The writer was always looking for suitable _____ to use in his next story.

We won’t know whether it will be successful. We won’t know whether there will be good _____.

The government placed _____ on the numbers of foreign cars that could be imported.

The storm sweeping over this area now is sure to cause _____ of vegetables in the coming days.

I'd like to take _____ of this opportunity to thank you all for your cooperation.

I could tell he was surprised from the _____ on his face.

As more and more cars are produced and used, so the _____ from their exhaust-pipes contains an even larger volume of poisonous gas.

There was a good _____ of the countryside from the front of the bus.

The government has lost a great deal of _____ because of the large increase in food pries.

Arrogance and pride are similar in meaning, but there is _____ difference between them.