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Common prepositional phrases and other expressions used as hedges include:
as a (general) rule
in a way
in some respects/
broadly speaking
in most cases/in the
in many respects
generally speaking
majority of cases
more or less
in a sense
in principle
roughly speaking
in some senses
Survey researchers have as a rule understandably preferred to make use of estab-
lished diagnostic categories, rather than have to develop their own new ones and
then try to persuade clinicians to accept these.
[critique of a collection of political essays]
Thus the essays were, in a sense, out of date when they appeared, yet the cultural
tradition which they articulate and to which they contribute remains a part of the
German scene to this day.
This summary more or less encapsulates the thesis advanced by Glynn in his new
and wide-ranging history of arms races and arms control.
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