Put the verbs in brackets into the present simple. a. unlike the police in most of the world, british police … (not to carry) guns. b. the ordinary policemen still … (to wear) helmets though officers … (to have) caps, but the popularity of the police with general public has declined. c. surveys … (to show) that people … (to prefer) this kind of policing, even if it … (not to catch) so many serious criminals. d. this problem … (to concern) the conduct of all our courts. e. magistrates are volunteers who … (to work) at other jobs and … (to sit) in the courts for, say, two days. f. nevertheless more thefts, more violence, more vandalism, more fraud … (to exist) than did the years ago. g. also some crime … (to become) suddenly fashionable. h. not anybody … (to know) whether it really happened rarely or whether people who had been robbed hesitated to come to the police station. i. it is generally considered to be an activity which … (to make) money for lawyers rather than anything else. j. on the other hand, the british unlike the americans … (not to spend) their time suing each other. k. it … (to decide) how you may distribute your goods when you die, … (to impose) limits on how fast you may drive your car, … (to say) what breeds of dogs you may own. l. ministers … (to change) their minds, of course, about emergency regulations. it … (not to affect) law. m. secondly, it … (to stop) “law by decree” in which someone with power, either political or administrative … (to claim) that this or that is a good idea and should therefore be enacted. n. when parliament … (to pass) a new law, it has to be examined very carefully to make sure that it … (not to contradict) previous law unless there is full and clear intention to do so. o. the law … (to set out) the arrangements for marriage, divorce and custody of the children of divorced couples. p. often we … (to feel) irritated or embittered by obvious stupidities in the law which … (not to take) proper account of a modern situation.
a. Doesn't carry.
b. Wear, have.
c. Show, prefer, doesn't catch.
d. Concerns.
e. Work, sit.
f. Exists.
g. Becomes.
h. Knows.
I. Makes.
j. Don't spend.
k. Decides, imposes, says.
l. Change, doesn't affect.
m. Stops, claims.
n. Passes, doesn't contradict.
o. Sets out.
p. Feel, doesn't take.