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Complete Advanced Sentences

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. An occasional glass of wine with dinner is relatively _____ and should have no ill effect on you.






2. A firm believer in democratic government - she could not understand the _____ of people who never bothered to vote.






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






4. 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.






5. When you place a phone call from an airplane - _____ is essential; you are charged for every minute.






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






7. Thoroughly baffled by Holmes's _____ remarks - Watson wondered whether Holmes was intentionally concealing his thoughts about the crime.






8. The coming trip to France should provide a _____ test of the value of my conversational French class.






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






10. Because Ann felt no desire to marry - she was _____ to Carl's constant proposals.






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






12. Government agents have been known to use wiretapping and other _____ methods to spy on suspected terrorists.






13. These endorsements written by satisfied customers _____ our claim that Barron's SAT is the best SAT-prep book on the market.






14. Rejecting the candidate's _____ comments on tax reform - the reporter pressed him to state clearly where he stood on the issue.






15. Since both interpretations seemed possible - the judge could not decide which way to interpret a particularly _____ passage in the law.






16. Without additional funding - it may not be _____ to build a new stadium for the team on the city's highly developed West Side.






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






18. The museum curator placed the Eskimo-carved wooden totem pole in _____ with two contemporary stone masks from Africa - creating a stunning effect.






19. Unlike Widow Douglas - who _____ Huck's minor offenses - Miss Watson did nothing but scold.






20. The defense called several respectable witnesses who were able to _____ the lying testimony of the prosecution's sole witness.






21. The inquisitors used both physical and psychological _____ to force Joan of Arc to deny that her visions were sent by God.






22. When acacias are in bloom - the increase of pollen in the air _____ Richard's hay fever.






23. Whenever Sue was angry - she tried to avoid raising her voice because she had no wish to sound _____.






24. When the boys first met their new stepmother - they felt some _____ - but eventually they lost that initial awkwardness and talked with her comfortably.






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






26. Paradoxically - _____ reasoning does not always produce incorrect results; even though your logic may be flawed - the conclusion you reach may still be correct.






27. To revise a textbook properly - you must do more than make a few _____ changes to the manuscript.






28. Flat prose and flat ginger are equally _____; both lack sparkle.






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






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






31. The BP oil spill has caused _____ damage to the entire Gulf Coast.






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






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






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






35. Dirt poor and out of work - she did not give up but continued to fight against _____.






36. _____ to his downtrodden existence - the day laborer was too meek to protest his supervisor's bullying.






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






38. It is _____ that his success came when he least wanted it.






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






40. Uncertain which suitor she ought to accept - the princess _____ - first favoring one and then the other.






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






42. Because Webster's dictionary had grown so large and unwieldy - the publishers decided to _____ it and bring out a condensed version.






43. Thirty years after the war - she could not let go of the past but was still consumed with _____ against the foe.






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






45. 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.






46. Bobby was such a _____ eater that he would eat a sandwich only if his mother first cut off every scrap of crust.






47. Mother was a _____ housekeeper - unwilling to allow a single speck of dirt to mar her perfect home.






48. The fact that the band was already booked to play in Hollywood on New year's Eve _____ their accepting the gig in London.






49. Even though she knew she would be burned at the stake as a witch - Joan of Arc refused to _____ her belief that her voices came from God.






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






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