Plants under stress from drought, disease or nutrient ----- are the most likely to attract insect pests.

The censors changed some names and dialogue and, not infrequently, banned ------- films completely.

There has been no continuity in that class - they've had a ----- of different teachers.

The insurer probably will inspect the new house carefully, to be sure that it is ------ retrofitted against earthquakes.

It was a long time since my last visit to Berlin, and it had changed ----- in the intervening period.

The large numbers of evening primrose in Liverpool reflect its ---- on the sand dunes just outside the city.

OPEC was formed to allow a group of oil exporting countries to organize their economic policies in order to ensure income and influence oil prices -------.

An important task is to get pupils to perceive for themselves the relationship between ----- and effort.

There's absolutely no regulation of cigarettes to make sure that they don't ------ poisonous substances.

One of the aims of ethnography is to ------- to an understanding of the human race.

Turkey has played an active part in the mobilisation of international organisations to ----- further bloodshed in Bosnia.

In October 1973 the Arab oil-producing states took the decision to ---- oil supplies to the West and raise oil prices.

On the one hand there are those theories that ---- underdevelopment to the internal characteristics of the underdeveloped countries themselves.

Whatever measures the Government may take to ----- economic growth, there is bound to be opposition in some quarters.

In future, if the tropical forests are ---- so recklessly, we will obviously be worried.

It is------- that smartphone technology has yielded many benefits for society , such as, allowing millions of people who lack access to banks to conduct financial transactions ,for instance, or enabling rescue workers in a disaster zone to pinpoint precisely where their help is needed most urgently.

Some scientists think that cyborgs will become-------- eventually.

We haven't been ------- in any way.

What shall we do with this-------- girl?

That class had a -------- teacher for the first week of school.

The------ is killing me.

If transport costs are very high for an industry a suitable location may be chosen for that industry, which will ----- these costs to a minimum.

The report deals with the policies of international cooperation ----- by the United Nations to fight famine in Africa.

Climate change, also called global warming, _____ to the rise in average surface temperatures on Earth.