Sentence Beginners


The following list of `sentence beginners' could prove useful for those students who have difficulty developing sentences and constructing paragraphs. Additionally, some of the sentence beginners could serve as a useful resource for those students involved in research-oriented programmes requiring more sophisticated writing. See what you think!

To begin with ...
However ...
Some additional points need to be considered ...
This approach raises some important questions ...
Sometimes ...
It might seem as if ...
The main concern of this assignment is ...
Some writers have suggested ...
Various people have emphasised ...
Numerous studies have been conducted ...
Most of the evidence indicates ...
It must be acknowledged that ...
In the main, then, the findings discussed suggest that ...
Given these weaknesses ...
This is clearly at odds with ...
Further support can be found in the work of ...
A recurring theme in the reports is ...
These authors implied that ...
On the issue of ...
Writing in the Australian context ...
There is consistent evidence that ...
In line with predictions ...
It is worth noting that ...
Contrary to expectations ...
On the basis of the first experiment ...
On the basis of the responses, it is possible to infer that ...
Insufficient information exists about ...
With the exception of (  ), there has been little published work aimed at ...
Future research might profit from ...
By logical extension, it can be argued that ...
Somewhat similar inferences can be drawn from ...
Researchers have employed different methods, thus it is not surprising that results have tended to be equivocal ...
Research has yielded some interesting albeit seemingly contradictory results ...
These findings are particularly intriguing given the extensive literature on ...

This list was generated by Dr Brian Hemmings