I am afraid the board will not approve your request for additional funding.
MEET
I am afraid your request for additional funding .....................
The more carefully you plan the project, the fewer problems you will encounter later.
RESULT
Careful .................... fewer problems later.
The mayor promised that the new park would be completed by the end of the year, but it was not.
PROMISE
The mayor's .................... by the end of the year was not kept.
The success of the project depended entirely on whether all team members pulled their weight.
UNLESS
...................., the project would not have succeeded.
The organisation has been working to reduce poverty in the region for over twenty years.
SPENT
The organisation .................... reduce poverty in the region.
She pretended that nothing had happened, even though she was clearly upset.
BEHAVED
Despite .................... as if nothing had happened.