"differ to some extent" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to compare two or more things or ideas that have some similarities but also have slight differences. For example, "The two theories have similar approaches but they differ to some extent in their emphasis on specific areas."
Clearly reef assemblages from different locales differ to some extent, and evaluating 'status' without knowing individual disturbance histories presents a challenge.
The result has been the availability of many oxygenators from different manufacturers that differ to some extent in their performance but all of which provide adequate performance for successful and safe clinical use.
Although the levels of gene expression between the microarray and the qRT-PCR method differ to some extent, there is no difference in the classification of up- or down-regulated genes.
Besides physico-chemical properties of a penetrant, the other important factor influencing dermal absorption is the skin structure itself, which may differ to some extent between species adapted to different habitats, but also within one animal between different skin sites such as dorsal skin, ventral skin, or the so-called pelvic patch as a skin area specialized for fast water uptake [18, 19].
Related interventions comprise interventions that differ to some extent in content (e.g. a different approach to train health workers in supply chain management), context (e.g. implementation in a different country), or scale (e.g. a previous pilot study) from the novel intervention.
Films vary, and directors' approaches may differ to some extent, but the craft of filmmaking is well defined.
In addition, the real physiological response or mechanical behaviour of the spine with activating components like soft tissues, ligaments, tendons, or muscles could differ to some extents from that of the FE model purely derived from the bony outline, without taking into account muscular tissues.
Expression profiles in the MAV and choroid plexus differed to some extent and differences were not restricted to vascular related genes.
The original manuscript of the score does not exist; two surviving copies from the 1650s show significant differences from each other, and each differs to some extent from the libretto.
But he differed to some extent by classifying knowledge as an essence, rather than an outward quality, of the human soul.
