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A Grammar of English Practice
Book for Law Students
ЕXERCISES
6. The evidence being strong, the defendant was found guilty
by the jurors.
7. All the witnesses having been cross-examined by the barris-
ters, the trial was closed.
8. The verdict of guilty having been given by the jury, the judge
passed the sentence.
Exercise 85. Find out whether the following sentences con-
tain the Nominative Absolute Participial Construction, translate
the sentences into Russian:
1. No evidence having been produced,
the case was closed and
the accused discharged.
2. Committing a burglary the accused broke into the house
through the kitchen window.
3. Having been discussed and corrected, the bill was given the
second reading.
4. The sentence is fixed and pronounced by the judge, the task
of the jury being to bring in the verdict.
5. Having examined the case the magistrates decided it should
be committed to the Crown Court for sentencing.
6. A case requiring heavier punishment must be referred to the
Crown Court.
7. Having stolen the jewelry, the thief didn’t know where to
hide it.
8. The scene being horrifying, we left the place at once.
9. The police must investigate any case involving death or seri-
ous injury.
10. The district court being the
primary link of the judiciary,
most of criminal and civil cases are tried by these courts.
11. Investigating this serious crime the officer discovered a lot
of important evidence against that young man.
12. Seeing that the police had little information against him, the
suspect denied his guilt.
13. The article being interesting and useful, I cited it in my re-
search paper.
14. Having
got the necessary information, the investigator left
the room.
15. While investigating the crime he found some important evi-
dence.
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16. The investigator
managed to solve the case, with strong evi-
dence having been collected.
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