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All experiments proved successful but the last one , ().
The investigations have but begun ().
For (). for (cj ). (prp , ; Perfect Continuous). for + c. + Infinitive .
The device may be relied upon, for it is of the latest design , (). I had been working at this problem for two years by that time () (). For this method to be valuable it must be improved , ( for + . + Infinitive). There is a tendency for the method to be used in all the experiments , ( for + . + Infinitive).
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1. Stay with us for the weekend. 2. Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed. 3. It is time for the political opponents of the government to stand up and be counted. 4. That is another cause for suspicion. 5. Everybody lives for something better to come. 6. Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow you die. 7. One law for the rich and another for the poor. 8. Much is to be done in the field of green IT for the environment problems to be solved successfully.
B oth and ... , ... ( both !);
either or , . ;
neither nor ;
as well as (), ;
not only but (also) () .
Solids have both definite volume and definite shape , . A bug is an error in either the syntax or the logic of a computer program bug , . Data communication is either synchronous or asynchronous , . It was neither a study of the equilibrium nor of the kinetics of the reaction , . We will all follow him, the youngest as well as the oldest , .
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1. Both faultsand errors must be taken into account. 2. It will complicate both the analysis and our understanding of the effect. 3. This was both inevitable and entirely justified. 4. The system can be considered either true or false. 5. Nothing seemed to matter very much either at home or abroad. 6. These countries obtained foreign currencies either by means of export or by means of national production. 7. He has neither the time nor the will to do it. 8. Numerous collections of literature and philosophy, as well as databases of historical events, can be accessed in a variety of ways. 9. Neutrons not only cause fission, but they produce other effects as well.
3.
: as... as ()... ()/ () () ( ); not so... as ... ( ).
The land was flat as flat as a table , . This room is not so light as that one , .
: much (well / a good deal / a great deal) , , ; by far ; still (ever) .
This way is much longer than that one .
the... the (... ). The + () ... + the + () = .
The more we read, the more we know , .
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1. The more electricity you use, the higher your bill will be. 2. The more you have, the more you want. 3. The longer he waited, the more impatient he became. 4. The more you practice English, the faster you will learn it. 5. The thinner the wire is, the greater the developed heat is. 6. On the contrary, the larger the wire is, the more negligible the heat produced is.
