The phrase "a material level" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a tangible or physical aspect of a situation, often in contexts related to economics, science, or philosophy.
Example: "The project must be evaluated on a material level to understand its true impact on the environment."
Alternatives: "a tangible level" or "a physical level".
"It needs to be extended and placed at a material level.
She makes me feel that anything is possible – not on a material level, but on a fundamental one.
Following various government initiatives since then, the role is now more widely acknowledged, but I believe little has changed on a material level.
Nor do they want for anything on a material level – no guarantee of happiness, but handy in matters such as shopping around for a supportive school.
On a material level, Mr. Gibson is onto something here: the hide softens the light, making the sculptures look less like Flavins and more like ravers' glowsticks.
"On a material level, they are well looked after, but in terms of giving them guidance and inculcating them with values and life-skills, I saw very little of that in care homes I worked in," he added.
Controlling hunger becomes a way to reassert control, at a minimal material level, in a life that seems to be out of control.19 Food thus becomes central to both a culture's inscription of its norms on the body and a subject's resistance to, or troubling of, those norms.
Thirdly, in the event that the state should deal with religious institutions, it should do so from the outside, in a neutral manner so to speak, on a purely material level, and with the sole objective of creating a public space where those who are religious, atheist or agnostic can all have an equal chance to meet with their followers and provide them with a message of their choosing.
Shenzhen clearly has been influenced by Hong Kong, but so far only on a crude, material level.
On a much more material level, I've got a savings goal.
By including a hierarchical, nested description of infrastructure technologies, their components, and the materials they contain, this model can be used to quantify the effectiveness of recovery at both a technology remanufacturing and reuse level and a material recycling level.
