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A few kilometers eastward is the Scottish mainland which sits on the other side of the Sky Bridge. Controversial from the start, the bridge was at the center of a national argument by public transport. When it opened in 1995, the toll, which was expected to be around a dollar in today’s money, ended up costing over ten times that amount. |
Points to know:
1. Adverb of place + verbs + subject (inversion)
On the hill was the city which I liked.
Beside her mother stood the little boy.
By the river stands a picturesque villa.
Now's your turn
2. number + times + that/the + noun (comparison)
I paid them five times the amount they asked.
The river was twenty times the length he taught.
The car is three times the weight of the cow!
Now's your turn