exact extent

collocation in English

meaningsofexactandextent

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exact
adjective
uk
/ɪɡˈzækt/us
/ɪɡˈzækt/
in great detail, or complete, correct, or true in ...
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extent
noun[S or U]
uk
/ɪkˈstent/us
/ɪkˈstent/
area or ...
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(Definition ofexactandextentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is difficult to gauge from pauper letters, quarter sessions or other avenues theexactextentof administrative incompetence in out-parish networks.
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I am confident that this number will increase, but theexactextentof the increase cannot be estimated.
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Theexactextentto which that would be the case is a matter of detail.
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We are producing rather less steel than last year against a rising demand, but it is impossible to state theexactextentof the short-fall.
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Theexactextentof the land has to be ascertained, and its component parts indentified and referenced.
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There must be strong grounds for ensuring that we are aware of theexactextentof our commitments.
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It is true that theexactextentof the liability has not been estimated.
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Theexactextentof former ironstone workings is not known.
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As theexactextentof the period of administration is, at this stage, unknown it is not possible to estimate the total cost of administration.
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One must be careful to determine theexactextentof the effect of the dumping on the reduction of that price.
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Theexactextentand cost of the consultation exercise will not be known until the proposals have been finalised.
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It is therefore doubly important that we know theexactextentof the tax-raising powers.
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I ask specifically, what is theexactextentof the retrospective nature of this legislation?
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What we do not yet know is theexactextentto which individual hospitals adhere to them.
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The first thing is to determine theexactextentof the problem.
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Nobody has explained theexactextentof its generosity.
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It is not possible to measure theexactextentof a covert activity such as drug misuse.
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I do not consider that it would be in the public interest to disclose theexactextentof the relaxation suggested.
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I want to know theexactextentof this provision.
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I cannot quantify theexactextentto which the earnings rule at this level or any other has a disincentive effect.
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