1. At the meeting, even though he spoke well, he wasunable to ____ the other members.

2. It was felt that the EC had ____ on a program of economic change that the member states could not sustain.

3. So long as they continue to _____ the resolutions of the Security Council, they will face growing international pressure.

4. In the past, too, people relied on plant substances to ____ a wide range of illnesses.

5. As he has adamantly withstood all kinds of political pressure on this issue for so long, it is unlikely that he would ____ at this stage.

6. The British entry into the European Community has ____ a new line of policy.

7. We must find some way to give them fairly complete and realistic picture of the situation, but without ____ them too much.

8. Any child left to its own devices for too long is likely to ____ on some dangerous enterprise.

9. People curious to get some idea of what it is like to be black in a country ____ by whites need look no further than Dennis Williams’s new novel Crossover.

10. It is plain that the United Nations will not lift the sanctions unless the Iraqi government fully ____ with the Security Council resolutions.