UI LS p 111

_______ research that I carried out in Ethiopia, I can conclude that the destruction of deserts can be reversed.

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Visitors rarely go to the research station ______ its remote location.

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____ the Economist Magazine, share prices fell sharply last month

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Engineers decided to use solar power ______ a typical old battery.

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The doctors used strong medication _______ lots of liquid to cure the patients.

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The phone is assembled almost completely by machines, _______ the outer case, which is made by people.

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Everyone was early ______ Tommy, who was late.

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The new movie brought huge crows of people to see it _____ its good reviews online

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The student mistakenly wrote "except for" ________ "rather than," due to reading the sentence too quickly as well as not eating anything apart from a banana.

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