successful with that operating philosophy. 19. And to a large degree she is what makes the meal ultimately so delicious. 20. A key stumbling block in the proposed Warburg merger was the large degree of overlap between the two firms, which would have dictated big layoffs. |