Managers plan for the finite ________ of most products and rely on acquisitions and new products for profits and growth.

At times it still feels like yesterday, otherwise it seems a ________ away.

Individuals live and die, but economic, political and religious systems, for example, show durabilities that go beyond the _______ of any one individual. 

The new, improved materials available have gone a long way towards extending the ________ of today's flat roof.

Never before have expectations been so high about what human beings can achieve with their _________.

It is recommended that a copy of the ________ database files be taken prior to running the program.

When they become more active and curious, crawling babies and toddlers are increasingly vulnerable to accidents in the home and, as has already been described, falls, burns, scalds and accidental poisoning are major causes of injury and death at this stage of the ________. 

His interest in zoology was _______: he later refused the chair of zoology in a South African university only because he felt committed to the preservation of Corsham.

The old royal library had been given to the British Museum by George II in 1757. George III employed Barnard as chief agent in his ________ endeavour to build up a new collection, which later came to be known as the King's Library.

After a ________ of travelling, the Scottish novelist finally settled in Western Samoa in 1890, four years before his death.