INTERSECTIONS

EXERCISE 52(A)

The intersected phrases are minimally vocalised
 

Mark is having his birthday party at the sports club.
He is now a member of that particular political party.
The Labour party has published its findings on this matter.
They were advised to check their insurance policies.
We have taken out an insurance policy on the house.
The papers for their insurance policy are in the box.
 

He kept all his money and savings in a national bank.
The high street bank where I work is closed on Sundays.
The accounts manager has now counted all the banknotes.
The new Education Bill was introduced by the members.
We have read the report on the new Finance Bill.
We have now received the final bill for the car loan.
 

I am sending you their email for your attention.
The news of this dispute has been brought to my attention.
It is important that they give more attention to their studies.
May I draw your attention to the item in paragraph three.
Please give your immediate attention to completing the report.
I sent the letter for the attention of the head of personnel.
 

She works in the customer service department of the store.
All the government departments have sent in their reports.
I buy all my clothes in the department store in town.
We have ordered new desks for this department.
They are creating a new department for client complaints.
Many departments have received their new stock.
 

I see there are extra bank charges on my current account.
The assistant said there is no charge for ordering the items.
He said you may be charged if you wish to cancel the order.
They will be charging an entrance fee at the game.
The phone had no electrical charge so we used the charger.
Atoms have a negative charge due to an excess of electrons.

I get a copy of the nursing journal every other month.
I found this book for sale in the Collectors' Journal for March.
The Journal of Banking was a useful source of information.
Josh has set up a new design company in the city.
I have read the leaflet sent out by the clothing company.
The accounts of the company have now been signed off.
 

I am happy to say my local council has repaired the road.
You will have to ring the borough council to inform them.
There will be a meeting of council members on Friday.
I was speaking to Captain Jones about his career at sea.
Captain Johnson has asked Captain Smith to call him.
He was employed as a ship’s captain for five years.
 

I have spoken with the government officer responsible.
She said that government policy was to review this regularly.
I see there is a government post vacant in that area.
The British government has this matter under review.
The American government has now come to a decision.

They intend to form an interim government immediately.

This company is responsible for these accidents.
She said that this council is responsible for road safety.
We think that this government should pay all these costs.
We now have plans for the new company offices.
They are looking at the plans for the new council offices.
It is clear that the government offices must be modernised.

EXERCISE 52(B)
 

The writing paper was embossed with a small watermark.
They must register their trademark in order to safeguard it.
The football shirts were covered in dirty marks.
Please report to the works manager at nine on Monday.
I have given the factory manager the necessary information.
She has a good job as a line manager in a large business.

He was promoted to managing director last year.
She is the managing director of a large firm in the city.
I shall be taking my shorthand test this morning.
I am going into town tomorrow morning to see a friend.
I started on my project at eleven yesterday morning.
He said that early morning walks are his usual activity.

I find that Monday mornings are the best time to write.

We open the post every morning before doing other work.
I met my friend Major Jones at the club last week.
He said that Major Smith was going to write to Mr Smith.
The Major General is going to speak to us at the meeting.
She said the general manager has asked to see you.
 

These matters are important to our national defence.
The paper reports regularly on a variety of national affairs.
There will be a national celebration in two months’ time.
I heard all about it on the national news last night.
All foreign nationals must register their details with us.
They said American nationals were among those affected.
 

Thank you for your enquiry about the post of accountant.
I will enquire of the directors if they wish to proceed.
I am enquiring if you have any vacancies for a reporter.
We wish to know whether they have enquired about the job.
The police inquiry into the accident is ongoing.
An internal inquiry will be undertaken immediately.

EXERCISE 52(C)
 

Please fill in and return the application form by Monday.
We have received hundreds of order forms for this item.

They thought they had discovered life forms on Mars.
I have sent in my entry form and agreement form for the race.
We have sent the form of agreement to our lawyer.
We do not know the form of government that might emerge.
 

I had to contact my local authority to report the damage.
The municipal authorities went way over their budget.
We took our case to the education authority for a decision.
The port authority has control of all the shipping in the area.
The official authorities are cooperating on this project.
I now have the necessary authority to deal with this issue.
 

I have been writing shorthand for many months.
It was several months before I heard any news from them.
They were unable to travel for some months.
We shall be moving to our new house this month.
John says that next month he will start his course.
It has taken six months to get all the information needed.
 

The Floral Society is holding an exhibition in the church hall.
I have joined the Nursing Society to help with my work.
The play was organised by the Dramatic Society members.
I am looking for a writers' society, to improve my writing.
I am going to join a local society in order to meet people.
The Society of Actors has issued a monthly magazine.

EXERCISE 52(D)
 

I have a new job at Brown Limited in the sales department.
The flats are owned by the Newton Housing Company Limited.
The minister made a statement on the current Liberal policy.
I will arrange for all the paperwork to be sent to you.
They must arrange all their own accommodation for this trip.
Please let me know if you can arrange some time off.
 

We have arranged to have lunch at The* Crown Inn on Friday.
The tables have been arranged so that everyone can see.
Please make arrangements to come to the meeting.
All the necessary arrangements have now been made.
They told me they will be arranging for us to stay in a hotel.
I am arranging for a taxi to pick them up from the airport.
 

* Not using Tick The, as it is part of a name

I will require three members of staff to help with this.
Do you require any more seats for the meeting room?
At the interview you will be required to take a speed test.
When our guests arrive, they will be requiring some help.
There are some important requirements to do this task.
We have kept to all the necessary government requirements.
 

I always get a seat in the very last railway carriage.
The inspector came down to check our railway tickets.
The Queen will be seeing guests at the royal palace.
We are excited about the royal visit to our town next month.
The royal tour will take in many of the cities of that country.

They walked from the royal* carriage into the royal train*.

* "royal" in full here, as there is a mixture of subjects and could be misread as "railway"

EXERCISE 52(E)
 

I have assisted Professor Smith for the last three years.
He was a professor of commerce before his retirement.
She had a long and happy career as a college professor.
Thank you for your application for the post of secretary.
We have had many applications for this highly paid post.
They have submitted their planning application for this project.
 

At the beginning I was excited to start the project.

They bought their new house at the beginning of the year.
You must start at the very beginning and tell us everything.
In the beginning we had to operate our business from home.
I am beginning to see how easy it would be to do that.
They were beginning to feel the cold as darkness fell.
 

The City of London Corporation looks after businesses.
Jane now works for an investment corporation.
Colonel Johnson has written the story of his army career.
I would like to come and talk with you at your convenience.
Please send us these details at your earliest convenience.
It is not very convenient for them to come next Thursday.
 

We are expecting a visit from the Minister for Education.
She has been a minister of religion for thirty years.
The government minister has asked me to contact you.
I have taken out some house insurance on their advice.

The customers were offered various building insurances.
I am having to pay very high insurance premiums.

The Honourable Member for Newtown will now speak to us.
The Right Honourable Lord Green is our speaker tonight.

I would like to ask the Honourable Senator a question*.
We discussed these policies at the Conservative Conference.
Mr Brown has quite conservative views on this subject.
A conservative estimate for completion would be six months.
 

* "question" Optional contraction

We apologise for any inconvenience the delay has caused.

She said it would be inconvenient to call during the morning.

They most inconveniently phoned as we started the meal.

He said he would nevertheless be attending the meeting.

We are driving to the airport notwithstanding the storms.

We are unfortunately going to have to sell the truck.

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