Useful vocabulary for writing an essay

The main reason for believing this is that

It is also possible to say that
One good illustration of this is .
On the other hand, it is also possible to make the
opposing case.
It is often argued that in fact
People often have this opinion because
A second point is that
A particularly good example here is..
As we have seen, there are no easy answers to this
question. On balance, however, I tend to believe that
There are those who say that
It is often said that
Many commentators are of the view that
A common opinion is that
A popular belief is that
It is often said that
One argument put forward is that
It can be argued that
It is generally accepted that
My personal view is that
It seems to me that
I tend to believe that
I am of the opinion that
I would argue that
In my experience
Of course,
Naturally,
Evidently,
Generally speaking,
On the whole,

For instance,
A good illustration of this is
If we take an example
Evidence for this is provided by
We can see this when
One reason for this is
The immediate cause of this
One of the causes of this is
This has resulted in
As a result,
This has led to
To summarize
In conclusion
On balance,
This is a complex issue with no clear answers
If we look at both sides of the argument
This leads us to believe that
It is true that
It is clear that
Doubtless
One cannot deny that
It cant be denied that
Not only but also.
One must admit that
We cant ignore that
Which seems to confirm the idea that
Some critics suggest that..
Compared to

Typically,
By and large
......tends.....
..may/might/could.....
Often/frequently/sometimes/usually
What this means is
In other words,
That is to say
To be more precise
In fact,
For example,
For instance,

On the one hand there is the firm belief that, on the

other hand many people are convinced that5
It is often said that
It is undeniable that..
The first thing that needs to be said
We must distinguish carefully between..
Another way of looking at this question is to
What conclusion can be drawn from all these?
The most satisfactory conclusion that we can come to
is..
To sum up
We have to accept that.