--- Jim failed again in the maths examination. --- Don't scold him too much. _____ , he has tried his best.
The boy I considered ______ cheated in the last exam.
Marie Curie took little notice ______ the honours that were given to her in her later years.
Tom ______to paint the fence but he got his friends to do it for him.
If the computer is _______ good as you said, we shall consider ______ one.
The top leaders of the two countries are holding talks in a friendly ______.