Ex.5.9. Fill in with necessary prepositions.
Date: 2015-10-07; view: 431.
Ex.5.8. Fill in with words from the previous exercise.
1) Police are investigating a ___________ atthe bank.
2) A famous star was arrested for ______________ not long ago.
3) Will Tom go on collecting stamps or is it only a passing _________?
4) Police reported there has been a big increase in the number of ___________ in this area.
5) The country's economy _____________ that of its nearest competitors.
6) There have been several armed bank ___________ this year.
7) A chaotic hubbab of creativity was the paper's _________ _________ .
8) The movement is gaining more and more _____________.
9) An announcement of further cuts in government expenditure is ____________ .
10) These figures could be _____________ by the end of the year.
11) The _____________ of the criminal was absolutely frightening.
1) Credit cards, cheque books and mobile phones are the things that people tend to carry …… …… the street.
2) The image is increasingly …… …… touch …… reality.
3) Nowadays the police routinely test offenders …… drugs.
4) DVD players and hi-fis are now so cheap, …… real terms, that they are barely worth …… nicking. And televisions are too large to walk …… with them.
5) The housebreaking fad is now …… danger …… becoming retro.
6) The more likely reasons …… the decline …… burglary have to do …… changes …… the criminal marketplace.
7) Desperate, drug-addicted young men usually raid …… poorly protected properties …… walking distance …… their homes.
8) As …… growth …… the legitimate job market, that does not appear to have drawn the criminal element …… …… mugging.
9) One Home Office study found that those pulled …… …… burglary and shoplifting were more likely to test positive …… heroin than anyone else.
10) The trend …… burglary becoming a proxy form …… mugging favoured …… the slow and timid has also been pushed …… …… changes …… the criminal labour force.
11) These days, the imminent release …… prison …… a skilled burglar will be preceded …… a flurry …… alerts to watch …… …… a particular modus operandi.