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The strategic planning committee's recommendation was that more emphasis should be put --------- research and development in the coming year.

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When you are ........ orbit, you will be able to walk  ............. the wall.

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We sent a letter to the travel company to request a___________on winter destinations. 

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Warehouse employees must ____________ the safety guidelines as outlined in  the company manual.

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Our country is trying its best to accelerate the rate ___ economic growth.

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Personnel changes within the marketing department …………no surprise, as it completely failed to meet the target on the most recent project.

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Library patrons who fail to return an item by the due date ------- a fee.

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We have to remember is that we have to give people a leg up to succeed in this society and that’s not something we ought to be embarrassed about.

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I haven't been back to the village where I was born ........ a long time.

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Library users must remove all…………belongings when they leave the library for more than a half hour.

Our teacher tends to ________ certain subjects which she finds it difficult to talk about.

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Which songs do they often sing ............. Christmas?

We ...........................there when our father died. 

The point of Phobia Awareness Week is to highlight the difficulties that many people face in everyday situations. It is important to (1) _____ between a fear and a phobia. It's (2)______usual for all of us to have our own peculiar fears, for example being anxious around snakes or nervous about flying. However, only a very small proportion of US actually have a phobia of these things. When these fears begin to (3) _____ you embarrassment or you feel that your life is being disrupted then you would be wise to (4)_____ treatment for what could potentially be a phobia. By far the most (5) _____ phobia and potentially the most disruptive is agoraphobia. The word derives from Greek and (6) _____ means 'fear of the marketplace' but we apply it today to describe a distressing (7) ______ in which people avoid going outside because of the awful feelings of anxiety that arise. Treatment of phobias usually consists of the patient (8) _____ behavioural therapy during which they gradually get used to being near the object or the situation that causes them fear. Drugs may be (9) _____ to treat anxiety and many people opt for alternative therapy such as acupuncture or hypnosis to help them come to (10) _____ with their fear and conquer it.
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Franklin Catering Company offers a…. range of menu choices for both lunch and dinner.

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What is the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and what is its purpose? The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is a multilateral organization which was (1) _____ to give Southeast Asian states a forum to communicate (2) _____ each other. Since the region had a long colonial past and a history of endemic warfare, there has never been much peaceful and constructive (3) _____ between kings, presidents and other officials. A neutral forum was, (4) _____, a very useful development for all of those countries. ASEAN was formed as a result of the Bangkok (5) _____ of 1967 and initially had five members: Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, (6) _____ Philippines and Singapore. Brunei (7) _____ joined in 1984 after it had won independence from Britain. Vietnam became the seventh member of the group, officially joining in 1995. (8) _____ several years of negotiation, Myanmar and Laos joined in 1997 and the final member of the ten, Cambodia, joined in 1999. The only (9)__ state in Southeast Asia which is not a member of ASEAN is now East Timor. It is still (10) _____ vulnerable and fragile to be able to participate for the foreseeable future.
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Welton Textiles Inc. made a net profit of £500 million, __________ it to fund its expansion across the continent.

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I didn’t think his the comments were very appropriate at the time.

Huong teaches small children. She often finds her job__________. 

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A processing fee of $3.00 will be added to............... received by telephone.

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The exper_______spoke at last month's seminar on environmental awareness has been nominated for a Flagler Price.