Today, though, to a startling degree the mixing and mingling takes place around fund-raising, with record sums changing hands.

It's about the startling degree to which dogs can enter and alter a human life.

To a startling degree, fashion remains an immigrant business.

On the other hand, the reality was one-sided, to a startling degree.

Hoch's work resonates with the American art of the 1980's and early 90's to a startling degree.

But in the last couple of years, for a variety of reasons, these recordings have surged into the mainstream to a startling degree.

To a startling degree, he notes, that has already happened, even without privatization.

So far, the plan appears to have generated a startling degree of agreement among the city's usually contentious political leaders.

But with other chemicals added, it also speeds up growth to a startling degree.

Made in Germany in 1927, many experts say the movie still retains its relevance to a startling degree.