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  • Apparently ______ at the new is free to drivers who spend over a certain sum there.
    parking
  • ______ from overseas has prompted many manufacturing companies to slash their costs.
    Competition
  • The police IS/ARE investigating fraud allegations against him.
    ARE
  • Sorry I can't come, but I've been asked to take part in _____. It's for my company's new skin car range.
    a promotion
  • Their premises WAS/WERE demolished last year.
    WERE
  • You clothes IS/ARE very smart.
    ARE
  • ______ generated by the court case is hardly what the manufacturers would have wanted.
    The publicity
  • The goods IS/ARE scheduled for delivery next week.
    ARE
  • The news IS/ARE on at 10 p.m.
    IS
  • Belongings IS/ARE sometimes a burden.
    ARE
  • A new family HAS/HAVE moved in next door.
    HAS/HAVE
  • By entering ______ every week, she reckons on winning something at least four times a year.
    a competition / (some) competitions
  • Management HAS/HAVE offered staff a 3% pay rise.
    HAS/HAVE
  • You've bought a lovely house and it will look great once you get ______ in.
    some/the furniture
  • ______ in the retail sector are likely to see their profits hit.
    (Some) businesses
  • We have received ______ about our new service from a dissatisfied customer in Sweden.
    a complaint/(some) complaints
  • A huge percentage of new products coming to the market will fail; ______ are surprisingly hard to achieve.
    successes
  • The economy IS/ARE in a state of decline.
    IS
  • If there is a choice of colours, do you have _____?
    a preference / any preference(s)
  • Although he enjoys his work, he tries hard not to let ______ interfere with pleasure.
    business
  • The public IS/ARE not interested in the lives of second-rate popstars.
    IS/ARE
  • The government IS/ARE expected to announce new proposals.
    IS/ARE
  • The committee VOTES/VOTE on the issue tonight.
    VOTES/VOTE
  • Our swimming team IS/ARE the best.
    IS/ARE
  • When my grandmother was a child, ______ such as washing machines and dishwashers did not exist.
    appliances
  • The United States of America HAS/HAVE been the world's principal economic power.
    HAS
  • When credit and debit cards are so widely accepted these days, I don't see the point in carrying ______.
    (any) cash