Упражнение 8. Переведите предложения, обращая внимание на грамматические омонимы.

1. Since then Poland's political make-up has changed fundamentally.

2. Since 1989 the United States has been, in economic and military terms, the most powerful state in the world.

3. Since his own landslide victory, Mr. Khatami has struggled against conservative rivals who have jailed his political allies.

4. The report fueled talk that US interest rates may be raised this year while expectations are for lower rates in Europe.

1. A high-ranking Transport Ministry official recently stated that while Japan is sympathetic to the plight of European shipbuilders, it is unlikely that the Japanese shipbuilding industry will be able to make fur­ ther concessions on the matter.
2. Some Americans fear an arms race in space, while others see the military use of the shuttle as a natural consequence of the superiority of U.S. space technology although such superiority may prove temporary.

7. He is reported to have emphasized to the Cabinet that Canada was concerned at the possibility of military action, while Asian members of the Commonwealth were all opposed to the use of force.

1. While pressing for every kind of financial help to the local authorities, it is evident that only nationalization of all urban land is an essential need.

9. While the US unemployment rate fell back to a 28-year low of 4.3 per cent, the German jobless rate jumped to 10.9 per cent from 10.2 per cent.

10.The Battle of the Budget will be fought on two levels: in the Congress and between private organizations in the nation that support or oppose President's economic program. The second level is particularly interesting, for its object is to influ­ence public opinion, and whoever wins this campaign could be decisive in the final votes on Capitol Hill.

11. We no longer prefer to confront reality directly, for long ago we learned and accepted the fact that reality has for all practical purposes become unmanageable.

Former Attorney General R.C. and U.S. representative G.G. opened a conference on Cuba here last weekend with strong demands for an end to the U. S. economic and political blockade of that island nation. «

1. We call for an end to the economic blockade of Cuba not only be­cause we believe it is just, not only because we believe it is humane, but also because it is strategically, economically and politically in the inter­ests of the United States.»
2. For most of American history, relations with Europe have been cool.
3. After lengthy negotiations they substituted a treaty for an unofficial agreement.

4. The mill workers in Scotsville had been out for a year and a half already and they were becoming desperate for food and clothing.

5. For these reasons the dreams of a solution along these lines are empty castles in the clouds.

6. For the first time in their history teachers are threatening a real showdown on their objection to the supervision of school meals, the daily duty that means many of them have to work during their lunch hour.

7. It is considered that Atlantic relations for all their seeming normalcy face a profound crisis.

8. As other western democracies have condemned and abandoned the death penalty, America has defended it with increasing vigour.

9. As recently as early March of this year, the Prime Minister rebuffed one of his top subordinates who strongly urged him to point out to American officials that a lot of their balance-of-payment troubles were of their own making.

10. The incident occurred as MPs were voting in a second round confidence vote for the formation of a new centrist government.

1. As far as Presidential elections are concerned, they are not very democratic. It's really a monopoly of the two parties, and each year it has been getting more difficult for Independents to get on the ballot in many states.
2. In unexpectedly strong language, the report describes the Guatemalan policy at the height of the war as a policy of genocide.

1. A collective gasp was heard when the curtain rose upon the exotic set of "Cleopatre" and Ida Rubenstein appeared.

2. The American Revolution was a close parallel to the wars of national liberation in the colonial and semi-colonial countries.

3. Disarmament will release for civilian employment millions of people now serving in the armed forces and war industries.

4. Formally the balloting takes place in the Electoral College in early December.

5. The stakes are too high and American bonds with Europe too numerous to permit such a dramatic situation.

6. These are our doctrines - this is the broad platform on which we stand.

7. The Premier and his party arrived in Berlin yesterday.

8. The local Iraqi authorities feared there would be some manifestation of ill-feeling toward the American visitor.

9 Two American soldiers have been killed and eight injured in two recent attacks on military convoys in Iraq, the US Army senior General says.

10. The crackdown on organized crime has lead to soaring prices for illegal drugs and increased criminal activity by addicts, a report says.

11. Members of the United Nations Security Council are examining a new version of a US draft resolution for the political and economic reconstruction of Iraq.

12. Russian authorities have requested the extradition of the fugitive media tycoon Vladimir Gusinsky on fraud and money-laundering charges.

13. The chancellor of the Catholic diocese in Hong Kong Lawrence Lee told local television the Church was investigating the latest allegations about priests' non-conformity.

14. The UK Chancellor of the Exchequer said he acknowledged concerns among exporters and manufacturers about the strength of the pound.

15. Nuisance neighbours and beggars face tough new sanctions under plans from Home Secretary David Blunkett.

16. According to the verdict he will spend the rest of his life behind bars.

17. Many suspected war criminals are still at large.