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MBR Global Marketing has signed several new client contracts   __________ 12 million pounds in annual revenue.

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People are more susceptible to heart attacks in the first few hours after waking.

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

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Sarah wished there were more people  __________  to work at weekends because she was suffering from a severe manpower shortage.

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.
(1).........................

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My Health Co. has produced a wide range of vitamin supplements for -------- two decade.

“Please speak up a bit more, Jason. You’re hardly ..........  from the back”, the teacher said.

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Ben Sanders  ______________  designed the suitcase to fold up easily for compact storage.

Leave it in the oven until it ................ brown.

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Candidates for the open position must have good interpersonal skills and ___________   working with clients.

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 Some changes to student loan programs were announced to help  ___________  some of the growing student debt.

A factor robot  ________ one task endlessly until it is reprogrammed to do something else.

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That man brings ............... every morning.

Most young people want to ____ an independent life without being influenced by anyone.

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The seller of the car is only willing to consider offers  ____________  $35,000.

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More and more ________ are very excited at discovering as many interesting things in the deserts as possible.

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Pupils are learning .............

We would have agreed to the contract .................... for Tom’s opposition.

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Because it was an interesting novel, I stayed up all night to finish it.

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___________ a temporary problem with the speaker system, the product launch event went as planned.

Have you ever been to _______ British Museum.