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replace the group of words in italics by an infinitive or an infinitive construction according to the model below.

it is important that he should understand this. → it is important for him to understand this.

1. the captain was the last man who left the ship.
2. he got to the top and was very disappointed when he found that someone else had
reached it first.
3. the committee has decided to send you to paris.
4. would you be very kind and lend me your umbrella?
5. there are a lot of sheets that need mending.
6. i was astonished when i heard that he had left the country.
7. it is better that he should hear it from you.
8. i was rude to him, which was stupid. (it was stupid …)
9. if he had another child with whom he could play, he would be happier.
10. it is necessary that everyone should know the truth.