Example sentences of "[be] [prep] some extent " in BNC.
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| 1 | They overlap but they 're to some extent slightly different criteria . |
| 2 | The graduate in English was to be to some extent a scholar , in so far as he or she had a sense of the past and the capacity to understand literature in its historical contexts , particularly linguistic ; beyond that , what was looked for was wide reading , an appreciation of masterpieces , and a capacity to write well , attend to evidence , and disentangle sense from nonsense in argument . |
| 3 | A widower can become something of a ‘ cause ’ to those living in the same street or block of flats , whereas a widow , although not shunned , may be to some extent avoided by all but the most caring individuals in the early days of her bereavement . |
| 4 | Information about shape and size will of course be to some extent writer dependent . |
| 5 | Emerson revealed that both those who continued working and those who retired ‘ appeared to be to some extent affected by rather garbled information concerning retirement impact ’ ( Emerson 1959 ) . |
| 6 | He acknowledges that precisely what rules of property there should be is undetermined by this ‘ general requirement of justice ’ and he also concedes that the choice of rules will be to some extent arbitrary . |
| 7 | We have to confess that we are at a stage of understanding where any answer must be to some extent tentative . |
| 8 | There is some evidence ( by no means conclusive ) to indicate that the " hyper-male " situation ( XYY ) may be to some extent associated with aggressive tendencies and the XXY or XXXX situation with ultra.femininity . |
| 9 | I have just indicated one way in which criticism centred on the theory dependence of observation can be to some extent evaded by the inductivists , and I am convinced that they will be able to think of further ingenious defences . |
| 10 | Secondly , an exemption clause may be partially effective if it is shown to be to some extent reasonable . |
| 11 | ‘ I am to some extent on home ground there , ’ she said , reluctantly and not looking at him . |
| 12 | The other , John Beaumont , may also have been to some extent Gloucester 's man since he and his putative father Sir Henry Bodrugan went on to become supporters of Richard III in the region . |
| 13 | Owing to his lack of resources he had always been to some extent a figurehead , but he had become an indispensable one . |
| 14 | The other , John Beaumont , may also have been to some extent Gloucester 's man since he and his putative father Sir Henry Bodrugan went on to become supporters of Richard III in the region . |
| 15 | As outlined in para 3.3 below , the City Code applies to takeovers of certain categories of private companies ( broadly where the equity share capital has been to some extent publicly held at any time within the ten years prior to the offer ) . |
| 16 | The exemption does not apply if the equity share capital of the private company has been to some extent publicly held at any time within the ten years prior to the offer . |
| 17 | We ourselves are to some extent part of this problem , but we do at least live and work in the village full time . |
| 18 | You are to some extent unhappy about your body and your health and you want to improve . |
| 19 | Mountain peaks , like intertidal zones and estuaries , are to some extent enriched by organic material blowing in from elsewhere — notably in the form of insects , borne aloft , and perishing in the cold . |
| 20 | All these trapping methods are to some extent selective , but they are augmented by observation and hand-netting . |
| 21 | Ley hunters today tend to think of leys purely as alignments and are to some extent dubious about Watkins 's idea of old straight tracks-though the South American paths do present a question mark here . |
| 22 | All religions possess truth , but all are to some extent erroneous . |
| 23 | These three aspects are to some extent interrelated in that , for example , at higher temperatures water quality may deteriorate more rapidly than at low temperatures and under conditions of crowding , the deterioration of water quality will also be accelerated . |
| 24 | However , it recognized that ‘ the changes in employers ’ practices are to some extent due to acute labour shortages , particularly in some industrial areas ' . |
| 25 | If the genes affecting survival and fertility are to some extent age-specific in their effects , then those that influence later life will be subject to weaker selection because , by the time they take effect , more of the original carriers will already have died or become infertile for other reasons . |
| 26 | Although lengthy domestic and care routines are to some extent a reality of disability , it is necessary to work out a level of sharing between the women and their staff which allows a varied day and does not make a drudge out of anybody . |
| 27 | Though the trade knows that auctions are to some extent staged events , the general public does n't . |
| 28 | This is because social arrangements are to some extent arbitrary ways of organising human life — there is an apparently endless range of variations in social rules , ideas and conventions . |
| 29 | To note a possibility to which we shall return in a moment , it is allowed that a possible world w " might be more like our actual world than a possible world w " even though the laws of our world are to some extent suspended or do not exist in w " and are intact in w " . |
| 30 | The final two chapters , 14 and 15 , are to some extent dependent upon what is said in chapters 6 and 7 . |