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Complete Advanced Sentences

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. At the protest rally - the students cheered the strikers and booed the dean with equal _____.






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






3. According to Sherlock Homes - the very point that appears to complicate a case - when duly considered and scientifically handled - is the one most likely to _____ it.






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






5. What _____ did you use when you selected this essay as the prizewinner?






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






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






8. Judy's great fear was that she might _____ omit a question on the exam and mismark her entire answer sheet.






9. When Johnny came down with a bad case of poison oak - the doctor recommended calamine lotion to _____ the itching.






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






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






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






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






14. Stop giggling and wriggling around in the pew; such _____ is improper in church.






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






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






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. 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 _____.






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






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






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






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






23. There's no point to what you're saying. Why are you bothering to make such _____ remarks?






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






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






26. Nobody minded when Professor Renoir's lectures wandered away from their official them; his _____ were always more fascinating than the topic of the day.






27. I was bowled over by the _____ of Amy's welcome. What an enthusiastic greeting!






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






29. At evening block inspection - the recruits' bunk room - washroom - and gear come under the inspecting officer's close _____.






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






31. Blind people sometimes develop a compensatory ability to sense the _____ of objects around them.






32. 'Judicial activism' is the alleged tendency of some judges to _____ the power of elected legislatures by making the law rather than merely interpreting it.






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






34. Icebreakers were needed to _____ the trapped whales from the icy floes that closed them in.






35. Someone mute cannot talk; someone _____ can hardly stop talking.






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






37. Rather than live in the crowded city center - we chose to buy a house in one of the _____ suburbs ringing the metropolis.






38. After the quarrel - Gina said nothing could _____ her to talk to Pedro again.






39. Though Widow Douglas had hopes of reforming Huck - Miss Watson considered him _____ and swore he would come to no good end.






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






41. Their _____ in rank made no difference at all to the prince and Cinderella.






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






43. In a brief essay - describe a person you admire - someone whose virtues and achievements you would like to _____.






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






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






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






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






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






49. 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.






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