1. What sort of ________ of time would you stay with us if we offered you the job?

2. You can ________ the cost of insuring your car if you keep it in a garage.

3. Now that the summer has started, big department stores are hoping that sales of holiday items will ________ .

4. The two companies have decided to ________ because they believe that their combined resources will produce greater profits.

5. You need not worry that you'll be left on your own because I'll always ________ you.

6. I should explain that we would naturally ________ any previous holiday arrangements you have made.

7. When someone dies and their ________ reach a certain figure, their family has to pay an additional tax.

8. The one big fear of all world economies is that of ________ .

9. Finally now that we've asked you several questions, do you want to ________ any to us?

10. According to the ________ in the report it is clear that employees under the age of 35 prefer to dress casually at work.