261.She is a better speaker than ________ in the class.

42.There ought to be less anxiety over the perceived risk of mountain climbing than__________ in the public mind today.

41.It is not so much the language__________the cultural background that makes the book difficult to understand.

40.Fat cannot change into muscle__________muscle changes into fat.

39.Professor Johnson is said__________some significant advance in his research in the past year.

38.The three men tried many times to sneak across the border into the neighbouring country,__________by the police each time.

37.After__________seemed an endless wait, it was her turn to enter the personnel manager's office.

36.You________Mark anything. It was none of his business.

35.________enough time and money, the researchers would have been able to discover more in this field.

34.His strong sense of humour was________make everyone in the room burst out laughing.

33.The Clarks haven't decided yet which hotel________.