Describing situations

EXERCISE 1:

1-To understand the problem, we need to look at all the many factors which may influence development in the child’s social and physical conditions
2- it has been claimed that the status of teaching as a profession is not as high as it used to be or as it should be.
3-The infrared aerial photograph seems to show the existence of a large village around 1000 years ago.
4-The Company’s president died in rather suspicious circumstances surrounding and his son took over.
5-In the absence of any clear instructions from above, I think we should decide ourselves how to proceed.
6-The country can never become a major economic player unless it improves its infrastructure
7-i can’t tell you what the word means unless you tell me it in context.
8-Students today live in very luxurious environment compared with students in the past.

EXERCISE 2

1- The government has introduced legislation to restrict smoking in public places.
2- Learning from your mistakes is an infinite part of making progress.
3- Her attempt to confine to restrain the children from making a noise in the library met with little success.
4- The professor always insists that even the most junior research associate is an integral part of the team.
5-What are the minimal requirements for getting a place on the course?
6- During the exam period restrictions are imposed on visitors to the college.
7-There were some rather curious contexts surrounding the case.
8- The level of taxation in the country is a major constraint on foreign investment there.

Exercise 3:

1- The economy has been unstable for several years.
2- Instability has been a feature of government in the country for the last decade.
3- The northern region possesses an apparently infinite supply of uranium.
4- The omnipresence of cholera in the area was noted by scientists in 1978.
5- A maximum temperature of 20 degrees must be maintained at all times.