The basketball match was held from December 5th to 30th, during ________ time as many as 27 teams competed for the championship.
__________ was most important to her, she told me, was her family.
I can hardly stand his rude manners. I object __________ like this.
I was at a loss what to do next when an excellent idea __________ me.
When he smelt the coming of the tough economy, he changed his lifestyle a lot. __________ he wanted to be out of the money trouble that is to appear later.
(2012·北京) Jerry did not regret giving the comment but felt he could have expressed it differently.