Example sentences of "[art] extent that [pers pn] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Things matter to the extent that they were discussed at considerable length and drafted with particular care . |
| 2 | French susceptibilities over sovereignty had not vet developed to the extent that they were to do by 1294 . |
| 3 | Any dispositions of property or payments made by the bankrupt between the date of the presentation of the bankruptcy petition and the vesting of his assets in his trustee are void except to the extent that they were made with the consent of the court or were subsequently ratified by the court ( s 284(1)-(3) ) . |
| 4 | In so far as these matters were not already solved , the automatic operations of market economics ( on which the analysis therefore concentrated henceforward ) would solve them , to the extent that they were not beyond human solution . |
| 5 | This was true to the extent that he was acting out a drama of his own inventing , he was the protagonist in a play that was nothing but climaxes and intervals . |
| 6 | Despite the violence of the schism with his father , the eccentric streak prevailed to the extent that he was offered funds until he found his feet back West . |
| 7 | To my personal embarrassment to the extent that I was a party to the majority of the decisions to which I have referred , I have to say that I think that this court again finds itself in the same position . |
| 8 | As a result the warbler increased in numbers until by 1988 the population had built to the extent that it was decided that some birds could be caught and transported to the island of Aride , some twelve kilometres north , which is managed by the UK-based Royal Society for Nature Conservation . |
| 9 | The emphasis on individualism that House ( 1978 ) observed prevented education in the UK ever being regarded as an agent of social reform to the extent that it was in the United States . |
| 10 | As also has been found for the other two scales , however , the inner city problem has become much more evident over the past decade since the deteriorating situation prompted central government to introduce more comprehensive powers in the 1978 Inner Urban Areas Act , to the extent that it was identified by the Prime Minister as the single most important challenge for the new Parliament after the 1987 General Election . |
| 11 | The party manifesto stressed the importance of the link within the UK to the extent that it was of paramount importance that any proposals made by the Constitutional Convention must be fully acceptable to the United Kingdom government and people . |
| 12 | The Fao area was repaired to the extent that it was possible for loading to be resumed at a restored Mina al-Bakr terminal . |
| 13 | As part of their representations on the 1981 Finance Bill , the Law Society recommended that income should not be " relevant income " to the extent that it was paid away to some person other than the recipient of the relevant benefit either before or after the receipt of the relevant benefit as it had by then ceased to be available as a source of funds out of which the relevant benefit could be paid . |
| 14 | But inspired by the experience of Jim Duffy at the back and battling Stainrod himself up front , the pattern of play changed dramatically during the final half hour , to the extent that it was the visitors who were forced to hang on , especially after Stainrod had forced goalkeeper Theo Snelders into an own-goal during the latter stages . |
| 15 | Prior to the Second World War this species was hunted , as part of a traditional subsistence economy , by Bedouin tribes but with the development of the oil industry and the introduction of modern vehicles and weapons , hunting parties organised on a large scale rapidly reduced oryx populations to such an extent that they were virtually eliminated . |
| 16 | Naturally they were anxious to fire this destructive load before it was too late ; the angle of the chase was depressed to such an extent that they were afraid that in spite of the wadding the contents of their canister might dribble out … already a fountain of glass marbles commandeered from the children had cascaded about the ears of the defenders . |
| 17 | Another dealer had instilled such confidence into some twenty punters to such an extent that they were dealing £5,000 a time on a long-term regular basis . |
| 18 | It was the Controller of the Household who later established that no one in authority who was within a reasonable distance of the incident could have realised that the members of the first team of bearers , most of them worthy if nervous burghers of Kinsai , had doctored strung-up nerves with wine and k'miss to such an extent that they were no longer capable of reacting with either fortitude or common sense to the kind of diversions which were now to be expected as part of the rejoicing . |
| 19 | In the past they had reported to the tsar every month , but by the end of 1861 newspapers had complicated their task to such an extent that they were reporting daily . |
| 20 | The protracted effects of steam , heat and natural decay had weakened the structure to such an extent that it was beyond saving . |
| 21 | The Reform Act 1832 had , however , widened the franchise to such an extent that it was no longer feasible to ensure Parliament 's compliance by filling the Commons with placemen . |
| 22 | Low-spirited , disappointed that she must forgo the festivities which always marked the twelfth day of Christmas , she wept copiously and bewailed her ill-fortune to such an extent that it was feared she would increase the severity of the illness . |
| 23 | It was about three weeks later when I happened to notice that the pupil of this eye had dilated to such an extent that it was now noticeable to everyone . |
| 24 | By 1946 the requirements of the naval depot had reduced to such an extent that it was only necessary to provide a thrice-weekly service . |
| 25 | Over a five-year period Kiselev transformed the administration of the lands between the Pruth and the Danube to such an extent that it was to be hard , thereafter , for the sultan or outsiders to prevent the eventual emergence of an independent Romania . |
| 26 | With trading settlements and ports of call at Goa , the Cape and Lisbon , the Portuguese undermined the economy of the Mameluke Empire to such an extent that it was taken over by the Ottomans in 1517 . |
| 27 | And yet … the thought crept back just before she drifted off to sleep … it had been rather nice that he had actually noticed her in the past , and noticed her to such an extent that he was now in a position to compare the woman she 'd become to the girl she 'd once been . |
| 28 | That his warm breath on her face churned up her insides to such an extent that she was forced to lie rigid ? |
| 29 | She had not missed the fact that the coffee-table was piled high with past copies of Query and his arrogant manner was beginning to annoy her to such an extent that she was just about ready to storm off through the door and let Mr Parnham make of it what he could . |