1. Fill in the gaps with the appropriate word or expression:

1)…. The tax increase is the right solution is something one doubts under the circumstances.

2) … is required is an end to double standards in human rights policy.

3) … is thought of tax policy in the United States cannot exist in the European Union.

4) …. Japan is a party to this collision is not evident.

5) … the government will keep its promises or stick to the old policy is the matter of future.

6) … is more striking about Ireland’s new economy is how tightly it is linked to Europe and the world.

7) … began as a group’s initiative has become a global process.

8) … does motivate the people in this wave of protests is the desire to live in a better world.

9) … seems uncertain is that threats to traditional notions of privacy will proliferate.

10) … India says gets listened to respectfully in the south of the Himalayas.

2. Translate the following sentences:

1) Exercising control over who knows what about you has come to be seen as an essential feature of a civilized society.

2. What began some years ago as a band of fledgling mobile-phone companies has today become a powerful force that is reshaping Europe’s industrial landscape.

3. Whether the Prime Minister is on the point of calling a General Election is not clear yet.

4. What is always forgotten is that the quality of your food depends very much upin who you are, how well-off you happen to be, and where you live.

5. What he may lack is experience in dealing with the customers.

6. What really annoys me is that one is made to feel churlish or old-fashioned just to insist on basic respect of everyday manners.

7. What I intended to do was to travel and learn something about the world.

8. Whoever catches the ball, must come into the middle of the circle.

9. What I did in the end was to ask for a pay-rise.

10. What has changed unexpectedly is not the government’s policy but the willingness of the people to press the government into taking some measures to improve the situation in the country.

11. What we need desperately is a clear mission, a believable strategy for success and international support.

12. What he wants, he says, is more control over his life.

13. How many would seek to immigrate is a matter of speculation.

14. What was meant to be a moment of grand self-congratulation is looking more like еры start а painful struggle.

15. What is missing the most is the hope for an improvement, which has always been a prerequisite for stronger investments.

16. Whether the court’s decision was politically motivated or not is open to speculation.

17. What is true is that the present foreign policy problems are infinitely more complex and subtle, far less obvious than the military and ideological confrontations of the cold war days.

18. Whoever learns to speak English has potential ties with Britain. English teaching might be an aspect of aid given for the internal benefit of the receiving company, but it could also be a channel of friendship.

19. What is clear is that Islamic extremists are not the troglodytes Americans think they are.

Predicative clause

После be, seem, appear

That, whether, as if, because, what, which, where, who, why, when, how