Sales havefallenbadlythisyear, to theextentthat we will have toclosesome ofourshops.
It's onlyworthplantingflowersto theextentthat it gives youpleasure.
To theextentthat thepilothadtimetothinkat all, he wasfacedwithdecidingwhether totrusthisinstrumentsor hisinstinct.
Plans havefirmedup to theextentthat we willstarttheprojectnextweek.
Thesurfaceof thesoilwascrustedto theextentthatwaterwasunabletoseepthrough.