Example sentences of "i [vb base] [prep] a [adj] extent " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean to a certain extent I have just said them . |
| 2 | It works like this , you get the schools involved and realise , I do n't know how many have read the national curriculum , bit like the Maestricht treaty I suppose to a certain extent ! |
| 3 | they do n't want to sit in the restaurant they very rarely do get them sitting in the restaurant I suppose to a certain extent other than the Sundays it 's just waste of space . |
| 4 | I think to a certain extent the West Indian kids tend to get labelled and these labels they feel they 've got to live up to . |
| 5 | I mean one of the problems with probation I think to a certain extent is that er obviously if you get these people who keep going into prison and coming out again , er it 's really pretty difficult to erm er influence their behaviour positively probably . |
| 6 | I think to a certain extent that might be literally true , but the northern part of the county , you 've got linkages into the A sixty six have n't you , Scotch Corner and to the west and you 've also got linkages here into the Wharfe Valley and up through to Skipton again and further south you can link into the M sixty two ca n't you , as trans-pennine . |
| 7 | to , to put reasons why that this does n't mean the it actually means more , and I think to a certain extent there may be justification , some people may have put their name down and meant the whole family |