In the function of the adverbial modifier, participles are sometimes emphasized by “as it is” (for Participle I) or “as it does” (for Participle II).

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Participial phrases may open the sentence with the verb TO BE as a link-verb. In this case the order of the main parts of the sentence - subject and predicate - is inverted.

Compare:

A little girl was sitting on the sofa. (participle is part of the verb form)

Sitting on the sofa was a little girl. (participle is used as predicative)

Sentences of the kind are usually translated starting with the adverbial modifier or object following the participle:

На диване сидела маленькая девочка.

Exercise 5.4. Translate using inversion.

1. 1. Около полицейского участка были припаркованы несколько автомобилей.

2. 2. Со стен светили несколько полупрогоревших свечей.

3. 3. К письму приложены мои рекомендации.

4. 4. В нижней части рисунка помещен график изменения цен.

5. 5. На планке висели несколько маленьких маятников.

6. 6. В эту таблицу будут включены цифры, полученные во время последних исследований.

7. 7. Главное здание окружают несколько хозяйственных построек.

8. 8. Несколькими хозяйственными постройками окружено главное здание.

9. 9. За завтраком следовал утомительный разговор о погоде.

10. 10. В новом выпуске журнала будут опубликованы несколько статей об экологии.

Exercise 5.4. Translate into Russian.

1. 1. The beams, passing as they do through a narrow slit, are diffracted.

2. 2. Giving as they did so much information about the behavior of planets, these experiments can be hardly overestimated.

3. 3. Certain reactions such as rapid oxidation, occurring as it does only at high temperatures, may take place at very low temperatures in the organism.

4. 4. Dalton, believing as he did that gas pressures arise from mutual repulsions of the molecules, took his law to mean that a molecule was only repelled by like molecules.

5. 5. The Galaxy's integrated brightness, representing as it does the flux of optimal radiation from the approximately 200 billion stars in the system, corresponds to an absolute magnitude of about —19,5.

6. 6. The explanation given is by no means exhaustive, ignoring as it does the social factor.