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                    In [NN],   ... fossil finds are arranged according to P.
                    In any type of writing, ... the active voice is less wordy.
                    With more solutions to P, ... Q is getting easier.
                    Due to its properties,  ... P gives rise to the structures called Q.
                    When it comes to classifying the items,        ... it becomes clear that Q.
                    When we consider R,   ... we find that Q.
                    When P happens, ... Q is (set up).
                    What happens next, ... is that P.
                    By  making  measurements  to  date  P,  ...  researchers  have  performed  an
                     experimental check on Q.
                      2.3.9 (Parenthesis accounting for) Additions and appositions

               •     Further/ Furthermore/ Moreover/ Besides/ Also/ In addition/ ... P.
                    Above  all/  After  all/  Indeed/  Actually/  Virtually/  Rather,    ...  P  allows  us  to
                     identify Q.
                    In this (other) notation/ In these terms/ In other words, ... P.
                    In fact/ That is/ Namely/ More correctly,  ... P.
                    In abbreviated form:     ... P.
                    P, in fact,  ... is of minor significance.
                    P, or better/ such as/ including ...Q.
                    Instead,  ... I will argue that it is crucial to disentangle P.
                    In closing this section,    ... we point out that P.
                    This means ... that P.
               •     Conceptually/ Roughly speaking,        ... this is redundant.
                    It is not,   ... strictly speaking,  ... a book written for linguists.
                    Taken literally,   ... this formulation ... is far from a solution.
                    In this way, ... P is claimed   ... to be similar to Q.
                    In a way,   ... a theory allows you  ... to see the forest instead of the trees.

                      2.3.10 (Parenthesis accounting for) Attitudes
               •     Clearly/ Evidently/ Interestingly (enough)/ Fortunately/ Regrettably,     ...P.
                    To be sure/ Little wonder/ Surprisingly        ...P  (may  become  feasible  in  the
                     future).
                    Obviously/ Surely/ Understandably,  ...it must be argued, we cannot treat P.
               •     Surprisingly, ... researchers do not need P.
                    In  our  opinion,  ...  many  parsers  do  not  distinguish  between  P  and  Q.
                     Unfortunately, ... it is hard to be enthusiastic about Р/ I am rather suspicious of
                     Q.
                    These  two  traditions  ...  seem  to  meet,  unfortunately,  at  the  extremes.
                     Regrettably, ... dramaturgical analysis evolved in isolation from cultural studies.
                      2.3.11 (Parenthesis accounting for) Supplements

               •     P is characterized, ...in extreme cases,      ...by Q.
                    This prediction,  ... if valid, ...ensures that P.
                    P, ...in type at least, represents Q.
                    P will, ... in practice, be applicable only to Q.
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