No trecho do quarto parágrafo – democracy and the rule of law may be convergent and mutually reinforcing processes whenever the rule of law is defined in broad, ends-based terms – o termo em destaque tem sentido equivalente, em português, a 
No trecho do quarto parágrafo – ends-based terms rather than in narrow, formal and exclusively procedural terms – a expressão em destaque introduz ideia de 
The use of the modal verb may in “which may explain the big rise in bar staff” (paragraph 6) indicates that 
Based on the information presented in Text I, the expression in bold type and the item in parenthesis are semantically equivalent in 
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The article “a”, in “but a gene could” (line 2), refers to a specific gene.
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The modal auxiliary would can be used instead of “could” in “A baby born today could live” (line 1) without affecting the meaning of the sentence.
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Nowadays there are far more centenarians than expected.
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“which”, in “which seemed an exceptional achievement” (lines 5 and 6), can be correctly replaced by what.
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“Besides”, in “Besides being at least 80” (line 7), and in addition to are synonyms.
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“others”, in “among others” (line 12), cannot be correctly replaced by another.