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2. If the company is making a profit by the end of the year then we will have
achieved the objective we set ourselves when we took over.
3. In two years’ time Morneau will have been acting for 50 years, and shows
no sign of retiring from the theatre.
4. I am confident that I will finish the report before the end of the week.
5. This book on Proust is really difficult. On Saturday I will have been reading
it for a month, and I’m still only halfway.
6. Whether I’ve finished the report or not, by 9 o’clock I will be working for 12
hours without a break and I’m going home.
7. As delegates who arrived early will have discovered, there have been
some late changes to the conference programme.
82.1
2. Frightened though she forced herself to pick up the snake.
3. Scarce thought as the food became, they always found enough to share.
4. Even thought the climbers were experienced they had never faced such
sever conditions.
5. Confusing though as the instructions first appeared, they were very useful
when I looked at them in detail.
6. Discussing thought as it looked, the food it was actually quite tasty .
7. she felt confident though she knew the examination would not be easy.
8. Successful though as their new product have proved, the company is still
in financial difficulties.
82.2
2. In spite of being the yungest player he was an outstanding footballer in
the team.
3. In spite of having ate a big lunch he had a three course meal at evening.
4. In spite of her fear, she allowed a huge spider to be placed in her
hands.
5. In spite of her intelligence, she finds it difficult to express her
ideas in writing.
6. In spite of her illness, she went on a walking holiday in Nepal.
2 . Despite the fact that he was the youngest player, he was the most
outstanding footballer in the team.
3. Despite the fact that he had eaten a big lunch, he had a three
course meal in the evening.
4. Despite the fact that she was frightened, she allowed a huge
spider to be placed in her hands.
5. Despite the fact that she is obviously intelligent, she finds it
difficult to express her ideas in writing.
6. Despite the fact that she was ill, she went on a walking holiday in
Nepal.
82.4
1. While horse riding is an expensive pastime, more and more people are
taking it up.
2. While a decade ago we used to get a lot of blackbirds in our garden, we
rarely see them today.
3. While the true number of unemployed is over a million, the government
says it is under 500,000.
4. While the temperature is below freezing, it actually feels quite warm when
the sun is out.