语法002

One of the first water clocks was a basin with a small hole near the bottom through which

the water dripped out.

The honey from Canadian bees is of excellent quality,better than much the stuff the Asian bees produce.

The integrity and prosperity of the union that binds the four nations of the United Kingdom is of the utmost importance to my Government.

联合王国的繁荣统一对政府来说是重中之重。

One may as well not knowing a thing at all as know it imperfectly. 

与其对一件事情一知半解，还不如根本什么都不知道！

The baby was born on New Year's Day,which was a happy coincidence.

With a preposition:

The criminal is sure to be caught sooner or later;he won't remain at large for long.

His health condition changed for the worse,so his family decided to send him to hospital.

They were going to put up a twenty-storey building where the garbage dump had been.

put up=build=erect