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.

Sentence 1:Towards the end of the Warring States period , the Qin state became disproportionately powerful compared with the other six states . Sentence 2:As a result , the policies of the six states became overwhelmingly oriented towards dealing with the Qin threat , with two opposing schools of thought .
as a result

Sentence 1:But these reconstructions differed so much from each other that not a single verse of Matthew was present in all of them . Sentence 2:As a result , interest in Q subsided and it was neglected for many decades .
as a result

Sentence 1:Gulf County was formed from Calhoun County in 1922 and follows the boundary of the Forbes Purchase . Sentence 2:As a result , the Forbes Purchase continued to influence Florida boundaries and property sales long after the dispute was settled in 1887 .

as a result