To Express Agreement and Disagreement Simultaneously

1. I am of two minds.  I agree that ____________________, but I cannot agree that ____________. 

2. Although I agree with X up to a point, I cannot accept his overall conclusion that _____________.

3. Although I disagree with much of what X says, I fully endorse his conclusion that ___________.

4. Though I concede that ________________ I still insist that _____________________.

5. X is right that __________, but he seems on more dubious ground when he claims that ________.

6. While X is probably wrong when he claims that ____________, he is right when he claims that _______.

7. Whereas X provides ample evidence that _____________, Y and Z’s research on ____________ and _____________ convinces me that _______________instead.