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It has long been known. |
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I haven't bothered to look it up. |
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It is believed. |
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I think. |
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The
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It is generally believed. |
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A couple of other guys think so too. |
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The
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It is not unreasonable to assume. |
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If you believe this, you'll believe anything. |
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The
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Of great theoretical importance. |
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I find it kind of interesting. |
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The
author writes:
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Of great practical importance. |
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I can get some mileage out of it. |
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The
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Typical results are shown. |
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The best results are shown. |
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The
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Three samples were chosen for further study. |
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The others didn't make sense, so we ignored
them. |
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The
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The 4 hour sample was not studied. |
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I dropped it on the floor. |
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The
author writes:
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The 4 hour determination may not be significant. |
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I dropped it on the floor, but scooped most
of it up. |
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The
author writes:
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The significance of these results is unclear. |
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Look at the pretty artifact. |
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The
author writes:
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It has not been possible to provide definitive
answers. |
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The experiment was negative, but at least
I can publish the data somewhere. |
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The
author writes:
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Correct within an order of magnitude. |
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Wrong. |
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The
author writes:
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It might be argued that. |
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I have such a good answer for that objection
that I shall now raise it. |
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The
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Much additional work will be required. |
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This paper is not very good, but neither are
all the others in this miserable field. |
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The
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These investigations proved highly rewarding. |
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My grant is going to be renewed. |
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The
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I thank Smith for assistance with the experiments
and Jones for useful discussions on the interpretation of the
data. |
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Smith did the experiment and Jones explained
it to me. |
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