He made a good preparation for the job interview, for he couldn't ________ losing the good opportunity.
At first the institute refused to purchase the telescope, but this decision was _____ revised.
No one imagined that the apparently _____ businessman was really a criminal.
We won't know whether it will be successful. We won't know whether there will be good _____.
The government placed _____ on the numbers of foreign cars that could be imported.
He ate what he could, and gave the _____ of the food to the birds.