It was ------ the player would be able to reverse his performance after the long period of idleness.

We ---------- to get the route of the new road changed.

Douglas --------, preferring not to speak out on a politically sensitive issue.

The way societies have been treating underpriviledged people ----------------.

It is customary for divorcing couples that the main ---------------- the two parties to be their children's education.

My main ------------- is that we should be educating children to be good citizens.

Growth in the number of abused women ------------ by implementing stricter sentences.

I just had to ------------- while the boss yelled at me for losing the account.

We --------- from talking until we knew that it was safe.

The hotel staff ---------- such a difficult guest.

'It seems that people are too --------- to take unwanted items to the refuse collection points, so they just leave them in the back streets.'

Kim -------- numbers. That's how he

They were very unhappily married but kept up appearances ------------ their children.