72. House repairs, holidays, school fees and other ( ) have reduced his bank balance to almost nothing.

69. The economic recession has meant that job( ) is a rare thing.

68. The thieves fled with the local police close on their ( ).

67. A great amount of work has gone into ( ) the Cathedral to its previous splendor.

66. It is an offence to show ( ) against people of different races.

65. There used to be a petrol station near the park, ( )?

64. It was ( ) we had hoped

63. There are only ten apples left in the baskets, ( ) the spoilt ones.

62. The statistics ( ) that living standards in the area have improved drastically in recent times.

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

60. Land belongs to the city; there is ( ) thing as private ownership of land.