Special Phrases

BEGINNING: I would like to begin by …

I’d like to make a few remarks concerning …

I’d like to comment on the problem of …

I’d like to mention briefly that …

There are three points I’d like to make …

The most important points seem to me to be …

ORDERING: First of all we must bear in mind …

At the outset (beginning) …

To begin with …

Firstly … Secondly … Thirdly … Finally …

INTRODUCING

A NEW POINT:

I’d like to turn briefly to the problem of …

The next issue (question) I’d like to focus on is …

Turning to …

ADDING: In addition …

I might (could) add that …

As well as …, there is also …

Not only …, but also …

Furthermore …

Moreover …

GIVING AN EXAMPLE: Let me give an example …

To illustrate this point, let’s consider …

A case in point is …

BALANCING: On the one hand …, but on the other hand …

Although … we mustn’t forget …

Whereas …, we have to remember …

In spite of …, I still think …

Despite the fact that … I …

GENERALISING: On the whole, …

In general, …

Generally speaking, …

By and large, …

All in all, …

All things considered …

STATING PREFERENCES: I’d rather … than …

I prefer … to …

I tend to favour … as opposed to …

… has an advantage over … in that …

The main advantage of … is that …

CONCLUDING: Let me conclude by saying …

I’d like to conclude by stating that …

Allow me to conclude by highlighting (stressing) the fact that …

In conclusion, I’d like to reiterate (repeat) that …

I’d now like to conclude my comments by reassuring you that we are fully aware of the fact that …

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