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However with phrasal verbs, the preposition always stays with the   verb.


                   e.g. The letter, which I came across by chance, was very important,
                   (non-identifying)


                   Exercices:


                   1. Complete these sentences as you like, using defining relative clauses:


                   1. People whose ___________ .
                  2. Men ____________ really annoy me.
                  3. Women ___________  really get on my nerves.

                   4.1 always get on with people  __________  .
                   5.  __________  bore me to tears.
                   6.  ___________is waiting in queues.
                   7.  ___________should be shot.
                   8.1 don't like goods  __________  .
                   9.1 like places ___________ .
               10. It was one of those days _______ .
               11. Anybody ______________ .
               12. The only political system __________ .


                   2.  Combine  the  following  pairs  or  groups  of  sentences  using  non-defining

                   relative clauses.

               1.  The findings of the Wilson report were ignored by the government. The report had
                   been drawn up by a commettee of experts.
               2.  British Coal Ltd. has started to make a profit. It was privatised last year.
               3.  At election time a great deal of political propaganda is directed at the electorate.
                   The majority of the electorate understand less than half of it.
               4.  The government was pressed by its foreign advisers to make political concessions.
                   Instead of this it has banned all political activity.
            This project has been abandoned. The government invested billions of dollars in the
            project.





















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