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… need ... to repeat here that P.
… implication here ... that P.
… mystery about the fact ... that P.
… evidence whatever ... that P.
… more alternatives ... to P
… grounds for distinguishing … P from Q.
… logic/There is (would be) ... point in (doing) P.
… limit ... to P.
… agreement/ general consensus ... about the nature of P.
 There is a certain mismatch/ There is no/ little connection ... between the two
phenomena.

2.4.4. Topicalization (by evaluation)

•  There is …
… a deeper reason … for P.
… a major exception ... to this in linguistics, P.
… a significant shift of viewpoint ... here.
… an acute need/ There has arisen a need ... for P.
… another factor ... influencing P.
… is much to be said … about P.
… a loose association/There is little distinction ... between P and Q
 There are two major models ... to account for P.
 There seem to be ... two extreme models of P.
 There remains P ... to be added to Q.
 There was an effort ... to assimilate P to Q.
 There has been significant progress ... in automatic parsing.
 There may (well) be some significant relationship ... between P and Q.
 There must be certain features ... which are characteristic of all texts.
2.4.5. Caution (by evaluation)

•  There is (considerable) confusion ... about the diversity of P in Q.
 There is a discrepancy ... between P and Q.
 There are significant disadvantages ... in attempting to do P.
 There is a danger ... in relying too much on P as an explanation.
 The extrapolation of P ... must be made with caution.

2.4.6. Contrasting (Intensification by negation)
•  This conception ... is unable to meet these criteria.
 The new study ... failed to verify this mechanism.
 P ... is not known at present/ remains unknown.
 This notion ... is not a simple generalization.
 This property ... may not always be reducible to (a combination of) P.
 The term P ... does not separate these interpretations.
 A positive answer ... cannot be based on crediting that P.
 This alternation ... suggests that we cannot expect P.
 We cannot understand ... the nature of P without studying Q.

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