Лекция: Упр.2. Переведите на русский язык следующие предложения, обращая внимание на устойчивые выражения с инфинитивом.

1. Four months of preliminary talks failed to produce an agreement.
2. But the conditions that triggered the crisis look set to linger.
3. The peacekeepers sent to the world’s trouble regions tended to arrive long after the worst hostilities had ended.
4. Some analysts say winning passage of the law the president is due to sign at the White House was the hardest hurdle.
5. Saudis are growing increasingly concerned about the rising power of Shia Iran and tend to view disturbances in Bahrain as part of an Iranian plot.
6. Although the US would eventually fail to join the League of Nations, Wilson chaired the 1919 Versailles Peace Conference’s commission on the establishment of an international organization.
7. Some analysts warn that the economy is bound to take a significant hit because of the money pumped into the president's campaign.
8. Trade unions mount a rally intended to get the company to minimise the damage done to the workers.
9. British Gas is setto announce record profits tomorrow for the second year in a row.
10. The opposition leaders who are talking to the government are only representing themselves, not the demonstrators. This is bound to complicate the task of the politicians involved in the negotiation.

Упр.3. Заполните пропуски в следующей таблице соответствий фраз, употребляемых в конструкции «Именительный с инфинитивом».