........ its own special conditions, the Earth is in some ways similar to the other inner planets — the group of planets closer to the sun.

I had my car checked thoroughly ........ I wouldn't have any trouble on the way, yet it still caused me a few minor problems.

She phoned some of her friends living some distance away to inform them of the date of her wedding just ....... they hadn't received the invitation she sent them.

There is much more today for the children to learn than in the past; ......... the curriculum of elementary and secondary schools is quite tough.

The factory is now on the verge of going bankrupt, ........ the owner wanted to expand too quickly and took out a lot of bank loans.

....... we were clearing the attic, we came across a wooden box full of photographs of our deceased grandparents.

Garbage collection is not usually looked upon as a health measure ........ the collectors go on strike, and then we realise its importance to maintaining our health.

....... in the history of the literature of most peoples, poetry was the first literary expression of the Germans.

It was reportedly through a transfusion ........ his second heart operation that the American tennis player Arthur Ashe contracted the AIDS virus.

Few pets became popular as quickly as parakeets, ....... called budgies, which are small parrots native to tropical regions.