Example sentences of "what extent " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is difficult to comprehend to what extent Leonard felt the sense of this over-arching , life-elevating principle . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , Raymond Tallis , whose own training is in medicine , has shown to what extent one of Lacan 's key concepts , the importance of the ‘ mirror stage ’ in the development of the infant 's sense of self , has no base in clinical experience . |
| 3 | To what extent students on such a degree would also need to read poetry in another language is a difficult question . |
| 4 | It remains unclear to what extent the rebels thought they were operating with America 's blessing . |
| 5 | But what no one seemed prepared or able to tell was to what extent the purity of breed influences the taste of boar . |
| 6 | Occasionally it was suspected that the behaviour of respondents was being affected by the presence of the field-worker , to what extent it is impossible to estimate , but this is the disadvantage of all overt research techniques and is not unique to ethnography . |
| 7 | If we are to establish how and to what extent routine policing is affected by Northern Ireland 's divisions , it would be useless to base our research where there is only militarized political policing ( even though there are at least formal attempts to try to normalize policing in areas of high tension ) , for it is necessary to explore the extent to which policing in so-called ‘ soft ’ areas is contaminated by wider societal conflicts . |
| 8 | To what extent did persistently reading different papers or regularly watching different television channels make a difference to swings in political preferences ? |
| 9 | Anthony Eden , the Foreign Secretary , asked them to what extent the full internationalization of civil aviation was possible . |
| 10 | To what extent were large profits made from spectator sports and what kind of earnings and working conditions could a professional sportsman expect ? |
| 11 | So to what extent is juvenile violence a ‘ constant ’ varying only in style and in detail over time ? |
| 12 | It is not clear to what extent the Securitate is now a ‘ state within the state ’ and to what extent it is directly answerable to President Ceausescu , but it is odd that the service 's worst excesses have occurred when the head of state is on an official trip abroad , in this case to Iran . |
| 13 | It is not clear to what extent the Securitate is now a ‘ state within the state ’ and to what extent it is directly answerable to President Ceausescu , but it is odd that the service 's worst excesses have occurred when the head of state is on an official trip abroad , in this case to Iran . |
| 14 | Dutch policies applied generally might have a damaging influence on the world economy , it says , ‘ How great such influence might be and to what extent it might be worse that that resulting from the worldwide deterioration in the quality of the environment is not known . ’ |
| 15 | To what extent is that really good news ? |
| 16 | This would certainly explain how they came to feel the need to have some wider understanding of how , and to what extent , we can acquire knowledge of any sort . |
| 17 | Many English fans even regard West Indian cricket as boring , but it is more impossible to know , as defeat follows defeat follows defeat , to what extent this is an objective judgement or to what extent it is just sour grapes . |
| 18 | Many English fans even regard West Indian cricket as boring , but it is more impossible to know , as defeat follows defeat follows defeat , to what extent this is an objective judgement or to what extent it is just sour grapes . |
| 19 | A more fundamental question is : to what extent do we allow cultural elements of the first century to be transferred to our day ? |
| 20 | Reported rapes have increased considerably in the 1980s , but it is difficult to tell to what extent this represents a real increase in the number of rapes or an increase in the reporting of them . |
| 21 | To what extent do other members of the Free Presbyterian Church , especially other leaders , share Ian Paisley 's politics ? |
| 22 | To what extent the Orange Order , Apprentice Boys of Derry , and Royal Black Preceptory have ever been thoroughly evangelical is debatable . |
| 23 | TO WHAT extent does the change in the ministers in the economic departments foreshadow a change in policy direction ? |
| 24 | To what extent are these strictures pertinent to marginal farmers ? |
| 25 | More specifically , what should be the specific outcome measures that are selected and to what extent should they represent ‘ final ’ outcomes or more intermediate measures that may signify process ? |
| 26 | It remains to be seen to what extent they can be applied to social work . |
| 27 | To what extent , however , does this reflect the work specifically of the ASW rather than the psychiatrist ? |
| 28 | To what extent are these factors likely to be present in modern analytical laboratories ? |
| 29 | To what extent is the learning process of the classroom reflected in the working relationships within the institution as a whole , i.e. do schools practise in their structures what they preach in their aims ? |
| 30 | To what extent is delegated responsibility matched by authority and discretion ? |