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The ASEAN Investment Area aims to enhance the competitiveness of the region for attracting direct investment which flows into and within ASEAN.

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I’m going to____________a cake for his birthday.

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Where’s your mother? She is busy ......... in the kitchen.

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Although we argued with him for a long time, he stood his ground.

A cycle track leads  ________ town and down to Ribe, where I spent my first night.

I am going to speak with the boss when the meeting _______.

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We would ............. to stay at home this evening.

She said that the report was a bit __________. 

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ASEAN has _______ a community of Southeast' Asian nations at peace with one another and at peace with the world.

A letter…………by a copy of the press release was mailed to the public relations department yesterday.

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Finishing his speech, ......... to make questions.

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The doctor made me ............... in bed for a week.

 ______, he did not receive respect from the people.

The tourist industry is (1) ……. to be the largest industry. Before 1950 one million people travelled abroad each year but by the 1900s the figure (2) ….. to 400 million every year. (3) …… large numbers of tourists, however, are beginning to cause problems. For example, in the Alps the skiers are destroying the mountains they came to enjoy. Even parts of Mount Everest in the Himalayas are reported to be covered (4) ….. old tins, tents, and food that have been (5) ……
But at a time when we have (6) ….. freedom to travel than ever before, more and more people are asking how they can enjoy their holidays (7) ….. causing problems by spoiling the countryside. Now there is a new holiday (8) …… called "Holidays That Don't Cost The Earth". It tells you (9) ….. you can help the tourist industry by asking your travel agent the right questions (10) ……... you go on holiday.
(9)...............

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His ideas about the future of the company did not___________with those of the chairman. 

The president has just realized that the launch of our new product must be postponed owing to…………conditions in the market.

I .............. to the same barber since last year. 

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As tourism is more developed, people worry about the damage to the flora and fauna of the island.

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…………….. Grappa?

Building _______ on rivers for electric power and irrigation can harm ecosystems around the rivers. 

 He fell down when he ......................towards the church.