1. Here
is a list of common verbs and the
prepositions that follow them.
Complaint about
Hint at
Account for
Long for
Opt for
Strive for
Hope for
Pay for
Suffer from
Emerge from
Stem from
Bet on
Amount to
Lead to
Relate to
Refer to
Object to
Resort to
Associate with
Contend with
Sympathise with
Insure against
React against
Invest in
Result in
Insist on
Rely on
2. Some
verbs may be followed by more than
one preposition, with a corresponding change
in meaning.
How did you learn of his sudden departure?
I hope you will learn from your mistakes.
The team consists
of (= is made up of) two Americans and two Japanese.
For her, job satisfaction consist in (= is based on) having almost no work
to do.
3. Here
is a list of common adjectives and
the preposition that follow them.
Lacking in
Representative of
Aware of
Capable of
Intent on
Reliant on
Contingent on
Parallel to
Vulnerable to
Conducieve to
Prone to
Essential to
Susceptible to
Compatible with
Filled with
4. This is
a list of common nouns and
the prepositions that follow them.
Admiration for
Demand for
Respect for
Search for
Aptitude for
Need for
Responsible for
Substitute for
Bid for
Remedy for
Room for
Access to
Damage to
Reference to
Alternative to
Exception to
Resistance to
Threat to
Contribution to
Introduction to
Solution to
Ban on
Curb on
Comment on
Effect on
Constraint on
Tax on
Contrast with
Involvement with
Dealings with
Relationship with
Dissatisfaction with
Sympathy with
Examples:
South Korea’s central bank called for a curb on foreign ownership in the
country’s financial sector.
A lot of small businesses are having to resort to legal
proceeding against late or non payers.
Many think the government’s role is to create conditions conducive to economic
efficiency.
Their financial institutions should be respected for their courageous stance against corruption.
Politicians are often under great pressure to opt for quick fixes to
lift living standards.
Several critics say that China is intent on flooding the
world with dodgy goods.
National bank is more susceptible to government pressure than other
leading central banks.
The company’s problem stem from poorly managed expansion by acquisition.
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From the point
of view of investors in
technology shares, last week was a difficult one, as rising inventories at semiconductor
manufactures and disappointing earnings announcements lead to a fall in share prices.
Venture capitalism is based on the interaction between entrepreneurs
with more vision that funds, and investors with cash and appetite for risk. As such,
it is a sector that doesn’t lend
itself to the strict regulations imposed by state bureaucracies.
Yet China’s powerful national development and reform
commission (NDRC) appears to set
on creating domestic venture capital champions by offering them
preferential treatment over their foreign rivals.
The NDRC, the country’s top economic planning body, has
recently issued rules aimed
at encouraging the formation of venture capital firms run by Chinese managers,
funded by Chinese investors for the benefit of Chinese companies.
The country’s third largest oil company was forced to
withdraw its hostile bid
for US-based Unocal after meeting fierce opposition from the US Congress.
Other examples from book:
X, the struggling investment house, yesterday became vulnerable to takeover
bids.
The government refuses to take responsibility for dubai world’s debt problems.
Deputy prime minister invites japan to invest in high-tech
sector.
Does x.com pose a serious threat to the major publishing houses?
She is going to complain about her solicitor.
The bank insisted
on being paid the interest on the loan.
Our programme offers access to angel investors, venture firms, and
other private equity investors.
The new director of finance must be capable of providing both financial and
strategic direction.
Teenagers need to develop a healthy respect for money from an early age.
All financial supervisors should be full aware of their
responsibility.
First, she looked into angel networking clubs, which provide entrepreneurs
with access to
large numbers of wealthy individuals interested in investing in early-stage ventures.
However, she turned down a number of these for reasons of cost: they were
charging $ 1,500 just to submit a
business plan.
Eventually, she settled on London Business Angels, through which she could pitch to roughly 100
angels.
Preposition
Verbs
X invested
in technology start-ups.
We spent months pitching to hundreds of investors.
Adjectives
They are fearful
of the cost.
She is less optimistic about debt fund raising.
Nouns
Access to
finance.
X, founder
of Socmed.
You have a lot of overseas sales, so we are vulnerable to exchange
rate inflation.
Do you have access to the online data base?
If there is a safety problem, we will take responsibility for it.
Times are hard now, but I am optimistic about the future.
We are capable
of filling large orders
in a short period of time.
Mr. c was the founder of the company back in 1889.
Rising oil prices pose a threat to low-cost transport.
We need
to complain about the quality-control problem. The stuff they have been
sending us isn’t good enough.
Is we pitch
to serious athletes, the product will also appeal to people who wear athletic clothes for
fashion.
We invest
in our employees because we believe that people are our greatest asset.
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