Every country ______ to accept its own way of life as being the normal one and to praise or criticize others, as they are similar to or different from it.
This year the company has produced as many cars as the year before last, but the total profits are four-fifths ______ they were then.
When my parents were young, they had to ______ several miles every day to school since they had no money to buy a bike.
Knowing office rules, whether ______ or not, is always of great importance, especially for young job seekers.
I really can’t ______ with the noise that is going on outside. It is driving me crazy.
—I hear that you have won the lottery. —Not once in my life ______ until now.