We ---------------- against other agencies to get this contract in the end.

Consumer laws ----------------- to protect the public against unscrupulous vendors.

Good library facilities ---------- the most important factor for postgraduate students.

Health care ----------- have been rising but so has the quality.

Eating plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables ----------- you to stay healthy.

A good director of their marketing teams finally ------------------ a way to sell even an unattractive product.

The waitress --------- us was impolite and impatient.

Every employee in the company ---------------- to have an interview with the police.

The number of cats -------------- significantly in the last ten years.

An employee ------------------ under long pressure without complaining should be given a raise.

Most of the suggestions -----------at the meeting were not very practical.

She works hard so that she will become a ---------- manager one day.

A bilingual application form was given to ------------- applicants.

The manager, ------------------ how concerned his employees were, took the initiative to provide training for them on the new equipment.

------------ in 1946, Sony was just an electronics shop in Shirokiya, a department store building in the Nihonbashi area.