Some important task 1 phrases

1. Overall, it is immediately apparent from the graph that….
2. Overall, it can be predicted / anticipated (for future)
3. Remained at a higher rate...
4. over the next four years/ over the following four years ….
5. Noticeably different….
6. throughout the whole time frame…..
7. Seems to follow fairly similar pattern over the first five years…
8. Seems to follow the opposite pattern over the first five years…
9. Then fluctuated over the next nine years…
10. Ending the period slightly lower than….
11. Enough to cover the expenditures….
12. during the same period….
13. However, the opposite was true in the case of…
14. Decreased as a whole over the period….
15. The situation in Japan was almost the reverse of this….
16. Most drastic change is expected….
17.  Similar highs….
18. However, this pattern is reversed…..
19. Considerable fall by approximately 25%....
20. Turning to the reasons for…
21. Turning/ moving on to the next stage….
22. There were some clear differences….
23. Remained so throughout the period....
24. Started at a similar amount….
25. By far the most/ least popular….
26. Apart from a jump to around…
27. The striking feature of the graph is….
28. It grew steadily and strongly to finally reach about…
29. Rising to a peak, before falling back to…..
30. The biggest declines were in….