----I heard that as many as 24 people were killed in the big fire.----Yes, news came as surprise to us.
It is ___ to observe traffic rules.
The climate of Asia can ___ be spoken of as a whole.
As each candle burned four hours, the six candles ___ twenty-four hours.
It began to rain, ___ was exactly what we wanted.
He had travelled only seven miles across the Channel ___ his engine failed and he was forced to land on the sea.