The conference had to be cancelled ______ a key piece of equipment was out of work.

Leave everything just ______ you found it.

The house was in such a mess. It looked ______

______ you have finished your work, you can go home.

I do not want to hear any more complaints. I have got enough problems ______ it is.

We should conserve the natural resources ______

The whole country was very upset ______ the President was assassinated.

This credit card is accepted ______

______, Maria put the dishes away.

My friend is a veterinarian. She treats animals almost ______

______ my mother was cooking in the kitchen, my father was working in the garden.

It was such a boring film that we left the movies before it ended.

______, he passed with the highest marks.

There were ______ on the subject that we did not know where to begin.

She was ______ I could not help looking at her.

Some people are not convinced that there is a serious risk to their health from smoking ______ tobacco firms put a health warning on every packet of cigarettes.