to an extent

But by adopting the strategy he did, Liu was able to expand to an extent that even he had not thought likely.

le conte was right , and so are you , mr . eden , at least to an extent - how much i do not know .

These problems require semantic challenges to be addressed to an extent that has not been achieved in the history of computer science.

Thus, the framework for such a team follows the framework for a high quality team playing away to an extent.

But composure reigned elsewhere to an extent barely consistent with the awful pictures filtering out of the country's stricken northeast.

The fact that I engaged with the men under the premise of art created, to an extent, a level playing field: everyone was taking a risk.

Most men are prepared to be considerate to an extent.

She still favors my SO to an extent, but I don't feel like the outsider anymore!

Of course, China may not slow to an extent that tests the durability of these reforms, or it may force more.

These companies are accumulating intellectual property to an extent that the public and international institutions are disadvantaged.

It may not lower cholesterol to an extent we originally thought, but it certainly does not harm our health!

We have examples of countries, like South Africa and, to an extent, Libya, that decided to give up on their nuclear ambitions.

To an extent, they demonstrated in a vivid way that the "abode of Islam" is not blood-thirsty but freedom-thirsty.

Over all, the floating ice dwindled to an extent unparalleled in a century or more, by several estimates.

It's important to keep people happy to an extent, but the fate of any one human is largely insignificant.

Progress will to an extent hinge on managing the second bind: finding a way for ISAF to work more productively with the Afghan government.

The size of the infrastructure stimulus and credit expansion was such that I think we are, to an extent, in uncharted territory.

Work-groups within the organization have their own behavioral quirks and interactions which, to an extent, affect the whole system.

XU TIAN embodies the American dream to an extent that many of his fellow Americans might well envy.

It seems many bird calls can be described to an extent using Morse code characters and combinations .

He overelaborates to an extent that his novels must be cut radically before being published.

The weights of the other 13 rose too, though not to an extent that was significant for any of the individual groups.

To an extent beyond all power of thought, God has made His great and glorious promises dependent on our faith!

To an extent once unimaginable, new college graduates are moving back in with their parents.

In many of the world's great cities, gays and lesbians can be open about their sexual preferences to an extent unimaginable a century ago.

The economic clauses of the treaty were malignant and silly to an extent that made them obviously futile.

Forming the sole topic of conversation to an extent that her bachelor uncle had his private and lonely opinion about.

like a person, to an extent that would really nothing for him thought . . .

In the film, final clubs are a metaphor for exclusivity, and to an extent that's what they really are about -- privacy.

For this reason, ext4 was designed to be both forward and backward (to an extent) compatible (see Figure 1).

April's data release suggests that inflationary pressures have started receding to an extent.

As its spokesman Chris Hughes says: "It's embedded itself to an extent where it's hard to get rid of. "

Asia's leading tycoons are wealthy and influential to an extent that sometimes appears godlike.

To an extent never seen before, Anglophones dominated how people think, dress and recreate.

Most obviously, and to an extent that must rile some class-warrior Labourites, they have similar backgrounds and biographies.

The inclination of mandibular and maxillary anterior teeth was increased to an extent.

You are right at least to an extent.

BUFFETT : I can't name a number because, frankly, it depends to an extent on the wisdom of government policies.

The Internet can help, but only to an extent: It's political will, not more info, that is still too often missing.

I think India is playing a great game with China over Bangladesh and Sri Lanka and -- to an extent -- Nepal.

Many commercially available computer programs can be set to mimic the styles of top grandmasters to an extent that is almost uncanny.

It helps minimize dust to an extent, improving the working environment.

Perhaps the last remark was true, to an extent.

To an extent, debugging through deduction is a brute-force approach.

Clearly, some outfits will be more appropriate to different sorts of activity and this will dictate your choice to an extent.

Now, GSM data is encrypted to an extent, but certainly possible to intercept.

After emergence the bond with the Pale Tree is weaker but it links all sylvari and, to an extent, other plants.

His complaints against his boss has developed to an extent of resigning.

Everybody's afraid of failure to an extent, but I'm not so concerned about the failure of a record, I'm more worried about failure in life.

Engineers, medics and lawyers must of necessity modify that view, but only to an extent.

A reference to an extent comes from a place it should not. You should check the file system!

To an extent you have to have connections in any country to get things done.

I agree to an extent, but you just cannot tar everyone with the same brush, it's insulting to the people who do suffer.

However, we need the law to confine the actions of people to an extent harmless to the well-being of other people.

The goal in designs such as this built around redundancy is the elimination (to an extent) of the single point of failure.

Haptics can simulate key travel to an extent, but the technology today is very limited.

A Pygmalion resides in both of them. They are, to an extent, sculptors.

This is true to an extent, but the problem lies in the long term.

To an extent, painting held him together.

To an extent, the economy is already becoming dollarised.

To an extent, this will have an impact on aquaculture.

To an extent, yes. For example, in British English we use the word laptop.

To an extent, it already has.

And they have carefully and gradually freed up an economy that was (and to an extent still is) unduly mired in red tape.

You wouldn't believe the hate mail I get from PETA. . . I love animals to an extent, but how many starving people are there?

Falling in love can blind us to an extent.

To an extent you have something there.

I believed it and it was true, to an extent.

Analogism has its advantage and disadvantage. To an extent, analogism delayed the development of science and technology in ancient China.

This is true to an extent.

Ziyun, at that time, felt warmer than ever, even to an extent of sadness.

Hong Kong society is now polarized to an extent not seen in recent history.

That is, we smile because we're happy, but also to an extent we can make ourselves happier by smiling.

Internationalization of production has been developed to an extent of a higher and deeper level;

I have a family of cichlids , fresh water fishes that can actually grow to an extent.