The young man lost his job last month, but it wasn’t long _____ he found a new position in my company.

“You are too self-centered.It’s high time you （ ） that you are not the most important person in the world,” Edgar said to his boss angrily.

You might not like the way Sam behaves, but please be kind to him.______ , he is your grandfather.

_____the plan carefully, he rejected it.

We don’t need air conditioning, （ ）.

The ______ salary of the staff is about ＄50.

Mr. Phillips caught up with the boy in the corridor and （ ） his hand on his shoulder.

Without the sun’s light （ ） the earth’s surface, no life could exist on the earth.

What time would it be convenient _____us to meet again?

A new technique （ ）, the output as a whole increased by 20 percent.

I don’t like to _____ a room with a stranger.

Our main concern is to _____ the living standard of the people.