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RUSSIAN CUSTOMS
Now read the following sentences and fill in the missing words with either the Present Perfect or the Past Simple form of the verbs below. Be prepared to explain why you have chosen each form.
turn |
collect |
be |
fulfill |
increase |
bring |
be |
approve |
adopt |
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can purchase |
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1. Some three centuries before the Mongol Yoke Russian tamozhnya taxes for
transportation of goods through the frontiers.
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The Russian Federation in transitional period for several years.
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The Customs tariff its duty as an economic and trade regulator.
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During 1991-1994 the Russian Customs Service two important laws.
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The Russian Customs Service into a modern, multifunctioning one, which
is able to take a deserving place in market economy regulation.
6. Every tsar from Peter the Great to Nicolas II laws limiting the import of
foreign goods.
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The Customs tariff introduced some years ago a lot of changes.
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The integration of West European countries recently.
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The main task of the Russian Customs always the defence of the economic
interests of the country. .
10. In Kievan Rus the official who collected a Customs tax this right from the
State.
Exercise 12. Write out all the irregular verbs that you come across in the text. Make up sentences with these verbs in the Present Perfect Tense.
1.-1 got interested in the Customs Reform and Modernization Programme.
- I'm glad you found it...
2.- My teacher encouraged my interest in law when I was at school.
- It's good that you got... in law while still at school.
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