Detailed Instructions: 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.
Q: Sentence 1:At first the clearances involved relocations from Assynt to coastal villages on the assumption that farmers could take up fishing . Sentence 2:However , when the consequences of these actions became clear , the evictions were met with opposition , which was ruthlessly repressed .
A:
however