Sentence examples similar to brief's extent from inspiring English sources

Christie's spokeswoman, Maria Comella, said he had been briefed to some extent on the talks but was not ready to take a position, except on a ticket tax.

Former Labour MP John Reid said he was not briefed about the extent of phone hacking during his time as home secretary.

These incidents elicited a brief outcry, but the extent of the Senate's routine folly remains largely hidden.

The Sergeants Benevolent Association states in its brief that "to the extent that the City ever adequately represented the SBA's interests, it certainly does not now that it has decided to abandon the appeal".

Microsoft and the department engage in a brief battle over the extent to which antitrust law may be relevant to this dispute.

That has the potential to give the consumer sector at least a brief jolt, to the extent that those tax cuts are significant enough to register for individual taxpayers, and if those people choose to spend their windfall.

Brief 2: 1) To what extent do teachers support and use the components of the IDS strategy intended to improve instruction?

This is followed by a brief discussion of the extent and possible causes of difficulties in fully grasping the concept and consequences of natural selection.

These early persecutions were certainly violent, but they were sporadic, brief and limited in extent.

These reports included a brief review of the extent to which practice was consistent with the previously identified best practice recommendations.

He said that Congress was not being briefed on the full extent of the U.S.-Saudi operations.