That trumpet player was certainly loud. But I wasn＇t bothered by his loudness ______ by his lack of talent.

______ conscious of my moral obligations as a citizen.

James has just arrived, but I didn＇t know he ______ until yesterday.

His remarks were ______ annoy everybody at the meeting.

______, Mr. Wells is scarcely in sympathy with the working class.

If you explained the situation to your solicitor, he ______ able to advise you much better than I can.

There used to be a petrol station near the park, ______?

It was ______ we had hoped.

There are only ten apples left in the baskets, ______ the spoilt ones.

The statistics ______ that living standards in the area have improved drastically in recent times.

My daughter has walked eight miles today. We never guessed that she could walk ______ far.