(Part of a Compound Nominal Predicate)
- to be.
Model:
| His dearest wish was to have a son. | . |
, to be , () , () .
Model:
| Our purpose is to follow the growth of plants under experimental conditions. | () , . - |
(Object)
(to agree, to arrange, to attempt, to choose, to decide, to deserve, to expect, to fail, to help, to hesitate, to hope, to learn, to manage, to mean, to offer, to omit, to plan, to pretend, to promise, to refuse, etc.), (able, afraid, amused, annoyed, anxious, ashamed, astonished, bound, careful, certain, content, crazy, curious, delighted, determined, difficult, due, eager, easy, fit, fortunate, free, frightened, glad, grateful, good, happy, hard, helpless, horrified, impatient, interested, keen, likely, lucky, obliged, pleased, ready, relieved, right, safe, slow, sorry, etc.)
Models:
| She agreedto come at ten. | . |
| Im powerlessto do anything. | , - . |
| Im delightedto see you again | . |
to cause, to get, to lead, to make , , , , , , , .
Models:
| Heat causes snow to melt. | . |
| We got him to return to the same subject | . |
| The facts led us to assume that | , |
(Attribute)
? ( , ) , .
Models:
| The species to be included in each group are indicated on the list. | , , . , , |
| This is one of the important items to be insisted upon. | , . |
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) (the first, the second) the last, the next, the only.
Models:
| Jack was the first to come. | . |
| She was the last to reach the hall. | . |
| Fulton was the first physiologist to suggest this hypothesis. | , , . |
) , (much, little, a great deal, plenty, no more).
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Model:
| I have no more to add. | . |
) (somebody, something, anybody, anything, no one, nowhere, nothing, etc).
Models:
| I have something to tell you. | - . |
| I want someone to speak to. | - . |
) - one.
Model:
| He is not the oneto discuss his affairs with other people. | , . |
) (which, whom) .
Model:
| They have excellent laboratories in which to work. | , ( ). |
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about, shortly + Infinitive , .
Model:
| A few accounts about to be presented are by no means a complete history of microbiology. | , , . |
5. (Adverbial Modifier of):
?, ? in order, so as . , , .
Models:
| He came to my office one day in order to ask me for a job. | , . |
| Youd better wait outside so as to be at hand if I want you. | , , . |
