Example sentences of "extent to [pron] [pers pn] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since 1970 , the media in this country have become very attached to the label , judging by the extent to which they increasingly use it . |
| 2 | The neighbourhood effect could also be understood as the middle classes acting as a ‘ generalized other ’ for the working classes of their locality ; in effect a reference group , for subordinate social groups , influencing the extent to which they either resist or abide by dominant , and often centralising , political authority . |
| 3 | Although languages differ in the extent to which they regularly specify the gender of human referents ( cf. English they and French ils/elles ) , we all readily recognize the distinction and expect it to reflect a genuine aspect of experience . |
| 4 | The extent to which they actually promote social efficiency ( because of externalities or informational failures of markets ) or other social goals is hotly contested . |
| 5 | First , like Dearlove , it still seems to exaggerate the localness of local politics and the extent to which they ever presented a substantial obstacle to the programmes of the centre . |
| 6 | Thus one exalts facts , the other the imagination ; both conceal the extent to which they necessarily make use of the other 's procedures . |
| 7 | An obvious characteristic of feminist practice in the academy , unlike the other approaches I have discussed , is the extent to which it immediately does intersect with experience . |
| 8 | This is a post-classical text , and different views have been held about the extent to which it correctly represents classical law , or any stage of classical law . |
| 9 | Such continuity was valuable to Gloucester , but it is important not to exaggerate the extent to which he simply took over a ready-made connection . |
| 10 | Such continuity was valuable to Gloucester , but it is important not to exaggerate the extent to which he simply took over a ready-made connection . |
| 11 | This narrative flexibility indicates the extent to which he now saw himself as a character in his own drama . |