1. There isn’t … grain of … truth in the story about … house being inhabited
by ghosts.
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2.The Queen’s tour of … Caribbean will include … Cayman Islands
and … Bermudas.
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3.… latest official report says that at least half … nation’s monuments
in England are in … desperate need of repairs.
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4.Wasn’t it Goethe who once said that … meal should please … eye
first and then … stomach?
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5.We went to … island of Sicily last summer and this year we have
decided to go to an island again: either to … Crete or … Canaries.
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6. I have … suspicion that … local authority may be planning to
close … school.
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7.It is … common knowledge that … contract must be studied in …
detail before signing it.
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8. … Sierra Nevada is a mountain range which includes … Yosemite
National Park and whose highest point is … Whitney.
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9.… city council came to … agreement after five days of … heated
discussions.
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10.… hotel provides … modern shoe-cleaning service for … guests.
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11. Last year will her mum and dad Linda visited … Prince of Wales
Tower and … Museum of Natural History and then left for … Cape Breton
Island.
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12. Exploring … local countryside on one of the donkeys which are …
familiar sight in this rural region was absolutely out of … question.
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13. We were driving through … heavy rain when … windscreen wipers
stopped working, so we were in … urgent need of repair.
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14. Soho is a district in … West End of London, between … Piccadilly
Circus and … Leicester Square.
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15. You should bear in … mind that before … plan is carried out,
you’ll have to study it in … detail.
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16. On that day he wasn’t in … good mood, so he got into … argument
with … guy at the bar.
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17. Go along … Buckingham Palace as far as … Green Park, then
cross … Piccadilly Circus and you’ll get to Dover Street
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18. She is doing … research into … connection between … crime and
poverty.
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19.Frankly speaking, I didn’t have … heart to tell … children we
couldn’t keep … puppy any longer.
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20. … good weather put him in … excellent mood for … breakfast.
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23. … Appalachian Mountains is a range of mountains in … eastern
North America which runs from Newfoundland to … central Alabama.
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