In all his life, Dickens wrote a large number of excellent novels in the 19th century, _____ some are still popular nowadays.
No regular advertiser dare produce anything that fails to stick to the _______ of his advertisement.
Recently a terrible earthquake happened in the Southern Asian Area, _______ the people are still suffering.
- --Would you like to go to see a film with me tonight? --- _______ , but I have a visiting friend now.
Nobody believed his reason for being absent from class __________ he had to meet his uncle at the airport.
The room wants ___.