Commonly Used Phrases in Analysis of Discourse

What they did:

The speaker effectively utilized   _____________     to     _________________.

The speaker attempted to utilize _____________    to    _________________.

The speaker made minimal use of   ______________ to __________________.

The speaker made no use of _____________ to ________________.

What you think:

We found    _________ (to be) ___________________.

Looking at   _____________, it is apparent/obvious that ____________________.

After analyzing    ___________, we determined/concluded that     ______________.

It is interesting to note that   _________________________________________ .