1. Industry as a whole was badly affected by the restrictions, but it was the high technology sector that suffered most ---- .

2. As a result of continuing economic recession, a huge ---- in the budget seems inevitable.

3. The recent economic figures ---- that the country is slowly coming out of the crisis.

4. When the rate of exchange began to rise again, he felt ---- to call a meeting of the financial staff.

5. As far as we are concerned, the evidence put before the court was not ---- enough to convict the man.