Nouns 5

1. In a blizzard, the ____ of very low temperatures, strong wind and suffocating snow often proves fatal.

2. The ----- that terrorists use to move money from regions that finance them to their target country are often identical to those used by criminal gangs.

3. In the wake of yet another financial scandal, the chief accountant handed in his ----- to the director.

4. Now that formal ----- has been given by the government, the project team can be recruited.

5. Champions of the green movement regard the internal combustion machine as one of the biggest ----- in history.

6. The laws concerning the breeding of animals for research could turn out to be to the ---- of medical research.

7. A strong ---- exists between a country’s wealth and the freedom afforded its citizens.

8. Owing to the shortages in some building materials and labour ____ in some trades, the building industry began to make more use of prefabricated.

9. Satellite-servicing technology is being used to upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope to perform beyond its initial design requirements. Twice astronauts have replaced the telescopes solar panels with higher-performance ones. The most impressive improvement

10. The 1990s have been a general ____ in aid to poor countries, largely because of fiscal pressures in many rich countries.