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By implication

to some extent

up to a point

On balance

to varying extents

to be specific

,that is.

As a result of this

Failing that

After all

When alls said and done

Taking everything into account

From this it can be understood that..

,I mean:.

,namely

In consequence of this

without implying that

which is not to say that

Thus

On the other hand

In actual fact

The fact of the matter is that..

Hence

to differing degrees

All in all

while not wishing to suggest that

owing to

..thanks to

Conversely

In particular

Supposing, hypothetically

To put it another way

For the sake of argument

On the contrary

In other words

In general

Broadly speaking

By and large

By/In contrast

In any case

In the final analysis

When it comes down to it

By the same token

to say nothing of

As far as.is concerned

Similarly

irrespective of

When it comes to

not to mention

Bearing in mind

In reality

In the same way

In connection with

With respect to

In/With regard to

While conceding that

no matter what/whether..

Granted

Admittedly

That may well be, but

Even so

Then again/There again

All the same,

regardless of

,let alone

to some degree

In essence

In the (vast/overwhelming) majority of cases

Consequently,

Briefly

Quite the opposite, in fact

..due to

Anyway

At any rate

Simply stated/ Put simply

In short

Essentially

A case in point is

In view of

.. it goes without saying

, needless to say

In light of

Still,

Otherwise

To turn to another topic

On a different note

To take an example

One illustration of this is

While it is indeed the case that

in the event that+sentence/ in the event of + noun phrase

Given (+that OR +Noun Phr)

,for that matter

not least because

One of the major contributing factors to this is

..leads almost inevitably to..

It remains to be seen whether/if..

Contrary to popular misconception,/ Contrary to the widely-held belief that..

provided that/providing that

(+PHRASES FOR CAUSATION/FACTORS/ and sentence adverbs: predominantly etc)

on condition that

as long as

As can be seen from the example of..

is/are predominantly

(Not) surprisingly

Inevitably,

in the wider/broader sense

Strictly speaking

Ultimately,

Encouragingly,

Increasingly,

with the proviso that

with the notable exception of

with very few exceptions

,the reason being that

By a process of exclusion,

There is a broad trend for to

While X varies from .. to,

In the eyes of the law

By tradition

Historically

undoubtedly

A and B, respectively

The former.. whereas the latter

As previously mentioned

As is well-known

(To add:tendencies/trends/ softening/ causation/rhetorical devices/ oral and informal versions etc)

In the long term

Its a little known fact that..

, to coin a phrase.

On reflection,

Deep down

in due course

Having said that..

In the current situation

On average

Contrary to popular misconception

While there appears to be a widely held belief that

In fact, its little more than a clich that..

One clear counterexample to this is..

Without wishing to digress..

One factor which should not be overlooked is..

While its undeniably true that..

Without question..

Its worth remembering that...

Common sense tells us that..

Its little wonder then that..

In the not too distant future..

With hindsight

Whatever the future may hold..

In the dim and distant past

In the current climate

While circumstances may change/alter, one thing/factor remains constant

Throughout the years,

Over the course of time

Since time immemorial,

Within a short space of time

Given the choice, many people would..

With the passing of the years

Time and time again

There is a slight/ a clear/ a broad/ a vague/ an overall.. tendency for X to +verb

Its hard to draw a distinction between..

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