7 sentences with 'degree'
Example sentences and phrases with the word degree and other words derived from it.
• « Solon and Plato deserve a high degree of credibility, and if the idea endured for so long it is because it may have become a reality. The truth is that even today the details of that alleged reality are nebulous, almost inscrutable. »
• « Her first employer hired her as "the equivalent of a master's degree," which she certainly had. »
• « The conquered city in their empire that was allowed a significant degree of autonomy was Babylon, out of respect for its role as the centre of Mesopotamian culture. »
• « As described above, the key to Persian rule was the novel innovation of treating conquered peoples with a degree of leniency (in stark contrast to the earlier methods of rule employed by the Assyrians and Neo-Babylonians). »
• « Also, despite the innovations that Darius I introduced into the organisation, the satraps (rulers) usually operated with a large degree of autonomy. »
• « However, one of the reasons we know that women enjoyed a greater degree of autonomy than in many other societies is the number of surviving texts that described and, in many cases, celebrated the role of women. »