上面那种插在主语和谓语动词之间的成分，也可移到句首，意思是差不多的：

　　Besides Mary，three students are studying Malay.

　　In addition to the other two，this problem makes me sad.

　　No less than Wang himself，Wang's friends wish for his suc-cess.

　　Accompanied by his assistants，the manager has gone out.

　　主语后面有时跟有of或其他介词时，动词仍和主语一致：One of the boys is sick.

　　The meeting of so many strangers broadens his view.

　　A cleanup of such a government is absolutely necessary.

　　The loss of his parents was too much for him.

　　A truckload of oranges costs about a thousand dollars.

　　Two spoons of sugar are just enough.

　　Two bottles of whisky are nothing to him.

　　Only five bags of rice are in stock.

　　Six cases of cholera are reported.

　　Signs of revolt are increasing every day.

　　This kind(or sort，type，class，species，breed，variety)ofcat is rare.

　　These kinds(or sorts，…)of flowers are rare.(口语体)

　　Flowers of this kind(or sort，…) are rare.(书面体)

　　One of the students，who speaks lrish，is her son.

　　One of the students who speak lrish is her son.

　　More children than one are infected.

　　Nobody but five workers is promoted.

　　Such people as John are wonderful.

　　The number of banks in this city is about forty.(但：A num-ber of banks are closed down.动词和这类数词短语后的名词一致)

　　The average of absentees is four in each meeting.(但：Anaverage of four persons are absent in each meeting.)

　　The total of murders in this year is over two hundred.(但：A total of two hundred murders are committed this year.)

　　后面跟复数动词的短语有：a majority of people，a variety ofreasons，a rain of bullets，a storm of stones，a flood of re-sources，a sea of faces，a trickle of tourists，a mountain ofwatermelons等等。

　　系动词一般都和前面的主语一致，而不受后面补语的影响：My only pleasure is the movies.

　　The movies are my only pleasure.

　　Those stars are my only guide.

　　My only guide is those stars.

　　His food is fruit and milk.

　　Fruit and milk are his food.

　　Dogs are a pleasant trouble.

　　We are a football team.

　　主语后的同位语和补语一样都不影响动词的形式：

　　The movies，my only pleasure，are also my ruin.

　　Those stars，my only guide，are twinkling all the night.

　　His food，fruit and milk is delicious and nutritious.

　　They become master(or mistress)of the situation(or the Eng-lish language).

　　Many fall victim.

　　They seem to be our enemy.

　　They are always the victor.

　　The world appears too many for me.

　　The nation is but individuals.

　　Who is knocking?It seems to be John and Mary.

　　She is all eyes(or all tears，all smiles).

　　The room is all books and newspapers.

　　The street is all loiterers and beggars.

　　但：The following is my address(are their addresses).

　　在某些习惯用法中补语用复数形式，动词仍与主语一致：

　　He is(or becomes，makes)great friends with John.

　　He is pals(or shipmates，partners) with you.

　　He is enemies with everyone.

　　I am quits with him.

　　不定式、动名词或从句作主语时，尽管里面有复数名词，动词仍用单数形式：

　　For them to tell lies is very easy.

　　For us businessmen to know many people is necessary.Telling lies does not pay.

　　Visiting all European countries is my ambition.

　　What we want is good roads.

　　That they like power and wealth is true.

　　“It pours cats and dogs”means it rains heavily.

　　“Many happy returns”is a form of greeting on someboby's birthday.