1. Inquiries are held which seem to go on forever and you only wish that the procedure could be ________ .

2. They say this but then the difficulty is trying to find out when the measures are coming into effect and when they will be ________ .

3. The secret of being a good driving teacher is never on any occasion to lose your temper or your ________ .

4. This is all very disappointing for the ________ house buyer who doesn't really know what's going to happen next and how much the interest rate will be.

5. Protest meetings are held but invariably they end in a ________ because they are not organized properly.

6. At least that's what he thought until the press started trying to ________ up something about his past.

7. When you tell the inhabitants of a small village that the little local store is going to close, many will express ________ .

8. The government then has to show that it is involved in the whole business of saving and lending and tries to convince everyone that it is ________ of both savers and lenders.

9. Headlines appeared maintaining that Mathew was a dishonest ________ thief.

10. If you ask someone for their ________ on supermarkets as opposed to the small corner shop, you will get varying replies.