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Distance from airport to St Thomas:

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A rope bridge connects the mainland with an outcrop of rock jutting out of the turbulent ocean. When it was first constructed, the bridge was merely a simple rope handrail with widely spaced slats and was mainly used by salmon fishermen who needed to travel from the island to the mainland. In time, it was replaced with a more sturdy caged bridge. However, it is still not a crossing for the faint-hearted. The bridge swings above a chasm of rushing, foaming water. Many visitors who make the walk one way find themselves unable to return and end up being taken off the island by boat.

The more sturdy cage added to rope bridge has helped to increase the number of visitors to the area.

3. _________________________ we observed students in the lab on almost 100 separate occasions.

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Reef flats and shallow reef lagoons are accessible on foot, without the need for a boat, and so allow women, children and the elderly to engage directly in manual harvesting, or ‘reef-gleaning’. This is a significant factor distinguishing reef-based fisheries from near-shore sea fisheries. Near-shore fisheries are typically the domain of adult males, in particular where they involve the use of boats, with women and children restricted mainly to shore-based activities. However, in a coral reef fishery the physical accessibility of the reef opens up opportunities for direct participation by women, and consequently increases their independence and the importance of their role in the community.

Involvement in coral-reef-based occupations raises the status of women.

5. It remains _______________ whether society is under threat from the refugee crisis.

6. My research involves __________ some very complicated calculations.

7. In contrast, 70% of males were awarded a postgraduate diploma, ___________ was more than twice the number of females.

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Margaret believes employers should look for job applicants who _________

9. Europe has witnessed an increasing demand for organically grown agricultural ____________ for the last decade.

10. After we had ________ the screenplay twice, the director was pleased with it.

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What possible objection to a roof garden is discussed?

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Customers who recommend Sunny Days Camping to friends will receive _________

13. Researchers visited the Great Upper Nile region ___________________ they could study an endangered languages still spoken there.

14. Which of the following words is a long channel of water that is man made?

15. Are you _________ to any brands, that is, do you always tend to buy that particular brand?

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What time does the TGV train leave Paris?

17. A ridge of sand formed by the wind, especially found on the coast or in a desert.

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And the future? It is anticipated that, in some years to come, leisure spending will account for between a third to a half of all household expenditure. Whilst it is difficult to give exact figures, it is clear that the leisure industry will certainly experience a long period of sustained growth. Notably, working hours are not expected to decrease. This is because more people will be needed to keep leisure services running.

In the future, people will pay less for leisure facilities than they do today.

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Day after day we hear about how unstoppable anthropogenic development is causing global warming. According to an increasingly vocal minority, however, we should be asking ourselves how much of this is media hype and, how much is based on real evidence. It seems, as so often is the case, that it depends on which expert you listen to and on how you chew the statistics.

The author ________________________

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There are a number of settlements across East Anglia with names containing the word ‘tye’. The word is Anglo-Saxon in origin, and the Oxford English Dictionary quotes the earliest usage of the term as dating from 832. Essentially a ‘tye’ was a green or a small area of open common land, usually situated away from the main village or settlement, often at the junction of two or more routes. Locals and passing travellers had the right to pasture their horses, pigs and other farm animals on the tye.

A tye was __________________