Prepositions 3

1. I did manage to keep my temper but I couldnt refrain ____ pointing ____ that what he had done was wrong.

2. Ambitious plans ____ the expansion of the railway network have had to be abandoned due to lack ____ funds.

3. ____ the world there has been a growing sense of disillusionment with the United Nations and its policies.

4. One way _____ cutting down waste is to recycle such things _____ glass and paper.

5. Some of these new drugs, capable _____ curing a variety of diseases, are sometimes hazardous _____ use or disposal.

6. We are prevented ____ completing the project ____ time due to unforeseen circumstances.

7. The Hollywood studio system in film making, which began ____ 1920 and flourished from the early 1930s ____ the 1950s is unique in Western culture.

8. They claim that their aim is to establish long term cooperation ____ their customers, ____ a basis of partnership and mutual trust.

9. The collapse of Rome left ____ its wake a large variety of ethnic communities ____ which modern European states emerged.

10. Emersons life in science is the best of books ______ this aspect of Emerson that have marked the bicentennial of his birth, and it is one that will endure.