REFERRING TO DATA IN A TABLE OR CHART

The pie chart above shows the amount of people who think that…
It can be seen from the data in the pie chart 1 that…

REPORTING RESPONSE RATES

Thirty-two individuals returned the questionnaires.

There were fifty-three responses to the survey.

REPORTING PROPORTIONS
Over half of those surveyed reported that …
A minority of participants (17%) indicated that …
70% of those who were surveyed revealed that ….
When the participants were asked ……, the majority commented that …
The majority of those who responded to this item felt that …

REPORTING THEMES

Opinions differed as to whether …

Concerns were expressed about …
A number of issues were identified …
A variety of perspectives were expressed …

REPORTING PARTICIPANTS’ VIEWS

In all cases, the informants reported that …

The participants on the whole demonstrated …
Some felt that XXX , while others considered that YYY.
Some respondents argued that … , while others …
Whilst a minority mentioned that…, all agreed that…
Only a small number of respondents indicated that …

SUMMARIZING THE RESULTS

These results suggest that …

Overall, these results indicate that …
In summary, these results show that …
Together these results provide important insights into …

Source: The University of Manchester Phrasebank

https://www.phrasebank.manchester.ac.uk/reporting-results/