Dependent Prepositions - Nouns 2
Index
First complete the table with the prepositions and then complete the sentences with a noun and preposition from the table.
NP02
ANSWERS
EXPLANATION
authority
ban
expenditure
influence
jinx
verdict
affinity
association
clash
encounter
obsession
solidarity
abstinence
deviation
extract
refuge
respite
transition
anxiety
dispute
revelation
sketch
speculation
uncertainty
1)
Two British Airways pilots reported a close
with a UFO in the skies over Birmingham.
2)
George Preston is an internationally recognized academic
on nineteenth-century European art.
3)
Pleading guilty or not guilty in rape cases has no
on the length of the sentence handed down.
4)
A second
from Florence of Arabia will appear in the October 2008 issue of The Atlantic.
5)
Office staff are to stage a series of lightning strikes in a
about staffing.
6)
Picasso’s sexual
with Marie-Thérèse infused his work with new energy and changed his style.
7)
Several U.N. staff members were killed, as were dozens of civilians who'd sought
from the fighting.
8)
There has been a lot of
about potential changes to pensions at the upcoming May Budget.
9)
Moscow is considering a
on alcohol and tobacco advertising in most public places and on transport.
10)
Behind the front, cooler air will provide a brief
from heat, though hot weather will return.
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Answers
1)
encounter with
to meet somebody, or discover or experience something
2)
authority on
someone who is considered an expert in a particular subject
3)
influence on
the way in which something is related to something
4)
extract from
a short extract from a film, a piece of music or writing
5)
dispute about
a serious argument or disagreement
6)
obsession with
a person or thing that somebody thinks about too much
7)
refuge from
a place or situation providing safety or shelter
8)
speculation about
ideas or guesses about something that is not known
9)
ban on
an official statement ordering people not to do, sell, or use sth.
10)
respite from
a short period of rest or relief from sth. difficult or unpleasant