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Complete Advanced Sentences

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. The doctor assured the boy's parents that his fever would eventually _____.






2. The legendary athlete Jim Thorpe - who _____ all his competitors at the 1912 Olympic Games - made a name for himself in baseball - football - and track.






3. The mayor was unwilling to _____ the plan until she was sure it had the governor's backing.






4. Although Georgia O'Keeffe painted subjects over the years - she had a definite _____ for painting flowers.






5. Although Eric knew the boss had no sense of humor - he couldn't resist making one _____ remark.






6. Through the comments of the characters in his cartoon strip - Doonesbury - Gary Trudeau ridicules political corruption; his humor is _____ in nature.






7. To John - who had never missed a meal - hunger was an _____ concept - one he understood only in theory.






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






9. When Amanda said to the ticket scalper - 'One hundred bucks? What do you want - a pound of flesh?' she was making an _____ to Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice.






10. The Head Start program attempts to _____ prekindergarten children so that they will do well when they enter elementary school.






11. In a fiery speech - Mario _____ his fellow students to go out on strike to protest the university's anti-affirmative action stand.






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






13. A doting mother - Emma was more likely to praise her son's childish finger paintings than to _____ them.






14. The recent corruption scandals have _____ many people's faith in the city government.






15. Michael's severe bout of the flue _____ him so much that for a week he was too tired to go back to work.






16. Because the student body at their daughter's prep school was so _____ - they decided to send her to a school that offered greater cultural diversity.






17. 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 _____.






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






19. No matter how hard Darnell tried to lure the trout into taking the bait - the fish was too _____ to catch.






20. A miser hoards money - not because he is _____ - but because he is stingy.






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






22. Con artists take advantage of the _____ of inexperienced Internet users to gain access to their credit card information.






23. A born storyteller - my father loved to _____ anecdotes about his early years in New York.






24. Although her early poetry was clearly _____ in nature - the critics thought she had promise and eventually would find her own voice.






25. The special prosecutor determined that the attorney general - though inept - had not intentionally set out to _____ the progress of the investigation.






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






27. The architect realized that her design for the new school had to be in _____ with the local building code.






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






29. With its worn-out dialogue and predictable plot - the sitcom struck me as unbearably _____.






30. When you send a message on Twitter - be _____; a tweet cannot be more than 140 characters long.






31. The infant Mozart's parents quickly realized that their son had an _____ gift for music.






32. We made an _____ choice to eat at the first restaurant we saw.






33. Tourists are urged not to _____ the sanctity of holy places by wearing immodest garb.






34. 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 _____.






35. His coarse - hard-bitten exterior _____ his inner sensitivity.






36. Though Aunt Bea at times had to _____ Opie for inattention in church - she believed he was at heart a God-fearing lad.






37. As far as I'm concerned - Apple's claims about its new computer are pure _____; no machine is that good!






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






39. Because Sal once had fallen asleep while reading War and Peace - he thought that all Russian novels were _____.






40. Warned of _____ weather conditions ahead - the pilot told the passengers to fasten their seat belts.






41. Disappointed in love - Miss Emily became a _____; she shut herself away in her empty mansion and refused to see another living soul.






42. The young princess made the foolish _____ that the regent would not object to her taking the reins of power.






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






44. The glitter and _____ of the ballroom took Cinderella's breath away.






45. Historically - traders and missionaries often proved themselves to be _____ explorers - bravely venturing into new territories despite the dangers involved.






46. The defense lawyer confidently listened to the prosecutor sum up his case - sure that she could answer his arguments in her _____.






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






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






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






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