1. The doctors are of the opinion that if the disorder ____ a few months earlier, it ____ treated successfully.

2. We still ____ that any changes in the law along these lines ____ to our advantage.

3. He ____ his paper by saying that the entire history of human race ____ by transfers of cultural and technological advance from one civilisation to another.

4. From the report, it looked as if he ____ a crucial role in smuggling.

5. It is time the members of the European Community ____ into the open their fears concerning economic recession.

6. If you ask me, they seem to ____ the takeover for quite some time now.

7. Recently, the Agricultural Bank ____ to write off the debts of the farmers in the earthquake area.

8. Of course nobody knows what the outcome of the election ____ but at the moment Malcolm ____ as the most likely candidate.

9. When that happened, their hopes ____ because the army ____ its most trusted leaders.

10. They ____ the advantages and the disadvantages of the takeover when I ____ them an hour or so later.