Example sentences of "[vb mod] [prep] [adj] extent " in BNC.
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| 1 | It follows that X should to some extent overshadow A , restricting the amount of associative strength gained both by its a elements and its c elements . |
| 2 | Various indices now exist and it may be that the choice of index should to some extent be determined by the nature of the property . |
| 3 | Alcuin 's ideas must to some extent have become Carolingian practice . |
| 4 | But scientists and lay practitioners alike must recognise that the terms and concepts used in alternative systems of medicine may have no exact equivalent in Western medicine , and must to some extent be-seen as metaphors ; and that standard ways of assessing therapy , notably by the double-blind controlled trial , may simply not be applicable to many alternative systems . |
| 5 | The Germans naturally played the major role in shaping the CIVC and its undoubted success , both immediate and since , must to some extent be credited to the Germans ' reputation for organisation , efficiency and detail . |
| 6 | To achieve this , Poulantzas says , it must to some extent be independent of all classes , or as he puts it , it must be relatively autonomous . |
| 7 | The event must to some extent match this vulnerability , in that in the context of the person 's past history , say , its interpretation poses a particularly marked threat . |
| 8 | In fact , we found that agency workers and part-time workers might to some extent be substitutes for one another , in that the higher the proportion of the work force that was part-time , the lower the likelihood that the establishment was using such temporary workers . |
| 9 | I 'd say publishing in The Square Ball does n't bring us ‘ overground ’ , as you put it Tim , but publishing in the programme might to some extent — it could imply some sort of ‘ official ’ status . |
| 10 | Bureaucratic measures could to some extent control behaviour which did not conform to pre-defied socialist standards . |
| 11 | This fact may to some extent explain the low standards of care and privacy sometimes experienced . |
| 12 | Is my right hon. Friend aware that her Department may to some extent be missing the point ? |
| 13 | I hope that in Committee he will listen to the pleas of Members representing Greater London and the south of England because they are dear to my heart and may to some extent be dear to his . |
| 14 | Research on , for example , molluscan biology , archaeology , vegetational variation , etc. , may have Scottish areal content , and may to some extent impinge on the geology , but their relationships with the earth sciences were not straightforward , and research would have necessitated the use of bibliographical resources outwith the field of geology . |
| 15 | This concern may to some extent have been justified : according to a newspaper report , one battle in which an AWACS aircraft was involved , albeit peripherally , nearly became several . |
| 16 | With the growing emphasis on information technology for competitive advantage , systems planning may to some extent govern business plans and certainly influence them . |
| 17 | The long-breathed sonority of his style may to some extent be accounted for by the fact that he stands to play , and uses the German underhand bow-grip : mostly though , it 's pure genius . |
| 18 | In the manufacturing manager 's own words : ‘ Development in the production environment meant that the operator would productionise machinery , and rather than management giving production parameters to the operators , the operators would to some extent give them to management . |
| 19 | 6.6 Insofar as this Agreement is less restrictive or onerous on the recipient Party in respect of the disclosure or use of any particular information than any undertaking given by the recipient Party prior to the execution of this Agreement in respect of the same information , such information shall to such extent be deemed to have been superseded by this Agreement . |
| 20 | If the span is too great , or the timber is undersized , it will need hangers from the ceiling above to prevent it sagging , and these will to some extent reduce its effect . |
| 21 | Neutralizing agents are usually either acids or alkalis which neutralize the odorous gas on impact , so for example acidic gases such as fatty acids , sulphur dioxide , chlorine , hydrogen-chloride and sulphides and mercaptans can to some extent be neutralized by contact with sodium hydroxide or sodium carbonate ( both alkalis ) whilst weak sulphuric acid or phosphoric acid for example can be used as a neutralizing media for alkaline gases such as ammonia or amines . |
| 22 | Migration and fertility decline are alternative escapes from population pressure in societies sufficiently developed for mortality to be declining ( as in eighteenth century France ) and can to some extent substitute for each other ( Davis 1963 , Friedlander 1983 ) to relieve population pressure ( Woods and Smith 1983 ) . |
| 23 | The work of individual carvers can to some extent be identified by the style and edge mouldings of the bench ends . |
| 24 | You can to some extent |
| 25 | Such benefits can to some extent compensate a widow for lack of access to occupational scheme benefits in her own right and for financial disadvantage arising from the traditional domestic division of labour . |
| 26 | As one can well imagine , the surface shade so necessary for a healthy balance within the pool can to some extent be provided by waterlilies . |
| 27 | If both these conditions are satisfied then the solar radiation can to some extent provide the upward flow of heat by convection , thus reducing the outflow from greater depths . |
| 28 | Links between sentences can to some extent be made explicit in a similar way , by using connectives such as therefore , thus , on the other hand , or words referring back to previous sentence ( Turner , 1973 ) . |
| 29 | The finance company can to some extent safeguard itself by including certain terms in the contract it makes with the customer . |
| 30 | They tend to communicate in a form of shorthand based on this common database and can to some extent predict each other 's reactions to normal situations . |