1. Even quite late in the twentieth century many men assumed that entry into certain professions was their _____ right.
2. Despite its small population and ---- remoteness, Australia occupies a powerful position in global science in general and life science in particular.
3. In the introduction to this book, the writer _____ a foreign policy that makes world peace the top priority.
4. In many countries training for industry has always been considered to be.........................the concern of industry itself, not of the state.
5. the government has recently made one million dollars ____ for research grants concerning the prediction of earthquakes.
6. Acid rain only became a ----- environmental issue in the 1980s following groundbreaking studies in the 1970s.
7. Certain new findings suggest that young calves may be more ----- than older cows to bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE).
8. At present, interest rates are comparatively ----; lets hope they remain that way.
9. Satellite television transmission now makes it ---- for us to watch events as they unfold in other countries.
10. North Korea is ---- to abandon its nuclear programme without specific security guarantees from America and promises of lost of aid.