How to use "extent" in a sentence

I therefore consider that, in view of the Constitution and the laws, the Union is unbroken; and to the extent of my ability I shall take care, as the Constitution itself expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union be faithfully executed in all the States

At the same time, the candid citizen must confess that if the policy of the government, upon vital questions affecting the whole people, is to be irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court, the instant they are made, in ordinary litigation between parties in personal actions, the people will have ceased to be their own rulers, having to that extent practically resigned their government into the hands of that eminent tribunal

The measure of that restoration lies in the extent to which we apply social values more noble than mere monetary profit.

"The cops might be a part of it, at least to the extent that Vince's bosses can put pressure on them

And he can influence dreams to some extent