TASK DEFINITION: In this task, you are given two sentences in the English language (Sentence 1 and Sentence 2). Your task is to identify the connecting word between the two sentences.
PROBLEM: Sentence 1:The title holders could also enter . Sentence 2:As a result , theoretically a maximum of 69 teams could enter the tournament -- although this level had never been reached .

SOLUTION: as a result

PROBLEM: Sentence 1:Gustav Holst is commissioned by the New York Symphony Orchestra to write a symphony , but does not do so . Sentence 2:Instead , he starts work on the tone poem Egdon Heath , which is premiered by the NYSO in the following year .

SOLUTION: instead

PROBLEM: Sentence 1:The Bulls were a division above the Jets and came into the game full of confidence . Sentence 2:However , the Jets were just too powerful for the Bulls , winning comfortably 27 - 0 .

SOLUTION:
however