Our sales meetings were reduced to once a fortnight because the weekly meetings were not considered to be ....... enough.

At this stage it was clear that they had to know the ....... number of people who were going to attend.

Many of the safety instructions on things you buy often seem unnecessary and often quite ....... to the average person.

Although her boss knew that she was not telling the truth, her explanations for being late were always so reasonable and totally ....... that he believed her.

The secret of a good interview is to get straight to the point and ask ....... questions.

It's just not within his character and I would never say that he was ....... to that kind of behaviour.

She puts it another way and says she will be able to make an ....... man of me.

Fortunately she took no notice of the reviews of her acting and was quite ....... to some of the more sarcastic comments.

People tended not to believe a word he said and maintained that his protestations of innocence were wearing a bit ........

Once this disclosure is ....... it's the job of the journalist to follow it through to a satisfactory conclusion.