§             In determining …

§             In determining whether …

§             whether or not …

§             to evaluate …

§             to assess the significance of …

§             to examine … more closely

§             One way of analysing (GB) or analyzing (AM) …

§             One way of examining or viewing …

§             the size of …

§             the degree of …

§             the level of …

§             the extent of …

§             the role of …

§             … consists of …

§             … is made up of …

§             … is determined by …

§             … is governed by …

§             … is a function of …

§             … can be described as …

§             This may be discussed in terms of …

§             If, for the sake of argument, we assume …

§             a fundamental characteristic of …

§             a significant feature of …

§             an interesting aspect of … is …

§             It is apparent that …

§             … is immediately apparent

§             … is independent of …

§             … may be or is confirmed by …

§             a relatively weak predictor

§             If this is the case, then …

§             The importance of … is demonstrated by the fact that …

§             Closer examination (of …) reveals that …

§             a real if elusive relationship between …

§             … can be grouped under a number of different types

§             the common denominator is …

§             the distinction (between … and …) is not always clear cut

§             A point that can be made is that …

§             the or an important observation that …

§             One of the most obvious consequences of … is

§             This would suggest that …

§             It may be argued that …

§             This may be applicable to …

§             This raises a number of questions.

§             It is an open question whether …

§             This raises the issue whether …

§             This raises questions about the validity of …