If Maria hadn't taken up politics, she might have become a famous artist. // If Maria hadn't taken up politics, she might have ___________ for herself as an artist.(NAME)
MADE A NAME
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The company is unable to guarantee an allocated car-parking space to all employees. // The company's employees shouldn't ___________ allocated a car-parking space.(COUNT)
COUNT ON BEING
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Paul wasn't able to leave the house all day because he was feeling under the weather. // Feeling ill meant _____________ Paul to the leave the house all day.(IMPOSSIBLE)
IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE FOR
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It's not likely that Juan will win the boat race, as he's out of practice // Juan has almost _____________ the boat race as he is out of practice.(CHANCE)
NO CHANCE OF WINNING
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Sara's friend arrived almost at the same time as she was going to leave // Sara was just _________________ friend.(LEAVE)
ABOUT TO LEAVE AS HER
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Joseph said he would not tolerate her colleagues being rude. // Joseph said he would ________________ rudeness from his colleagues.(PUT)
NOT PUT UP WITH
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Most of the politicians ignored what their electorate had told them. // Few of the politicians ___________ what their electorate had told them.(NOTICE)
TOOK ANY NOTICE OF
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I didn't realise how passionate she was until I saw her on TV. // It was only seeing her ___________ how passionate she was.(MADE)
on TV that made me realise
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Lucy succeded in passing her driving test, even though she had flu // Despite_________________her driving test (MANAGED)
Having flu, Lucy managed to pass
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By the end of the meeting, the committee had agreed on the next step // By the end of the committee meeting, an___________________ what to do next (REACHED)
agreement was reached about
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The burglar wore gloves so as not to leave any fingerprints behind // The burglar wore gloves___________any fingerprints behind (AVOID)
ORDER TO AVOID LEAVING
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Colin couldn't possibly afford any of the paintings in that gallery // The paintings in that gallery are _______________ buy (FAR)
Far too expensive for Colin to
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I was very shocked when my brother told me what had happened the previous day // I was very shocked by my _________ what had happened the previous day (ACCOUNT)
brother's account of
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I don't think we'll see Simon before he goes to New York // There's __________Simon before he goes to New York (LIKELIHOOD)
little likelihood of seeing
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The fire at the oil depot has led to the imposition of stricter safety regulations // Stricter safety regulations ___________ result of the fire at the oil depot (IMPOSED)
have been imposed as a
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If you hadn't helped me, I could never have moved the wardrobe // But __________ I could never have moved the wardrobe (HELP)
