Each year, 400 British babies are born with cystic fibrosis, our most common deadly .......... disease.

The fall in the number of deaths from heart disease is generally ...........to improvements in diet.

The police considered him the .......... suspect, and put him under considerable pressure to confess.

Thousands of teenagers around the world suffer from severe eating ............. such as bulimia.

The idea of therapeutic cloning is a highly ......... issue, in which our world is divided.

At 16, Howard was already a .................offender since he had been in trouble with the police several times.

Many residents expressed fears that the village's character would be ruined and house values would ..............

The jury that the accused thought must ............ him, came in with a verdict of guilty within 90 minutes.

Using extensive interviews with survivors on both sides, the writer .......... the battle with cold-blooded precision.

The community program helps students ....... practical qualifications in a short time.

Television is a powerful medium, but its effects inevitably fade with the ......... of time.

India's economic security continues to be predicated upon the agriculture sector, and the situation is not likely to change in the .............future.

The museum's displays cover millions of .............., including fossils, meteorites, plants, minerals, and insects.

Figures also show that most incidents take place in busy urban areas and ................ in the South of England.

Your goal should be .............. for you in a reasonable time frame, and make sure you have clearly set deadlines.

Individuals had to learn the importance of clean hands and basic personal sanitation to stop the ............. spread of the infectious disease.

Only one of the three people in the group thought that the overuse of cameras by government agencies would ........... on our civil liberties.

The government needs to take drastic measures to deal with the ............ financial crisis that is bound to impact the quality of our lives.

Bernadette Devlin had a close ............., but she survived the assassination attempt against her.

Students ........... have a small workload, but this gradually increases as the course continues.

A biopsy of brain ............. detected the presence of toxoplasmosis, which is relatively harmless in people with normally functioning immune systems.

The UN is a venue for seeking consensus on global issues from nuclear .......... to poverty reduction.

Carrie may have a vivid imagination but there is little ......... of her becoming a novelist.

Everyone knows that laughter is a marvelous ..........medicine whether you feel low or not.

"Mike says he's going to give up smoking." ".............!"

The volunteers appealed to the public to cooperate and many people ........ to this call by taking cloth and paper bags.

Dental surgeons can ............ an artificial tooth into the jaw to replace a lost tooth.

The law was powerless, and demonstrated its own unfitness to ........... people's life and property.

Be interested in everything that will improve your mind and ........... your views.

So it was you who spread the rumours about me. I ............. I would be in trouble the minute I saw what type you were.

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