Finish Sentences (Test 4)

d) You can stay in the fiat for free if you pay the bills.

d) So long as you pay the bills, you can stay in the flat for free.

c) Only the Chairman's firmness and diplomacy prevented a serious argument between the committee members.

c) If it hadn't been for the Chairman's firmness and diplomacy/If the Chairman hadn't been firm and diplomatic, there would have been a serious argument between the committee members/a serious argument would have taken place between the committee members.

a) The controller never looked away from the screen.

a) At no time did the controller look away from the screen.

b) Miranda said she was sorry that she had not read my report yet.

b) Miranda apologised for not having read my report yet.

e) I didn't mean to be impolite.

e) It was not my intention to be impolite.

f) Despite Jack's strange clothes, everybody ignored him.

f) Nobody took any notice of Jack despite his strange clothes.

g) It was more of a business arrangement than a marriage.

g) It was not so much a marriage as a business arrangement.

h) You must not communicate in any way with anyone involved in this case.

h) You must have no contact/communication with anyone involved in this case.