494 I English for Psychologists and Sociologists

2. He is likely to have made a full review of the article.

3. He proves to be a leading scientist in this field of sociology.

4. The experiments are reported to have been over successfully.

5. The conference is supposed to be held at the end of June.

6. The translation of the article is certain to be published next month.

7. Many foreign delegates appeared to know Russian.

8. All the groups happen to be divided into primary and secondary.

9. His interest is believed to have increased in this joint venture.

10. Everybody is sure to know at least one foreign language.

10. His poll proved to be conducted on the basis of the latest questionnaire.

11. Less attractive personalities are likely to experience less rewards in the social situations.

10. She is said to be impressed by his manner of speaking.

10. Discovering the cause of social phenomena is said to be the task of sociology.

11. The present is known to be involved in the past and the future to be involved in the present.

12. Our knowledge of the world is believed to be limited in time and space.

13. The problem of science and religion is known to have been the subject of long discussions.

14. His ideas are considered to be truthful as they give a right explanation of the world.

15. A master status is regarded to have great importance for shaping a person's entire life.

16. A social group is said to have been defined as a group of people with common interests and duties.

17. The groups are believed to be divided into primary and secondary ones dependent of the roles they play within the society.

22. Sociology as a science is known to be concerned with social groups and institutions.

23. Auguste Comte is considered to be the father of the sociological studies.

Grammar drill exercises I ⁴⁹⁵

XIII. Read and translate the sentences with complex subject:

1. The effects of family structure and break-up are said to be indirect and may be influenced by the quality of parenting a child.

2. A heavy diet of violent images in the media is supposed to do nothing positive for child development.

3. By taking care of the pets children are likely to grow not only into nonviolent adults, but also into positive parents in their turn.

4. Inequality in the given context is held to mean injustice.

5. He is unlikely to break with the family tradition.

6. I am in a consistent state of frustration, and those things which once gave me such pleasure no longer seem to matter.

7. All of these statistics are widely believed to underestimate the true situation by 10 percent.

8. Politicians are sure to be the greatest liars in the world.

9. The problem itself appears to be primarily a physical disorder in that certain people are predisposed to stutter.

10. Most of lies told by the average person are known to be harmless and they are called white lies.

11. Speech therapy seems to be very effective in helping people overcome the problem of stuttering.

12. Water and air pollution is recognized to have caused dramatic changes in the environment.

13. The climate is certain to be changing with each year as a result of atmospheric pollution.

14. Human activity turned out to destroy a great number of exotic animals ansd plants.

15. Environmentalists are likely to do their best so that to restore the ecological balance on the planet.

16. Single motherhood is known to have produced some negative effects on the formation of a personality.

17. Such children are sure to experience hardships in their childhood by being teased by their classmates.

18. Drug and alcohol abuse happened to lead to unemployment and isolation.