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Due to the high volume of foot traffic, the shop must polish its floors more ------- than usual during the peak season.

Did you paint it yourself or did you_________ it painted?

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Despite receiving rejections from several major publishers, Ian Wright _______________   to become a world-famous novelist.

We have had a 2%  .................. in salary this year, which is higher than it used to be.

Don't worry! Our new product will keep your bathroom clean and ..................

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New employees will be asked to wear temporary badges  _________  their official identification cards are issued.

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We will save thousands of trees if we _______ paper.

I want to work as an interpreter in the future, ________, I am studying Russian at university.

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 Please do not contact me over the weekend unless it is absolutely____________.

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The team has developed into a ------experienced group of individuals who deliver exceptional customer service.

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Several deserts are a quite vast and uninhabited ________.

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Employees should be aware of hazards that exist in the workplace and follow the ------ safety standards.

_________ rising public opinion over the years, the Ministry of Education has announced that from 2015 on, students only have to sit for one complete examination, and results from those exams will be used for both high school graduation and University acceptance.

United Parcel Service (UPS) believes that its employees should give the firm a fair day’s work for a fair’s day pay. The package delivery firm seems willing to give more than a fair’s day pay. But in (35) ____, UPS expects maximum output from its employees. Since 1920s, the firm’s industrial engineers have been studying every detail of every task (36) ____ by most UPS employees. From their studies have come time and motion standards that (37) ____ how those tasks are performed and how long they should take. Drivers, for example, are expected to walk to a customer’s door at a speed of exactly three feet per second. They are told to knock as soon as they get there, rather than (38) ____ time looking for a doorbell. Work engineers are (39) ____ riding with drivers, timing everything from stops at traffic lights, to wait at customers’ doorway, to stairway climbs, to coffee break. And they are not (40) ____ to pointing out the occasional inefficiency. Additionally, supervisors ride with the least good drivers, noting how they work and constantly (41) ____ them until their work is up to standard. The (42) ____of all this work engineering is efficiency, and UPS has been called one of the most efficient companies anywhere. It's also a highly profitable company. Most drivers take the regimentation in stride: many show (43) ____ in meeting the UPS standards each day. Others, however, feel that they are constantly being pushed, that it is impossible for them to (44) ____ at work. UPS officials claim that the standards provide accountability. And, they say, employees who work according to UPS standards should feel less tired at the end of the day.
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Before I  .......... for that job, I ................. my parents for advice.

After we _____ our work, we ____ for lunch.

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It started to rain hard; ______,  we decided to stay at home to watch TV.

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Ms. Kim will  _________  a 10% pay increase in recognition of her long service to the company.

My boss has a reputation for being such a slave-driver!

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___________ the new shop has only been open a week, it has already started to outperform the old one.

The company I'm working for at the moment is planning to expand, so they're ____ new staff.