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115.4 4 It is expected that around It's no good/use or There's no
2 There being only one train a 100,000 will attend the rally. point in
week to Mount Isa, I decided 5 It is believed that the men
to fly. escaped through a broken
3 There being no objections to window. UNIT 118
the proposal, we moved on to 6 It is not yet understood how
the next agenda item. the accident happened. 118.1
4 There being no demand for 116.4 2 ...it's in the Queen Mary
their products, the company Hospital (that/where) she's
was forced to close. Example answers: having the operation.
2 It takes considerable patience 3 ...it was because they wanted
to teach small children. to watch TV (that) they came
3 It takes courage to go bungee to visit us.
UNIT 116 jumping. 4 ...it's because he's working so
116.1 4 It takes a lot of application to hard (that) he's feeling unwell.
2 It was a miracle that she wasn't learn a foreign language. 118.2
hurt in the fall.
3 X 2 No, what I meant was that I
4 It was far from clear where the UNIT 1.17 will/would lend you the money
until next week.
light was coming from. 117,1
5 X 2 noticed 3 No, what I thought was that he
was going on his own. (or
6 It is obvious that you already 3 enjoyed it would be going)
know my secret.
7 It will be surprising if the two 4 leave it 5 No, what I did was (to) repair
the old one. (or (to) get the old
countries don't reach an 5 6 owe it one repaired.)
love it
agreement soon.
8 X 7 8 remembered 6 No, what I did was (to) phone
the managing director directly.
consider it
(In spoken English we might say: 7 No, what I did was (to) invite
3 It was a serious drawback, their 117.2 him to my house instead.
decision.; 5 It's to be made this 1 Other possible answers: I see it
evening, the announcement.; as necessary to perform the 118.3
8 It's arrived, the parcel I was operation... / ...that we should 2 No, not exactly; the place
expecting. However, these are perform the operation... (where/that) Nick lives is called
unlikely in written English.) 2 I take it as a good sign that Broomfield.
Alan is now able to get out of 3 Yes, in fact the reason
116.2 bed.
Most likely answers: 3 I take it as an indication of the (why/that) we moved house
was that we wanted a bigger
2 + d It seemed to be the case success of the treatment that he garden.
that Beckman had a wrist can already walk again. 4 If you ask me, somebody
injury for most of the match. 4 I view it as important that he who/that takes excellent
3 + e It emerged after the returns to work... / ...that he photographs is David Diskin.
concert that this was to be the should return to work... /
band's last world tour.
...that he return to work as
4 + a It transpired during the soon as possible.
trial that Jacobs possessed 5 I regard it as remarkable that U N I T I f i
three handguns. 119.1
5 + b It follows from the results he has made a complete 2 ...down came a heavy snowfall.
recovery.
of the survey that people are (For more information about the 3 In front of the station, the two
happy with the quality of alternative answers in 1 and 4, see men were talking, (no
supermarket food. inversion)
(These sentences would be more Unit 48.) 4 Behind the protesters was a line
likely in written than in spoken 117.3 of police officers.
English.) 1 There's no need 5 At the end of the street ran a
116.3 2 It's no surprise small stream. Across the stream
2 It is planned to hold the 3 There's no chance/hope/ (there) was an overgrown
question
competition again next year. 4 it's no longer garden.
3 It is not known why the 5 There's no doubt 6 ...and suddenly round the
robbery was not reported 6 there's no point corner it came, (no inversion)
earlier.
7 It's no secret
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