Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [be] [prep] some extent " in BNC.
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| 1 | Specific applications of multimedia in business and professional environments are to some extent determined by commercial ingenuity . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | But as the century proceeded , these rigid differences were to some extent eroded . |
| 4 | Cynics might hastily conclude that the canons of " good committee practice " are neither sufficient nor necessary conditions for meaningful INSET to take place , but a better interpretation in our view is that the potential for such developments was to some extent wasted precisely because the structure , purpose and status of the panel were so confused . |
| 5 | These groups are to some extent welcome to the authorities , as they provide obvious and organized bodies with which negotiations and discussions can be held . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Many bureaus are to some extent in the position of monopsony . |
| 8 | In other words , both parties are to some extent ‘ locked into ’ a transaction to which highly specific assets have been assigned . |