Dependent Preposition BE 4 Unit 9 : Raising Finance

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.