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1. There is only a _____ coffee left. *

2. You haven't _____ many mistakes. *

3. John is _____ person I know. *

4. She goes to work _____ bicycle. *

5. I don't understand. Would you please ______ *

6. The cost of living has _____ recently *

7. The two companies merged _____ *

8. The car is very _____. It uses very little petrol. *

9. He left without saying _____. *

10. The meetings always begin _____ time. *

11. What does he do for a living? He _____ a manufacturing company. *

12. He writes very _____. *

13. The employees wish to present _____ united front to the management. *

14. He had to _____ money from the bank. *

15. The _____ you gave us was brilliant. *

16. The tables are made _____ plastic. *

17. He sold his shares just _____ time before the market crashed. *

18. If you want to find a job, look at the _____ in the newspaper. *

19. She _____ to the airport at 5 o'clock. *

20. You can find all the relevant _____ in this book. *

21. The strike resulted in the _____ of the factory. *

22. She hasn't got any money. I haven't got any _____. *

23. My car's _____. I must have a mechanic. *

24. It depends _____ you. *

25. The meeting is to take place _____ 5 May. *

26. "Do you know what the current exchange rate is? " "No, I'll _____ in the Financial Times". *

27. They launched the new product _____ the fall in demand. *

28. He was so tired. He stopped _____ down. *

29. Highly skilled people are able to _____ a higher salary. *

30. It was _____ beautiful painting. *

31. What colour _____ your car? *

32. Money is very important to _____ people. *

33. That is the sales director and next to him is the marketing manager. They are _____ French. *

34. He _____ me he would come to the meeting. *

35. They are accustomed _____eating the local food. *

36. She lost her pen and asked us to look _____ it in our office. *

37. In Switzerland, people need _____ money to live on. *

38. They didn't give us _____ news about the plans for restructuring the company. *

39. Mercedes, Ford, Nissan and Rolls Royce are all _____ of cars. *

40. Early retirement is a way of cutting the work force _____ avoiding redundancies. *

41. Petrol _____ 10 % cheaper 5 years ago. *

42. Jenkins Plc _____the market last year. *

43. John used _____ for a tobacco company. *

44. Can you come in on Saturday? No, I'm sorry. We _____ next weekend in the country. *

45. "Where _____ Mr Greenall _____?" "He works in Washington." *

46. Hurry up! It's time we _____ or we'll miss the train. *

47. Despite production difficulties, they _____ to launch a new product last month. *

48. The number of unemployed people _____ at the moment. *

49. When the telephone rang, he _____ in his office. *

50. The market research survey indicates that there _____definitely _____ a greater demand for these products in the future. *

51. They really ought _____ more money on advertising. *

52. Smoking _____ in many restaurants nowadays. *

53. As well as _____ products in the UK, the company exports to other parts of Europe. *

54. By the end of this year, the company _____ in existence for over twenty years. *

55. Water _____ at 0 C. *

56. He's a pensioner now. He _____ last week. *

57. You're late. We _____ for ages. *

58. I couldn't speak to him because he _____ to the meeting yesterday. *

59. I ____ walk if the bus hadn't arrived. *

60. I didn't read the book you lent me as I realized I _____ it before. *

61. The Managing Director _____ in the USA since January this year. *

62. They _____ two new products since last year. *

63. I'm sorry that I _____ the answer to your question when you phoned me last week. *

64. It is unlikely that income tax _____ until next year. *

65. I wish I _____ a new car last year when the prices were lower. *

66. "Do you mind if I _____?" "Well, I'd rather you didn't". *

67. "Should I arrive before 9 o'clock?" "No, you _____ but you can if you'd like to". *

68. If the CEO had not taken action at an early stage, the company _____ bankrupt. *

69. You'll soon get used to _____ in the country. *

70. The company would have been in a better position if they _____ a wider range of products. *

71. By the end of this month, he _____ English with Linguarama for six months. *

72. We look forward _____ you at the Copenhagen Trade Fair in September. *

73. I _____ him an e-mail and hope to receive a reply soon. *

74. I didn't go out in case he _____. *

75. If only he _____ to his colleagues. *

76. His face was very red because he _____. *

77. We think sales _____ their target next year. *

78. "Why is he so late?" "I'm not sure. He _____ the train." *

79. His financial adviser persuaded him _____ his shares. *

80. All the information we have received ____ very useful. *