(For more examples and tentative taxonomies, see Winston et al. 1987, Iris et al. 1988, Gerstl and Pribbenow 1995, Pribbenow 2002, Westerhoff 2004, and Simons 2013).
Phrases such as "appears to be," or "perhaps might be attributed to," or "might be seen in some cases as," are all examples of tentative, softening terms seen in academic reports.
One paragraph, for instance, calls out "jarring" inaccuracies, then cites, by way of example, a tentative hypothesis that Grigoriadis submits concerning gender dynamics and a couple of anecdotal sentences about when people do and do not use the word "bitch".
Mr. Litwin's company, for example, won tentative approval in August for $100 million in special state financing, including a two-decade exemption on real-estate taxes for a new 45-story luxury apartment house at 10 Liberty Street, near the World Trade Center site.
For example, a tentative diagnosis may have evolved over time and may or may not have been counted as multiple conditions.
In this example, the tentative hypothesis regarding treatment effect modifiers was formed in a cohort study and then demonstrated in a subsequent randomised controlled trial, using a test of interaction.
In example, a tentative explanation for the inconsistency about the relationship between smoking and well-being has been that smoking might partly be a consequence of negative affective states, while stopping smoking or reducing cigarette consumption leads to enhanced well-being and happiness [ 48].
For example, Conoco Inc. announced tentative agreement today with Russia's largest oil compnay, Lukoil, for joint development of oil reserves in the northern Arctic.
Or Kay's musings on just about anything, but as a choice example, the "slow, tentative, fragile return of women's lost sense of sexual honour".
A number of other places are on the tentative list, for example the Burren, the Ceide Fields and Mount Stewart.
