1. Plans have already been drawn ________ to deal with such situations.

2. The main problem is that a debt ________ has developed recently believing that it is cool to owe large sums of money.

3. Going on a spending ________ with your credit card and no concern about how you pay back the money you borrow, is a growing habit these days.

4. People tended not to believe a word he said and maintained that his protestations of innocence were wearing a bit ________ .

5. Job losses are mainly in the ________ sectors of the industry.

6. His agent spent a lot of time ________ the press on his background in the hope that they would present a balanced view.

7. It has been ________ by a government agency that the percentage of under 25 year olds owing large sums to companies is on the increase.

8. Thousands of ________ are already signing up for this new telephone service.

9. One director of a major credit company has already been forced to ________ because of the bad publicity his company has attracted.

10. The question must always be in the mind of the writer whether what is being written is likely to ________ a threat to the safety of the community at large.