10.101 using sentences as prefaces

A whole sentence can be used as a preface to the sentence or sentences that follow it. For example, a sentence containing an adjective like 'interesting', 'remarkable', or 'funny', or a general abstract word such as 'reason' or 'factor' (see paragraphs 9.19 to 9.23), is often used as a preface.

• It was rather funny. There were two gentlemen that were standing --- one was terribly elegant --- and we were sitting there, a couple of interlopers.
• This has had very interesting effects on different people.
• There were other factors, of course: I too was tired of London.
• But there were problems. How could the eggs be prevented from drying out and how could tadpoles develop out of water?