Construction, e.g.

The new tunnel under the Thames will divert a great deal of traffic from the worst congested crossing-points. The line of this tunnel has yet to be finally determined.

The new tunnel under the Thames, the line of which has yet to be finally determined, will divert a great deal of traffic from the worst congested crossing-points.

1. The eighty-nine passengers all escaped without serious injury. Four of the passengers were British.

2. The country now has 300 power stations. All of them are part of a national network.

3. The speaker posed four highly important questions. The answers to these questions proved very illuminating.

4. The UN proposed the establishment of an international peace-keeping force. The composition and power of this force would be a matter for agreement among UN members.

5. The plans for the new by-pass have now been approved by the Local Authority. By means of this by-pass, heavy congestion in the city centre will be considerably relieved.

6. The Labour Party's latest manifesto contains many new proposals. The more radical of these proposals will hardly please those on the right of the party.

7. 'I should like to pay tribute to our loyal and hard-working staff. Without their unremitting support it would not have been possible to produce last year's spectacular rise in profits.

8. The Government intends to introduce a new Bill on taxation. The study of its provisions will be the work of experts on both sides of the House.

9. The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament attracted some very influential supporters. Some leading politicians are among these supporters.

10. For electoral purposes, the United Kingdom is divided into constituencies. Each of them returns one member to Parliament.

Continuative relative clauses

Join the sentences by changing the second sentence of each pair into a co-ordinate relative clause. In nos. 11-15 a prepositional construction is required, as in the second example below, e.g.

a) At £9,000 this car is a little expensive. This is bound to affect its sales in Britain.

At £9,000 this car is a little expensive, which is bound to affect its sales in Britain.

B) It appears that the driver was asked to produce his licence. At this, he became angry and excited.

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Prepositional relative clauses	\|	It appears that the driver was asked to produce his licence, at which he became angry and excited.

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