The phrase "a shocking degree of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to emphasize the extent or intensity of something that is surprising or unexpected.
Example: "The report revealed a shocking degree of corruption within the organization."
Alternatives: "an alarming level of" or "a startling amount of".
If only that view were shared by the Romanian adults on screen, most of whom display a shocking degree of prejudice.
The Greens have called for an overhaul of financial institutions, citing a "shocking degree of rot" being uncovered at the banking royal commission.
Win or lose, he has already defined politics so far down that a shocking degree of hatred, ignorance, and lies is becoming normal.
Like any other road map, an X-ray image is an incomplete reduction of reality that can misrepresent challenges or include distortions, which explains why, even in 2017, high-stake surgeries can involve a shocking degree of guesswork and improvisation.
To do this, Houck must peer into the sapphire at the atomic level, a feat that he said requires "a shocking degree of precision". Houck, a professor of electrical engineering, performs much of the work at the Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials (PRISM).
Kevin Brennan, shadow schools minister, said: "David Cameron's government has displayed a shocking degree of complacency in responding to the need for new school places".
CARL OSTENDARP An eighteen-year survey of Ostendarp's painting and sculpture reveals an almost shocking degree of consistency.
People don't believe we can solve climate change - but we have no choice". It complains that renewable energy has been starved of investment to a shocking degree, with publicly funded RD&D on renewable energy only $6bn a year – under 2% of the total of publicly funded research and development.
For if allegations of complicity in torture turn out to be true, this would undermine to a shocking degree repeated statements by very senior ministers, including to parliament.
