The phrase "a significant extent and" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the degree or level of something, often in a comparative or evaluative context.
Example: "The project was successful to a significant extent and exceeded our initial expectations."
Alternatives: "a considerable degree and" or "a substantial level and".
They do not eat aquatic vegetation to a significant extent and rarely eat grass because it is uncommon in the thick forests they inhabit.
A number of martial arts traditions, particularly the ones falling under the category of Neijia (like T'ai Chi Ch'uan, Bagua Zhang and Xing Yi Quan) embody Taoist principles to a significant extent, and some practitioners consider their art a means of practicing Taoism.
Thus, unmodified peptides are separated from phosphopeptides and sialylated glycopeptides to a significant extent, and concurrent analysis of proteome, phosphoproteome and glycoproteome is potentially achieved in one run (Figure 1C-1E).
Second, both proteins display efficient binding to collagens [7], [9] Third, the collagen sequences recognized by LAIR-1 and LAIR-2 (as determined using the collagen tool-kits) overlap to a significant extent and collagen-binding is in both cases more efficient when the sequences are enriched in Glycine-Proline-Hydroxyproline (GPO -triplets [10].
Climbing plants need to attach themselves to an external support typically neighbouring plants—in order to grow vertically to a significant extent and enhance light acquisition.
Since the node 2 RNA does not accumulate to a significant extent and is absent from ribosomes, it is at best very suspect as a valid ancestor.
And how can one explain that our agency is to a significant extent motivated, guided, and constrained by our long-terms plans and commitments?
In contrast to other members of the photolyase/cryptochrome family, however, flavin radicals (exhibiting absorption maxima at around 580 and 620 nm) do not accumulate to a significant extent in gwCry1a and gwCry-PHR.
Income from these sales was spent on essential non-food items such as clothing and transport, and also to a significant extent on cigarettes, alcohol and other non-essential items.
"The Monterey shale would help stimulate the California economy to a significant extent," USC professor and co-author Adam Rose told The Times.
They have been previously shown to restore to a significant extent heart structure and function in a mouse model of coronary artery ligation (CAL).
