Kryachkov 2!indd

MIXED BAG
Ex. 36. Fill in the gaps with the correct adverb or preposition where necessary.
a)
to be untouchable ___ logic
a perspective ___ smth
knowledge about religion ___ the inside
to surrender ___ the ministry
to do smth ___ integrity
to find disfavor ___ smb
to justify smth ___ biblical grounds
respect ___ smth/smb
___ stark contrast ___ smth
to hide ___ religious shields

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to happen ___ smb
to be founded ___ smth
to be ___ of one’s time
the war ___ smb
to be ___ smb’s side
to have sanction ___ smth
to burn smb ___ the stake
to deviate ___ the party line
to feel superior ___ smb
to masquerade ___ evangelical concerns
___ support ___ organized religion
resources available ___ humanitarian effort
to pour resources ___ religious coffers
to be a drain ___ the system
rights ___ the pursuit of happiness
to operate ___ the assumption that…
to infringe ___ the rights of others 
b)
1. 
People's religious belief systems are apt to be untouchable ___ logic. 
2. ___ Europe, many immigrants do not speak the language of the host country adequately, lack 
___ many skills and have become a drain ___ the country's welfare system. 
3. The absence of respect ___, and understanding ___ religion in the West is a major stumbling 
block ___ improving relations ___ Islamic countries. According to the Treasury Department 
“The Holy Land Foundation masquerades ___ a charity, while its primary purpose is to fund 
HAMAS.” 
4. In all cultures, humans pour resources ___ elaborate religious buildings and rituals.
5. Realist and liberal approaches ___ international relations operate ___ the assumption that 
religion is irrelevant ___ state behavior.
6. Even ___ times of war, a government cannot treat ___ all immigrants from the enemy's coun-
try or all adherents of the enemy's religion as enemies. To strip a person ___ his rights ___ life, 
liberty, or property without some concrete evidence of his sympathy ___ or assistance ___ 
the enemy is to punish the innocent ___ the sins of the guilty.
7. The arguments ___ support ___ secularism vary widely ___ the claim that secularism is a 
movement ___ modernization, and away from traditional religious values ___ the idea that 
state secularism has served ___ a greater extent to protect religion ___ governmental inter-
ference.
8. Only actions that infringe ___ the rights of others can properly be termed crimes.
9. We should move beyond a functionalist approach ___ the role of religion ___ promoting con-
flict or peace ___ a fuller appreciation of the complexity of issue and the unique spiritual and 
religious resources available ___ peacebuilding.
10. Racism is an ideology or a view that makes its adherents feel superior ___ the human race ___ 
which they belong, and that such feeling produces a racist attitude.
11. Many are convinced that scientology should not be allowed to hide ___ religious laws of any 
kind as it is just a tax dodge business.
12. Ours is an age of complexity and unpredictability ___ stark contrast ___ the recent Cold War 
period of relative simplicity and certainty.
13. Pope John Paul laid out a new perspective ___ the role of women in the Church.
14. As divisions deepened ___ North and South ___ the decades immediately preceding ___ the 
Civil War, the white church increasingly sought to justify slavery ___ biblical grounds.
15. I've seen a lot of the corrupting influence of politics ___ the inside, the corners that were cut 
in fund raising, the refusal to speak truth ___ power and the refusal to hold accountable those 
in power.
16. Religions ask ___ their believers to surrender ___ a higher power.

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