Example sentences of "of [noun sg] be [prep] [det] extent " in BNC.
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| 1 | Information about shape and size will of course be to some extent writer dependent . |
| 2 | There are critical windows of time during which maturation must be achieved ; failure of maturation is to some extent irrecoverable . |
| 3 | Because the experience of parenthood is to some extent idealized in our culture we have chosen to draw attention to stressful aspects of the transitions involved . |
| 4 | Dr. Leadbetter then commented on the other side of the coin ; the problems of under-funding were to some extent compensated for by the rewards of hard earned success . |
| 5 | Income support is , of course , only paid on test of need , but in assessing a person 's means certain forms of income such as disability pensions and a reasonable level of capital are to some extent disregarded . |
| 6 | The architecture of parallelism is to some extent in conflict or in counterpoint with the grammatical structure of each sentence , so that the main verb ( shown in capitals ) occurs in mid-parallelism , and forms ( continuing the architectural simile ) a concealed centre of gravity , balancing subject against predicate . |