Example sentences of "have been [verb] [prep] some extent " in BNC.
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| 1 | This quantitative approach has been adopted to some extent by at least one local authority as the policy statement below illustrates : |
| 2 | Notwithstanding these developments , however , even in some European countries the tendency towards decentralisation in collective negotiations has been offset to some extent by cross-currents . |
| 3 | ‘ With the Tottenham Three being acquitted , people feel the problem has been ameliorated to some extent , ’ said a campaigner . |
| 4 | This question has been answered to some extent by a recent paper which showed a significantly higher mortality and morbidity among diabetics discharged solely to primary care in the community compared to those cared for by the hospital diabetic clinic ( Hayes & Harries , 1984 ) . |
| 5 | This has been covered to some extent in the past by ‘ awareness ’ and ‘ technology transfer ’ programmes . |
| 6 | Under the new regime for companies this problem has been addressed to some extent . |
| 7 | In recent years the breed has been exported to some extent to Jamaica , Uganda , Saudi Arabia and Iran but more widely to Canada , the USA and New Zealand . |
| 8 | Police and army behaviour and tactics had been improved to some extent , especially in appreciating the need for reform policies rather than simple oppression . |
| 9 | Faced with this lack of clarity in the law , the police have been left to some extent to interpret it for themselves . |
| 10 | In part this is concerned with the omission of key features of reality , such as uncertainty , the role of expectations , and market imperfections , which have been discussed to some extent in earlier Lectures . |