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Introducing your work

• The study will begin by outlining...
• This study addresses a number of issues...
• The following section sets out...
• ...to examine the research problem in detail
• ...to shed light on a number of problem areas in current theory
• The paper presented here is based in part on an earlier study

• This becomes clear when one examines...
• This lends weight to the argument that...
• Support for this interpretation comes from...
• While it may well be valid that..., this study argues the importance of...
• A serious drawback of this approach is...
• One of the prime failings of this theory or explanation is...

• X takes little or no account of...
• There is little evidence to suggest that...
• The study offers only cursory examination of...
• X gives a detailed if not always tenable analysis of...
• The authors' claim that...is not well founded.
• X's explanation is not implausible, if not entirely satisfactory.

• If, for the sake of argument, we assume...
• One of the most obvious consequences of...is...
• Although it may well be true that..., it is important not to overlook...
• It is important to distinguish carefully between...
• The extent to which this reflects...is unclear.
• A more plausible explanation for or of...would...
• The reason for...is unknown, but...has been suggested by X as a possible factor. 

• Concluding this section, we can say that...
• Chapter X draws together the main findings of the paper.
• A number of key issues have been addressed in this study.
• This study has highlighted a number of problem areas in existing theory.
• While the initial findings are promising, further research is necessary.
• The results of this study suggest a number of new avenues for research.