________ (assume) that we can't get the necessary equipment, we will have to give up the experiment.
Suddenly a good idea occurred to her, but she couldn’t find any paper ______.
Thailand has decided to begin building its first standard-gauge railways in cooperation with China, ______may cost $12.2 billion.
— Excuse me, can you show me the way to the nearest bus stop?— Sorry. I’m a stranger here. I ______ here until my guide arrives.
When Mary arrived she found all her children ______ for nearly two hours.
The silence of the library ______only by the sound of pages being turned over.