According to Bailey, "It is a commonplace that the hide in 1086 had a very variable extent on the ground; the old concept of 120 acres cannot be sustained."

The whole waterline was protected, to a variable extent.

The unavailable carbohydrates (dietary fibre) are degraded to a variable extent in the large bowel.

The ground colour is white and to a variable extent and irregularly dusted with dark brown tips of scales.

Bone marrow involvement in this disease is often present, but to a variable extent.

Diseases that alter lung tissue reduce both and to a variable extent, and so decrease .

Leukemic cells are invariably present in samples of peripheral blood to a variable extent.

It has a pale nape and sides of the neck, a dark throat, and a light grey partial collar of variable extent.

Ships going between Sol and Phoebus do to a lesser, variable extent.

The adult male has a black facemask of variable extent, usually bordered above with a grey band.