1. Certain nations have ---- the use of prenatal diagnostic techniques to select the sex of an unborn child; but, bribery and
human ingenuity have made it easy for prospective parents to bypass the statute.

2. Anthony Powell, the contemporary British novelist, shows in his writing great familiarity with the work of Proust while
avoiding much direct ---- to him.

3. Despite its small population and ---- remoteness, Australia occupies a powerful position in global science in general and life science in particular.

4. The Allied bombing campaign against Germany in World War II exacted terrible damage on the country‘s factories,
transportation network, population, and ---- very limited fuel-production capacity.

5. Soccer‘s many creative possibilities ---- in part from its being played on such a large field.