Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence.

1. Not only ________ the film, but he had read the book as well.

2. As James had scored distinctions in Chemistry and Biology in his Higher School Certificate Examination, he hoped to ________ one of these subjects at university.

3. Look, Mother! James has brought you a ________ of flowers.

4. His teachers think he is very good ________ drawing.

5. He didn't pay for the meal himself - he put it on his company's ________ account.

6. Before you run ________ other people, it is as well to consider your own faults.

7. He was so tired that he ________ asleep in the chair.

8. Many of the jobs which have been created in this area can be directly ________ to tourism.

9. Why did you have ________ his last lecture?

10. He liked to sit ________ the river and fish.

11. The student who ________ in his exams was expelled from the school.

12. It was raining very ________ so I took my umbrella.

13. After I had discussed my plans with Professor Watkins I ________ to work on my dissertation.

14. We don't know her very well, only by ________.

15. This is such a boring job to do. It's a real pain in the ________.

16. One ________ of their new house is that it has no garden.

17. I ________ in bed all night thinking about it.

18. I can't remember when all those books ________.

19. The new factory must be finished ________ as the profitability of the company depends on it.

20. The evening performance had to be cancelled ________ of the illness of the leading actress.