The focus of the study is …

The study focuses on …

The inquiry focused on …

The study encompasses …

The study incorporates …

The question to be asked here is …

The central question to be examined in this paper etc. is …

… is or are central to this study

… is or are discussed in detail

More specifically, …

a or one condition imposed by … is …

What we are mainly concerned with here …

a focus on …

an emphasis on …

in the context of …

to seek initial answers to …

to provide a basis for …

… will be expanded upon

a simplified approach to …

an empirical approach

a more theoretical approach to …

a purely theoretical approach

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