1. Despite all the alterations that are taking place in the department store, the management wanted to explain it was business as ________ .

2. The critics ________ to praise the work of this director whatever films he makes.

3. We really can't delay any more with our plans and must ________ down to business as soon as possible.

4. The only reason for them going to the cinema on that day was to find some form of ________ .

5. In ________ of the terrible weather you have come along tonight, ladies and gentlemen, and I should like to thank all four of you for coming.

6. The theme of the second film is quite simply a ________ of the first.

7. The great advantage of having an external zip drive is that you can use it as an extra means of ________ .

8. I heard of a new company today with which we should co-operate and ________ business with.

9. Her latest film ________ its object in a very short space of time, which was to shock.

10. We want people to live in harmony with each other and to settle ________ amicably.