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Complete Advanced Sentences

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. To revise a textbook properly - you must do more than make a few _____ changes to the manuscript.






2. The governor's appointment of his brother-in-law to the State Supreme Court was a _____ violation of the state laws against nepotism.






3. The wealthy - self-indulgent young man felt oddly drawn to the strict - _____ lifestyle practiced by members of some monastic orders.






4. Jealous of Cinderella's beauty - her _____ stepsisters expressed their spite by forcing her to do menial tasks.






5. Although her _____ smile and gentle bearing made Miss Marple seem to be a sweet little old lady - in reality she was a tough-minded - shrewd observer of human nature.






6. Although Nancy enjoyed Bill's _____ - lighthearted companionship - she sometimes wondered whether he could ever be serious.






7. There is a fine line between speech that is _____ and to the point and speech so abrupt that it verges on rudeness.






8. To win his audience - the speaker used every _____ trick in the book.






9. Although the University of California at Berkeley is just one part of the state university system - in many ways - Cal Berkeley is _____ - for it runs several programs that are not subject to state control.






10. The mayfly is an _____ creature; its adult life lasts little more than a day.






11. Although Alfred _____ in fulfilling his duties at work - he is less conscientious about meeting his obligations at home.






12. Violently disagreeing with the referees' ruling - Coach Ben became so _____ that they threw him out of the game.






13. Torn between loving her parents one minute and hating them the next - she was confused by the _____ of her feelings.






14. At the protest rally - the students cheered the strikers and booed the dean with equal _____.






15. Galileo's assertion that the earth moved around the sun directly contradicted the religious teachings of his day; as a result - he was tried for _____.






16. The airline customer service agent tried to _____ the angry passenger by offering her a seat in first class.






17. Using only a few descriptive phrases - Austen manages to _____ the character of Mr. Collins so deftly that we can predict his every move.






18. The costume designer _____ the leading lady's ball gown with yards and yards of ribbon and lace.






19. The boss prefaced his speech by telling a pointless _____ about an encounter he'd had with former President Bush.






20. Is an old-fashioned hairstyle an apt _____ for being out of step with the times and in need of change?






21. The doctor assured the boy's parents that his fever would eventually _____.






22. In the film Funny Face - the bookish heroine _____ fashion models for their lack of intellectual interests.






23. Despite airing her clothes for several hours - she could not rid them of the _____ odor of mothballs that clung to them.






24. Tina was still angry despite Tony's soft and _____ words.






25. The winter storm was ______; it changed course constantly.






26. In Tibet today - the common people still _____ their traditional spiritual leader - the Dalai Lama.






27. Shrewdly purchasing valuable plots of land for small sums - John Jacob Astor gained a reputation as an _____ investor.






28. The young wrestler struggled to defeat his formidable _____.






29. By their use of the Internet - propagandists have been able to _____ their pet doctrines to new audiences around the globe.






30. Denying that she advocated total _____ - Katya maintained she wished only to change our government - not to destroy it utterly.






31. Even the best-mannered students have trouble behaving with _____ on the last day of school.






32. After medical school - the two doctors took widely _____ paths - one becoming a wealthy plastic surgeon - the other joining the nonprofit Doctors Without Borders.






33. After separating from Tony - Tina announced that she would _____ all debts incurred by her soon-to-be-ex-husband.






34. Don't just hint around that you're dissatisfied; be _____ about what's bothering you.






35. After a decade of popularity - Hurston's works had fallen into _____; no one bothered to read her novels and short stories any more.






36. A pragmatic politician - he was guided more by what was _____ than by what was right.






37. Because solar energy has the power to reduce greenhouse gases and increase energy efficiency - conversion to the use of solar energy may help _____ the threat of global warming.






38. Don't bore your audience with excess verbiage; be _____.






39. Cool - calm - and collected - James Bond shows remarkable _____ in the face of danger.






40. To be low man on the totem pole is to have a decidedly inferior place in the _____.






41. Politicians of both the extreme right and left annoy me because they do not sound like people but parrots mindlessly repeating _____ clich






42. Though his fellow students considered him a gifted scholar - Paul knew he would have to spend many years in serious study before he could consider himself truly _____.






43. Rumors of police corruption led the mayor to _____ an investigation into the department's activities.






44. Othello's false friend lago uses considerable _____ to trick Othello into believing that Desdemona has been unfaithful to him






45. My editors must assume I'm a _____ writer; they expect me to revise six books this year.






46. The bottle of wine I brought to Sharon's party was certainly _____: how was I to know that Sharon owned a winery?






47. Psychoanalysts must maintain their professional _____ and stay uninvolved with their patients' personal lives.






48. Pointing out that the candidate consistently had voted against strengthening antipollution legislation - the reporter _____ her claim that she was a fervent environmentalist.






49. Times of economic hardship inevitably encourage the _____ of countless get-rich-quick schemes.






50. Suppose you are accepted by Harvard - Stanford - and Yale. Which one would you attend? Remember - this is only a _____ situation.