Meanings of appreciated the extent in English

He appreciated the extent of Byrd's influence and understood his strict, old-fashioned code of morality.

I am not sure if the individual board members and the trustees truly appreciated the extent of the problems I had inherited.

The Emperor was at first generally admired in France; learned men, well-informed officers, and celebrated artists appreciated the extent of his information.

Had you appreciated the extent to which Saudi women conspire in their own repression without the assistance of the zealous moral police?

For such work his big nature and strange character were well fitted, and his wide-ranging mind appreciated the extent of the task.

We stood up and he hugged me, pressing himself to me just in case I hadn't yet appreciated the extent of his desire.