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Starting an overview

Overall

Overall, almost all the water on Earth resides in the oceans.

Contrasting data

While

Brazil and the USA produce mainly oranges, while China favours tangerines.

Whereas

In Canada, crime was the least popular of the four genres, whereas romance novels were least
liked in the UK.

Conversely

There are not enough potatoes this year, while tomatoes, conversely, are in a substantial surplus.

Presenting differences

To compare

The largest resources of water are concentrated in South America and Asia. To compare, the
resources of the other continents are at least twice smaller than those of South America.

On the contrary

The services sector experienced the fastest growth. On the contrary, fewer people worked in
manufacturing in 2010 than did in 1910.

However

By far, the largest number of migrants lived in the USA. It was the UK, however, that showed the
highest rate of growth.

There will be no changes to airport security, passport control, and customs. Several shops,
however, will be opened in the departure zone.

Nevertheless

Tourism grew at the fastest rate throughout the period. Nevertheless, manufacturing remained
the largest industry.

Although

Although tourism grew at the fastest rate throughout the period, manufacturing remained the
largest industry.

Although Brazil and the USA produce mainly oranges, China favours tangerines.

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Despite this

Tourism grew at the fastest rate throughout the period. Despite this, manufacturing remained the
largest industry.

On the other hand

The USA witnessed significant increases in migrant populations over the period. On the other
hand, both India and Russia experienced a slight drop in the size of their migrant populations.

Across all the countries, lemon production is relatively small and stable. On the other hand,
grapefruit production varies significantly.

Finding similarities

Similarly

The girls enjoy using social networking websites. Similarly, nearly all the boys said they spent at
least two to three hours a week on these sites.

Presenting a result

As a result/Consequently/As a consequence

The services sector demonstrated a strong upward trend throughout the period. As a
result/Consequently/As a consequence, it had become the largest employer by 1930 with just
over ten million workers.

Adding a supporting idea

Moreover/Furthermore/In addition

Freshwater is mainly frozen or located underground. Moreover/Furthermore/In addition, the

amount of freshwater that is accessible on the surface is distributed unevenly across the
continents.

Tourism grew at the fastest rate of around 5 per cent per year. Moreover, it had become the
largest industry by 2005 when it overtook agriculture.

Introducing a new group of data

With regard to/In regard to

With regard to the remaining two sectors, agriculture and energy and construction gradually
shrank from providing jobs for around 2.5 and 3.5 million people respectively in 1910 to under
two million in 2010.

In terms of

In terms of entertainment, students spent the most on eating out at 10%.

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In the period given

In the period given, students spent the most on eating out at 10%.

As far as … is/are concerned

As far as business trips are concerned, the numbers continued to rise steadily throughout the
period.

Presenting stages of a process

Firstly

Firstly, flour is transported by trucks to the silos and stored there until it is used at the production
centre.

At the first stage

At the first stage, cold water is pumped underground.

At the next stage

At the next stage, the hot water is pumped through a production well back up to the surface.

The next step is

The next step is to place the noodles in cups to which assorted vegetables are added.

Once

Once the water is hot, it is pumped back to the surface.

Next

Next, the steam is directed into a turbine.

Then

The steam is then directed into a turbine.

The dough is then passed through a set of rollers at one end of the production line.

After that

After that, the steam rotates a turbine activating a generator that produces electricity.

Finally

Finally, the electricity is transferred to a national grid where it can be used to power homes.

The electricity is finally transferred to a national grid…

The final stage is

The final stage of the manufacturing process involves labelling and sealing the cups before they
are packaged.