Examples of to a great extent in a Sentence
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Lula’s campaign has centered to a great extent on nostalgia for the prosperity of the first decade of the twenty-first century, a period that saw Brazil’s economy grow and poverty fall sharply, thanks in part to Chinese demand for the country’s commodities such as soy beans and iron ore.
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Brian Winter, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2022
Lil’ Kim was also present, signaling that a party once reserved for New York’s old aristocracy was changing with the times, a shift ushered in to a great extent by Mr. Combs.
—Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
Investing in the grid would pay for itself, to a great extent.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Dec. 2010
The 2024 team will hinge to a great extent on that relationship.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 2 Feb. 2024
Whether authors realize it or not, the gamble is justified to a great extent by copyright.
—Alex Reisner, The Atlantic, 29 Feb. 2024
This sort of posturing by biologists strikes me as similar to what happens in social science (to a great extent all of what falls under the rubric of sociology seems to be posturing with doctorates).
—Discover Magazine, 20 Nov. 2019
Looking back, a blending of Western rock and Egyptian folk music is carved in Amir’s memories of his childhood and teenage years — a fusion that would eventually shape his own music to a great extent.
—Mayya Al Ogaily, Billboard, 9 Jan. 2024
The world of the very rich has changed, and this building has, to a great extent, not.
—Curbed, 2 Oct. 2023
Brian Winter, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2022
Lil’ Kim was also present, signaling that a party once reserved for New York’s old aristocracy was changing with the times, a shift ushered in to a great extent by Mr. Combs.
—Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
Investing in the grid would pay for itself, to a great extent.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Dec. 2010
The 2024 team will hinge to a great extent on that relationship.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 2 Feb. 2024
Whether authors realize it or not, the gamble is justified to a great extent by copyright.
—Alex Reisner, The Atlantic, 29 Feb. 2024
This sort of posturing by biologists strikes me as similar to what happens in social science (to a great extent all of what falls under the rubric of sociology seems to be posturing with doctorates).
—Discover Magazine, 20 Nov. 2019
Looking back, a blending of Western rock and Egyptian folk music is carved in Amir’s memories of his childhood and teenage years — a fusion that would eventually shape his own music to a great extent.
—Mayya Al Ogaily, Billboard, 9 Jan. 2024
The world of the very rich has changed, and this building has, to a great extent, not.
—Curbed, 2 Oct. 2023
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