Example sentences of "extent to [pron] [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , this example serves to emphasize how misleading it can be to assume that the breeding sex ratio necessarily reflects the extent to which male reproductive success varies for , even among closely related species , it is likely to be the case that males have substantially longer breeding lifespans in monogamous species than in polygynous ones ( see Wiley , 1974 ; Clutton-Brock et al . , |
| 2 | This project explores the extent to which Soviet industrial affairs can be understood in terms of social adaptation to certain constraints which are inherent in industrial production . |
| 3 | Second , although the peer-group norm is characterized by speakers as Dyirbal rather than English , the extent of its Dyirbal admixture ( sometimes only around 50 per cent ) corresponds to the extent to which traditional Dyirbal features are controlled by the least fluent Dyirbal speaker in the group . |
| 4 | In Figure 6.8 , the discrepancy between NAIRU and U F measures the extent to which exogenous cost-push factors influence an inflationary process at levels of activity which are well below what may be reasonably considered to correspond to full employment . |
| 5 | There seems little doubt that legislation would reduce the extent to which confidential personal data is sold . |
| 6 | His announcement underlined the extent to which revolutionary political possibilities had been foreclosed . |
| 7 | Other areas of difference included the degree of damages open to a victim of discrimination and the extent to which court-ordered affirmative action plans were open to further legal challenge . |
| 8 | We looked first of all at the relationship of grammar to discourse and the extent to which formal cohesive ties operate across sentence boundaries . |
| 9 | An opportunity will be provided , therefore , to examine current concepts of historical communities and to assess the extent to which different socio-economic sub-groupings lived within a number of different communities . |
| 10 | However , she also found wide variation in the extent to which different social workers used the referral either to assess for a specific resource or to undertake a more general assessment of need and circumstances . |
| 11 | Much depends on the type of production , the relative standing of groups such as Quality Control , Purchasing and Maintenance , and the extent to which sophisticated computerised systems are in operation . |
| 12 | The extent to which particular old people can control their behaviour and to which certain actions are an expression of hostility is problematic . |