1. Once the chocolate prizes had been removed, the children's interest in the game very quickly ___________

2. I refuse to ___________ with his bad behaviour any longer!

3. The committee had 5 options, but after a whole day of discussions they ___________ to two

4. They only invited me to join the board as a ____________woman

5. In his paper, the professor __________ to a number of studies which interested me

6. We had agreed to meet today at 9am, but for no __________ reason he decided to cancel at the last second

7. Next week, the university will at last decide ___________ whether we have to attend summer classes or not

8. The fame and the money drove a __________ between us and the rest of the family

9. The above cited examples __________ weight to Professor Smith's assertions

10. There were so many possibilities, I just didn't which one to __________

11. The princess's nanny's autobiography really gives the __________ on life among the royals

12. Working 14 hours a day can be incredibly _______ on one's health

13. It's strange that Chris and Andy are such good friends, because they have widely ___________ opinions on a lot of topics

14. Having acquired funding for the new project, the company ___________ hiring engineers to draw up the blueprints

15. It's time for you to go on stage. __________

16. Jonny has been in bed all day, I'm afraid. He's as sick as a _________

17. Published in 2005, this book provides ___________ advice about dealing with credit card debt

18. The classroom bully always seems to ___________ the same boy

19. Many people have an aversion to __________ sports such as dogfighting or some kinds of hunting

20. Due to internal political strife and mismanagement, the country's economy has been ___________ for some years now

21. Little Billy opened up his toy box and started __________ through it. He was looking for something desperately

22. Coal-fired power plants ___________ the majority of Australia's electricity

23. One man's __________ is another man's ___________

24. John was feeling on edge before the exam. He was starting to get ___________ in his stomach

25. I'm so tired! I think it's time to ___________

26. Our neighbours' boy always wears ripped up jeans and T-shirts too big for him. I must say he looks very __________

27. Some top executives at the company were caught authorizing illegal activities, but because of their political influence they were just given a ___________

28. Breaking the rules is a bad idea, but sometimes it's ok to __________ them a little bit

29. I'm sorry to say this, but your reasoning just doesn't hold___________

30. Despite the chaos of the situation, she appeared completely unphased. She just looked at me and gave a __________ shrug