to a large extent – English Grammar Profiler

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In the English Vocabulary Profile, at B2, or at B2+ in the GSE, ‘extent’ is listed in phrases with ‘to’.  It refers to:

  • the size or importance of something | how big, important, or serious something is
  • mainly
  • in some ways

A search in NOW corpus for:

to_II * * extent

1 TO A LARGE EXTENT 15605

After all, life will always be to a large extent what we ourselves make it.

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2 TO A CERTAIN EXTENT 14788
3 TO A LESSER EXTENT 12728

They have also, to a lesser extent,

 invited people to participate in improving the outcome of decisions that were already made for them.

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4 TO SUCH AN EXTENT 10782 5 TO THE FULLEST EXTENT 9008 6 TO A GREAT EXTENT 8190 7 TO THE SAME EXTENT 3722 8 TO A GREATER EXTENT 2902 9 TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT 2898 10 TO THE FULL EXTENT 2435 11 TO THE GREATEST EXTENT 2235 12 TO A LIMITED EXTENT 1076 13 TO A SIGNIFICANT EXTENT 1037 14 TO A CONSIDERABLE EXTENT 807 15 TO A LARGER EXTENT 698 16 TO ANY GREAT EXTENT 381 17 TO GAUGE THE EXTENT 371 18 TO ITS FULLEST EXTENT 355 19 TO A SMALL EXTENT 313 20 TO ITS FULL EXTENT 290 21 TO A SMALLER EXTENT 265 22 TO ANY SIGNIFICANT EXTENT 249 23 TO A REASONABLE EXTENT 246 24 TO A SIMILAR EXTENT 234 25 TO A HUGE EXTENT 203 26 TO A HELLISH EXTENT 180 27 TO A GOOD EXTENT 166 28 TO AN UNPRECEDENTED EXTENT 155 29 TO THEIR FULLEST EXTENT 151 30 TO THE BEST EXTENT 148 31 TO A MAJOR EXTENT 137 32 TO QUITE AN EXTENT 136 33 TO THEIR FULL EXTENT 135 34 TO THE LIMITED EXTENT 117 35 TO A BIG EXTENT 107 36 TO A DIFFERENT EXTENT 93 37 TO A MINOR EXTENT 82 38 TO A SUBSTANTIAL EXTENT 82 39 TO A REMARKABLE EXTENT 80 40 TO AN ALARMING EXTENT 79 41 TO A LESS EXTENT 75 42 TO THE HIGHEST EXTENT 73 43 TO AN INCREASING EXTENT 69 44 TO THE LARGEST EXTENT 68 45 TO AN EXTRAORDINARY EXTENT 63 46 TO THE MINIMUM EXTENT 63 47 TO NO SMALL EXTENT 61 48 TO AN APPRECIABLE EXTENT 56 49 TO THE RIDICULOUS EXTENT 56 50 TO A FAIR EXTENT 53 51 TO A SURPRISING EXTENT 50 52 TO A LOWER EXTENT 48 53 TO A MATERIAL EXTENT 48 54 TO THE POSSIBLE EXTENT 48 55 TO A RIDICULOUS EXTENT 47 56 TO ANY MEANINGFUL EXTENT 47 57 TO A LITTLE EXTENT 45 58 TO A SUFFICIENT EXTENT 44 59 TO THE FURTHEST EXTENT 44 60 TO AN EXTREME EXTENT 42 61 TO A HIGHER EXTENT 41 62 TO MEASURE THE EXTENT 40 63 TO THE UTMOST EXTENT 40 64 TO THE LAST EXTENT 39 65 TO TIMING , EXTENT 38 66 TO A VARYING EXTENT 37 67 TO AN UNUSUAL EXTENT 37 68 TO A DANGEROUS EXTENT 36 69 TO THE LARGE EXTENT 36 70 TO ” THE EXTENT 32 71 TO ANY LARGE EXTENT 32 72 TO AN ENORMOUS EXTENT 31 73 TO A FULL EXTENT 30 74 TO THE DESIRED EXTENT 30 75 TO A MAXIMUM EXTENT 29 76 TO A MEANINGFUL EXTENT 29 77 TO AN IMPORTANT EXTENT 29 78 TO THE REQUIRED EXTENT 29 79 TO THE TRUE EXTENT 29 80 TO A FURTHER EXTENT 28 81 TO A GROWING EXTENT 28 82 TO THE LEAST EXTENT 28 83 TO THE NECESSARY EXTENT 28 84 TO ” SOME EXTENT 27 85 TO ” GREATEST EXTENT 26 86 TO A MODEST EXTENT 26 87 TO A MASSIVE EXTENT 25 88 TO SOME SMALL EXTENT 25 89 TO WHAT AN EXTENT 25 90 TO A BETTER EXTENT 24 91 TO A MINIMAL EXTENT 24 92 TO EVERY POSSIBLE EXTENT 24 93 TO RATE THE EXTENT 24 94 TO THE EXACT EXTENT 24 95 TO ANY APPRECIABLE EXTENT 23 96 TO THE GREAT EXTENT 23 97 TO A SLIGHT EXTENT 22 98 TO AN UNIMAGINABLE EXTENT 22 99 TO AN UNKNOWN EXTENT 22

100 TO AN UNREASONABLE EXTENT 22