1.Although the popular belief is that…, a current (new / recent) study (survey / poll / investigation) indicates (shows / demonstrates) that…
2.Common sense tells us that…
3.The increase (change / failure / success) in… mainly (largely / partly) results from (arises from / is because of)…
4.The increase (change / failure /success) in … is due to (owing to / attributable to) the fact that…
5.Many people would claim that…
6.One may attribute (ascribe / owe) the increase (decrease / change) to …, but … is not by itself an adequate explanation.
7.One of the reasons given for … is that…
8.What is also worth noticing is that…
9.There are many (different / several / a number of / a variety of) causes (reasons) for this dramatic (marked / significant) growth (change /decline / increase) in .. First,… Second,… Finally,…
10.There is no evidence to suggest that…
11.Why are (is / do / did) …? For one thing, … For another, …
12.Another reason why I dispute the above statement is that…
