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We often fail to realize the extent to which we depend on others.
We could see the full extent of the park from the hotel.
To what extent can he be trusted?
It was to a great extent his own fault.
The rumor is true to some extent.
This is the extent of my ability.
You are right to a certain extent.
To some extent I agree with you.
I agree with you to a certain extent.
Foreigners complain that it is difficult to get to know Japanese people. To some extent this may be true.
I have no idea to what extent I can trust them.
To some extent, you can control the car in a skid.
I found the rumor to be true to a certain extent.
Jimmy is to some extent capable of performing this operation.
I agree with what you say to some extent.
I trust him to some extent.
I agree with you to some extent.
I can understand this problem to some extent.
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It seems you, Father. should not worry to that extent.
I. don't know to that extent.
But I cannot flatter myself to that extent.
If you must know, I'll tell you the extent of my pride.
When the censor snips up to this extent, it seems pretty critical.
My dear Twitchell, may I presume on your hospitality to the extent of three fingers of rye?
You stand in the way not merely of an individual but of a mighty organization, the full extent of which even you with all your cleverness have been unable to realize.
To a certain extent, I expect you are.
The fact is, that empty house got on his nerves to such an extent. he nearly went off his head.
Be assured of my cooperation to the fullest extent.
You can never be quite sure of the extent of shock or internal injuries.
You don't seem to realize the extent of this place, Lecours.
The property is large and extent- more than 60 mous.
On the success of your mission, depends to a large extent. the entire course of the war in this theater.
On top of that, do you have any idea of the full extent of your powers?
After his success in Frankenstein, and to a lesser extent, The Mask of Fu Manchu, on loan to MGM, and The Mummy, back at his home studio, Universal regarded him as a full-fledged star, and all along had planned for him to do The Invisible Man.
And if you succeed in bringing this good news to your cousin you hope to profit to some extent.
Well, to a certain extent, yes.
I think I'm to some extent able to judge a person's character myself.
Certainly I was aware of the consequences of my actions but not of the extent and the far-reaching possibility of those consequences.
And I wish to impress upon all witnesses. that perjury in connection with an official coroner's inquest. is punishable to the full extent of the law.
You don't seem to realize the extent of this place, Lecours. You have never taken the trouble to find out.
So here you are asked to judge not whether or not. these acts were committed. but to what extent they were justified.
Somehow we staggered through Sunday, and by the time we drove Margo to the station late Monday afternoon, she and Lloyd had thawed out to the extent of being civil to each other.
He raised his voice to such an extent that I was quite nervous and upset.
So I'm to blame for Tina Morrow, am I? - To a certain extent, I expect you are.
Fact is, that empty house got on his nerves to such an extent, he nearly went off his head. He just couldn't go on living alone.
Lorentz's equations do apply to their full extent.
Since we know the extent of the matter it won't take us long to list the items.
Do not overestimate the extent of your ruin.
Meanwhile, 'Ntoni and his brothers, the young men of the family. haven't yet fully grasped. the extent of their misfortune.
I want you to see the extent of these secrets for which they have hounded me.
Determine extent of damage.
He's trying to tell me not to go through with this harebrained scheme. He doesn't know to what extent you are the cause of our present trouble.
Dr. Zorba proved, that if you could see a ghost, you could control it to a certain extent.
To a certain extent.
News and current affairs
So, yes, there are solid fundamentals that arguably support today's higher gold price, although it is far more debatable whether and to what extent they will continue to support higher prices in the future.
To the extent that false flags are imperfect and rumors of the source of an attack are widely deemed credible (though not legally probative), reputational damage to an attacker's soft power may contribute to deterrence.
A reduction in unit labor costs can also increase competitiveness only to the extent that it actually results in price reductions.
Therefore, the recent lack of progress in Turkey's reform process can to a large extent be explained by the EU's behavior.
To a large extent, Sarkozy can be seen as Chirac with more, whereas Royal is clearly Mitterrand with less.
Russia and Ukraine - and, to a lesser extent, China - blocked efforts to reach an agreement.
The banks, having been recapitalized only to the extent necessary to keep them afloat, still have weak balance sheets.
Across the Atlantic, most Americans (to the extent they pay attention) regard these changes with general approval.
Not only would it add to anti-American attitudes and fail to accomplish its objectives, but it over-estimates the extent to which the new Europe is being formed in opposition to the US.
To what extent has uncertainty about the US commitment in Asia stoked tension between China and America's Asian allies?
But to say that, one must also assume that to some extent he himself is unbalanced and has shifted from a kind of guerilla warfare against the West, always with some possibility of retreat, to all-out combat.
With such vicious cycles of crime, punishment and dis-investment in poor communities it is no surprise that the prison population has expanded to such an extent.
The extent to which the US will capitalize on these opportunities remains to be seen.
The latter status may or may not include a path to residency and citizenship; fudging the issue may be a negotiating tactic to avoid debate over whether this is a form of disguised amnesty (which, fortunately, to a certain extent, it is).
To the extent that there has been an EU-wide energy strategy, it has related to renewables, rather than the intersection of geopolitics and energy security.
It is impossible at this point to gauge the full extent of the damage with any degree of precision.
The upsurge of protest across the Arab world raised expectations among Europeans that these countries would, to some extent, emulate Western institutions, values, and norms.
But once investors realized the extent of US financial problems, the rush into treasuries subsided, and the dollar resumed its decline.
That shift then allowed other low-income Asian economies - South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, and to some extent Malaysia and Thailand - to follow in Japan's footsteps.
How badly the financial crisis damaged the reputation and performance of the major Western centers is a question increasingly asked in London, and to a lesser extent in New York.
Now, as investors recall the extent of US financial problems, we will again see the dollar resume its decline.
It rejects Klaus's truncated democracy, and, although it supports (to some extent) Havel's vision, Havel himself is no longer the motor of civil society in action.