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| 2. _____ increasing our sales volumes, our gross profits have actually fallen. |
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| 3. Our gross profits have fallen _____ an increase in sales. |
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| 4. _____ our increased spending on marketing, sales have hardly increased at all. |
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| 5. Sales have hardly increased at all, _____ we have invested a lot in marketing. |
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| 6. Jane gave a very good presentation _____ having the flu. |
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| 7. _____ Jane had the flu, her presentation didn't suffer as a result. |
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| 8. _____ a month of hard negotiations, we still haven't managed to come to an agreement. |
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| 9. He's applied for the job _____ he's got no chance of getting it. |
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| 10. _____ having a good job, he's decided to resign and start his own company. |
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