The thieves’ get-away vehicle was found ............ in a field about five miles away from the town where they had committed the bank robbery.                    

The committee judged his proposal ......... and asked for more detailed plans and costs.                      

I was surprised by the .......... of cucumbers in Turkey as they are much shorter than the ones grown in the UK and not as straight.                  

A prize of 75,000 pounds awaits the .......... of today’s match, whereas the runner-up will receive £10,000.                    

After feeding the sheep, he struggled back home in the ..........., trudging through deep snow, which was still falling heavily, and battling a freezing, howling wind.                      

The standard of living in New Zealand is high because the state provides .......... social services for the welfare of its citizens.                    

New Zealand's Maori namg, Aotearoa, perhaps meaning "land of the long white cloud", suggests the cloudiness of its skies, ........... along its mountainous backbone.                

About one third of New Zealand's land area is devoted to national parks, wilderness areas and other similar ........... efforts.            

The two large islands of New Zealand, the North Island and the South Island, differ significantly in their terrain. The former is only 18 percent mountainous, for instance, while the ............ is 70 percent mountainous.                  

In New Zealand, in addition to in public and private schools, children are taught by a correspondence school method in remote areas, which are hard to reach or where tiny settlements are ........... over a wide area.