1. The guarantee, as I understood it, ________ that everything was covered.

2. Some countries have some very interesting designs on their paper ________ .

3. It was a miracle that he was still alive as he hadn't eaten for weeks and when they found him he was just ________ and bone.

4. In London in any underground station it is ________ the law to smoke.

5. You will find that such warranties are not worth buying because the cover provided is ________ not worth the extra expense.

6. In that particular industry everyone has to look after themselves because the law of the ________ rules.

7. I can't see the point of trying to settle the dispute between those two institutions because you'll just be papering over the ________ .

8. After the first revolution the dictator no longer had much control and became just a paper ________ .

9. I won't go into the full details of the proposition, I'll just give you the ________ bones.

10. You sometimes have to ________ very seriously whether to buy a second hand car which has no guarantee.