Bailey.Academic_Writing

94 Elements of Writing
a) Of the 415 people interviewed, 308 said that they
supported the president.
b) Last year the number of students on the course was
twenty-four, the year before it was twenty and this year it
is twenty-two.
c) In 1965 a litre of petrol cost 10p, while the price is now 80p.
d) Out of eighteen students in the group, twelve were
women.
e) The new type of train reduced the journey time to Madrid
from 7 hours to 3 hours 20 minutes.
f) Fifteen of the students studied law, eight finance and three
engineering.
g) The numbers applying to this department have risen from
350 last year to 525 this year.
5. Rewrite the following sentences to present the data in a simpler
way.
a) The population of the European part of the former Soviet
Union is declining rapidly. It is forecast to fall by 18 m to
220 m in 2025, and to drop to 140 m by 2100.
Example:
The population of the European part of the former Soviet
Union is forecast to fall by nearly 10% by 2025, and by
nearly 40% by the end of the century.
b) The numbers of visitors to the temples show a remarkable
pattern. In 1998 just 40,000 made the journey, 83,000 in
1999 and 171,000 in 2000.