Exciting as its special effects are ________, there is too much violence in the film.
Comparison may make something appear more beautiful than it is when alone.
—Where is our English teacher? —She is in the classroom, _____ the exercises _________ the students have done at home.
To get an education, _______.
Tom does speak Chinese well, but his reading and writing skills leave much _______.
That gas pipeline project, in July 2002 and in 2005, will be China’s longest gas pipeline in history.