The Infinitive

Translate the sentences into Russian paying attention to the function of the infinitive.

The infinitive as a subject

1. To raise the large amount of money was the fund’s main objective.

2. It would be impossible for all the people of a country to vote on every important issue that comes about.

3. To live means to survive.

The infinitive as part of a predicate

1. Although the USA is a major producer of sugar it continues to import this product because the nation consumes more than it can produce.

2. The point of EMU is to make business between the EU members easier and to weld the still disparate EU members into the world’s biggest single economy.

3. Different voting systems may give very different results, particularly in cases where there is no clear majority preference.

The infinitive as an attribute

1. The head of the department was a person to receive a telephone call from the Treasury.

2. That was the last (first) opportunity to earn money.

3. Producing some commodities more efficiently than other producers is a way to derive a comparative advantage.

4. Power is at the heart of a political system, for it is defined as the ability to exercise one's will ever others.

The infinitive as an object

1. The politician had learnt to feel at once whether the information was valuable.

2. Employees were not allowed to leave the room since it was a serious offence against official regulations.

3. His boss had ordered the official to send the note immediately.

4. A number of studies have reported that the media do not tend to influence the masses of people directly.

5. Citizens are willing to become involved in political life if they trust political leaders.

6. Each generation must be encouraged to accept a society's basic political values and its particular methods of decision making.

The infinitive as part of a complex object

1. I never saw you act this way before.

2. The Chancellor of the Exchequer ordered the secretary to refer to the previous instructions dated 25^th of January.

3. The Government want the investigators to assess the damage.

4. The leader of opposition made the governing party issue a statement.

5. A simple choice does not allow voters to express the ordering or the intensity of their feeling.

The infinitive as an adverbial modifier

a) of purpose

1. They did their best to prevent turmoil and disorder.

2. To discuss its day-to-day performance the Cabinet has to meet regularly.

3. To have a favourable balance of trade, nations should export more than they import.

4. Democracies are generally maintained through a mode of participation known as representative democracy, in which certain individuals are selected to speak for the people.

5. A voting system contains rules for valid voting, and how votes are counted and aggregated to yield a final result.

b) of result

1. Mr. Roberts was experienced enough to investigate the reasons for the misuse of public funds.

2. All the members of the impartial panel were too busy to go up to the TV studio.

The infinitive as parenthesis *.

1. To begin with, Sociologists note that people are more likely to participate actively in political life if they feel that they have the ability to influence politicians and the political order.

2. To tell the truth, identifying a form of government appears not to be easy.

3. To cut a long story short, voting weight is not the same thing as voting power.

Note. Mind the following structures:

1. Why not ask for another quotation?

2. We cannot but meet the delivery terms.

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