1. I couldn’t help admiring the professional manner in ____ he dealt with the crisis.

2. Have you seen the display of the books written by the visiting professor ____ is going to talk this afternoon on the future of the European Community?

3. She is the oldest person in the village, to be precise, 92 years old and has a ____ word of advice for everyone.

4. In this paper I should like to report some of the results of an ____ study of two hundred London families.

5. People who are constantly in the public eye must learn to remain ____ in the face of criticism.

6. The accounting of the proceedings given by their legal adviser was perfectly _____ but not at all complimentary.

7. At the opening of the new production of Aida the guest soprano gave a superb, a truly ____ performance.

8. The topics included in the conference programme are not as ____ as one might have hoped.

9. Unfortunately, few children behave in such a ____ manner towards the old and infirm.

10. The development of the experimental method to verify the theories had the ____ effect and there was a rapid increase in scientific knowledge.

11. In a child, curiosity normally suggests intelligence and is welcomed; but an _____ adult is best avoided.

12. I don’t approve of the methods he is using, but his ____ aim, as regards the project, is admirable.

13. She is one of those rare critics ____ judgements have a common sense basis.

14. The most devastating human impact on environments can be seen on islands ---- settlers have introduced new animals and plants.

15. Holding a yellow umbrella in his hand he said he didn’t know ____ it was, and added that it was not ____ .

16. David Dickinson’s new play is a fairy-tale romance, ____ a pregnant woman searches for the father of her child during a torrential rainstorm.

17. The telephone is at the centre of innovative technologies ____ may alter forever ____ we receive and use information.

18. Recently he’s had a novel published, the title of ____ I can’t recall at the moment.

19. Photosynthesis is the process ________________ green plants manufacture carbohydrates, using the energy of sunlight.