1. As a ________ of the district she had absolutely no difficulty in understanding the local dialect.

2. Eventually they made their minds up and ________ to appoint the outsider to the job.

3. I am very pleased to be working with you because I think the same way and ________ with your policies.

4. The department has ________ so much money on administration that there is little left for employing sales personnel.

5. They say that pregnant women develop a ________ for certain foods and must eat them all the time.

6. The boss wants you to explain why there is a discrepancy in the figures and ________ for the sudden drop in profits.

7. That programme is so boring that it's like watching paint ________ .

8. You can have that car in any colour you want in fact you have a ________ of 24 different ones.

9. ________ ever heard of this writer before?

10. It's just not within his character and I would never say that he was ________ to that kind of behaviour.