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Sometimes certain ideas need to be kept together and the sentence has to be reformulated around them.

Pred operaci je nutne ultrazvukove vysetreni bricha, gastroskopicke vysetreni a overeni funkce svaloviny jicnu specialnim pristrojem.
The operation is to be preceded by an ultrasound examination of the stomach, gastroscopic examination and verification of the function of the esophagus musculature with a special device.

Tato znamenka (ve vetsine pripadu nejsou vubec nebezpecna) ma kazdy clovek v ruznem mnozství.
These marks (which in most cases are not at all dangerous) are on everybody to various degrees.

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When it is difficult to get a relative pronoun (which, who, that) to sit right next to the noun to which it relates, you can occasionally resort to the little trick of using 'as + subject' instead, with little loss of original meaning:

Prvoradym a nejblizsim ukolem noveho predsedy Fedu Bena Bernankeho bude udrzet na uzde inflaci, ktera v poslednich mesicich kvuli drahe energii nepekne vystrkuje rohy.
The overriding and immediate task of new Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke will be to keep inflation in check, as this has been showing its horns rather nastily in recent months due to high energy prices.


Stredem pozornosti se stali pani Jana a pan Ladislav, kterym se uspesne dari dosahnout vyraznych vahovych ubytku v kratke dobe po operaci.
Jana and Ladislav became the centre of attention, as they had successfully managed to achieve substantial weight losses in the short period since the operation.


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