We would have sent him a Christmas card if we .................. his address last year.

The ................. country mouse ran home as fast as his legs could carry him.

The hall was very crowded with over a hundred people ................ into it.

The trouble with Jean is that she is ................ with sport!

 I am looking forward to ................ you at your sister's wedding.

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Perend Trail's new hiking boots will be available in brown ______________   black leather.

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_____________ a national holiday falls on a Sunday, the following Monday will also be a holiday.

After a lengthy debate, the spokesman announced the board had ________ an unanimous conclusion.

I didn't mean to leave her name off the list; it was an......................

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Are there many students in Room 513?

Although the conditions weren’t ideal for a walk, we decided to ............... a go of it.

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As anticipated, when Flowers, Inc. reduced its prices, the Hawes Garden Center did  _________

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To avoid unexpected___________, ask the hotel desk clerk to explain which services are complimentary.

I’m trying to_______ the amount of sugar I eat.

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Candidates who  _________  need to inform the committee before September 25 if they do not wish to run for election.

………equipment from........ wrecked plane has to be saved

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We will save thousands of trees if we _______ paper.

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Articulating your thoughts in unanticipated situations will instill immediate confidence in what you are saying _______   attending a meeting.

United Parcel Service (UPS) believes that its employees should give the firm a fair day’s work for a fair’s day pay. The package delivery firm seems willing to give more than a fair’s day pay. But in (35) ____, UPS expects maximum output from its employees. Since 1920s, the firm’s industrial engineers have been studying every detail of every task (36) ____ by most UPS employees. From their studies have come time and motion standards that (37) ____ how those tasks are performed and how long they should take. Drivers, for example, are expected to walk to a customer’s door at a speed of exactly three feet per second. They are told to knock as soon as they get there, rather than (38) ____ time looking for a doorbell. Work engineers are (39) ____ riding with drivers, timing everything from stops at traffic lights, to wait at customers’ doorway, to stairway climbs, to coffee break. And they are not (40) ____ to pointing out the occasional inefficiency. Additionally, supervisors ride with the least good drivers, noting how they work and constantly (41) ____ them until their work is up to standard. The (42) ____of all this work engineering is efficiency, and UPS has been called one of the most efficient companies anywhere. It's also a highly profitable company. Most drivers take the regimentation in stride: many show (43) ____ in meeting the UPS standards each day. Others, however, feel that they are constantly being pushed, that it is impossible for them to (44) ____ at work. UPS officials claim that the standards provide accountability. And, they say, employees who work according to UPS standards should feel less tired at the end of the day.
(44).........................

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Karen has not visited the Manchester site since she moved to New York two years  ________.

Thanks to pictures taken by satellites, deserts have not ________ a mystery in our time.