Failing to submit the proposal on time was _______ for Tom.

Be careful not to ________ your finger with that needle.

The jury _____ her compliments on her excellent knowledge of the subject.

His new yacht is certainly an ________ display of his wealth.

I don't need any medicine. I'm as right as ____.

They continued fighting despite all the _______ they met with.

I appealed to all _______ people to support me and I was successful.

He seemed very quiet, but it would be a mistake to _______ his intelligence.

With all ______ respect, I think your comments are very short-sighted.

Your ideas, ___ seem unusual to me.

It is moved that the campaign _____-funds at once ______.

A new generation of performers, those who by now had become a household name, honed their skills before following the same path onto television.

Though badly wounded he was, he remained optimistic.

At the deep bottom of Atlantic ______.

He finally agreed, ______ reluctantly, to help us.

Charlie ____________ a speech at the end of the last term, but he didn't.

_____ circling the globe faster than Jules Verne's fictional Phileas Fogg.

He paused, afraid lest he ______ too much.

We ______ you the money you needed but you didn't tell us.

Junior hospital doctors are thrown ______ at the deep end in their first jobs.

I was _____ the impression that you liked Indian food.

Governments should ______ international laws against terrorism.

_____ of the financial crisis, all they could do was hold on and hope that things would improve.

I couldn't decide what to write about, when I suddenly _____ upon the idea of doing something on the writer's block.

Jane got the job ______ virtue of her greater experience.

I see a lot of young people with this new hairstyle. It seems to be______.

Be careful! The young horse hasn't been ______.

Theories about the causes of bird flu have changed ______ the light of recent research.

Jane managed to eke ______ her student loan till the end of the year.

My parents' work ethic and attitude towards life have had a great impact on me and ________me down the path I've taken.

It is important to recognize that online learning has _________-advantages and disadvantages

Although students' grades appear to be _________ by the mode of instruction, certain courses are more challenging to students who carry out their studies in the virtual environment than in the classroom.

However, in online classes, participation in learning activities may be less daunting, ________for shy students.

Increasingly, it is a_______ issue for designers of online curriculums to decide how to match the advantages of different modes of instruction to specific courses.

by offering not only fully classroom-based or online courses, but also courses that take the best elements of both types to __________the needs of students and teachers.

and to ___________the most efficient use of resources.

However, online students generally feel they learn at a similar rate to their (57) ______ in the classroom

Hat some colleges their grades are just as good as those taught in (58) ______.

Perhaps the most effective way to achieve this improvement is for online educators to give more _________contact.

Online learning provides a far more student-centered approach, and all school directors should aim to adopt it as the main way to (60) ______ education.

Without her _______help, they would never have survived the terrible ordeal.

The two small companies are going to ______ at the end of the year.

Be careful not to____________________ your finger with that needle.

He walked from the court a free man, having been_______ of murder.

________ money is a simple way to do charity.

Having you finished________ the dishes? I need you help me with.

These measures have been ______ in order to increase the company's profits.

We________ to a concert tonight. It _______ at 7.30.

They__________ good friends but they've fallen out recently.

If I tell you a secret,____________ you promise not to tell it to anyone else?

I don't mind________ you________ the washing up.

Smith had a lucky escape. He____________ killed.

If coastal erosion continues to take place at the present rate, in another fifty years this beach ______ any more.

I haven't heard from you____ a long time. How are you?

______all its clarity  of style, the book is not easy reading.

Nobody can fool me. I'm never ______ in the.

In the early years of the twentieth century, several rebellions______ northern parts of the country.

I don't think that this fashion will__________.

Joan's very depressed_____ the future.

For me, the highlight of this past week's science news was the images (1) _____back from the Curiosity rover, providing geologic evidence that water flowed on Mars.

The evidence has been (3) _____________ as well, as various clay minerals and iron oxides have been through hyperspectral imagery.

You could argue that the scientific exploration of the extra-terrestrial is, at least (7 )_____ a part, a search for meaning: to position US within a larger cosmology.

So it should come as no surprise that scientific images of planetary surfaces have (8 )____ inspiration to a range of artists from Galileo

Candace would___________ her little sister into an argument by teasing her and calling her names.

His neighbors found his ___________ manner bossy and irritating, and they stopped inviting him to backyard barbeques.

I intended to put forward the financial problem at the meeting but my boss wanted me to talk to him -_______ .

They took c as h___________ the car previously offered as a prize.

Being able to afford this luxury car will ________ getting a better-paying job.

Shakespeare, a( n) ___________ writer, entertained audiences by writing many tragic and comic plays.

I had t he___________ experience of sitting next to an over-talkative passenger on my flight home from Brussels.

Her___________display of tears at work did not impress her boss, who felt she should try to control her emotions.

Kim was ___________ in choosing her friends, so her parties were attended by vastly different and sometimes bizarre personalities.

With such lack of financial support, they miraculously managed to run their business.

___________ his genuine insecurity.

The car eventually exploded,___________ .

Having had to rely on a meager salary for years as dustman, h e___________ to be offered such a well-paid job.

___________ synthetic compounds.