He had come to power in similar fashion. An 88-member observer team from the Southern African Development Community praised the election for its peace and credibility and high degree of tolerance.

VOA: standard.2009.10.19

John Milton will remain unique in English letters for the degree of thought that he gave to the shape of his literary career, or actually to the notion of a career at all.

约翰弥尔顿在英语文学方面的影响是十分独特的,因为他深刻的思想塑造了他的文学事业，或者说，塑造了他对事业的看法。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

It's one that we'll take up in greater detail, though, when we get to the book of Deuteronomy, where it is stressed to a greater degree than it is in Exodus, but for now, we can accept Levenson's claim that Sinai represents an intersection of law and love, because of the use of the suzerainty model.

这点占据了很细节的描述，当我们读到《申命记》,其中强调的程度比《出埃及记》要多得多，但是现在，我们只能接受Levenson的主张，那就是,西奈代表了律法与热爱的交叉点，因为用到了领主模式。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

But Ritz, who has both undergone and conducted SERE training, says there is a great degree of difference between training and actual interrogations, where harsh techniques may be combined and carried out for longer periods.

VOA: standard.2009.04.17

Incoming Hostos President Matos Rodriguez, whose parents were born in Puerto Rico, said that for every one of the students, the completion of their two years of study leading to their associate degree is a proud achievement.

VOA: standard.2010.06.05

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's assertion in a Friday news conference in New York that the new facility was not in violation of International Atomic Energy Agency guidelines and would be for energy purposes seemed to only increase the degree of anger on Capitol Hill.

VOA: standard.2009.09.25