The speaker likes to have an attentive audience.

At the managers' meeting, the group decided against the new project as a viable option and decided on another direction to ensure success for the company's fall line.

The plants and animals of the sea fall into three major groups.

A narrow passage led directly through the house into the garden.

Barry seems happy enough working for himself.

I clearly remember talking to him in a chance meeting last summer.

He is among wealthy members of the golf club.

The Red Cross is an international humanitarian agency dedicated to reducing the sufferings of wounded soldiers, civilians and prisoners of war.

My suitcases are so heavy.

Rapid run-off would cause frequent floods and leave little water during fry seasons.

We are now a 24/7 society where shops and services must be available all hours.

She is a very generous old woman. She has given most of her wealth to a charity organization.

On the whole, the rescue mission was well executed.

When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.

Drivers are advised to get enough petrol because filling stations are few and far between on the highway.

He is not popular and has a lot of enemies.

He had never experienced such discourtesy towards the president as it occurred at the annual meeting in May.

There is growing concern about the way man has destroyed the environment.

I think it's important to listen to both sides of the argument.

The doctor advised Peter to give up smoking.

Most of the guests at the dinner party chose to dress elegantly, but one man wore jeans and a T-shirt, he was later identified as a high school teacher.