1. The motoring sector had been developed effectively and had proven .......... enough to withstand several market fluctuations.

2. The exciting new drug was given the .......... name of DLV10 while the pharmaceutical company decided on its permanent title.

3. Having devoted many of the company's limited resources to the new project, the team was thrilled to receive several prestigious .......... for their work.

4. The bank manager held monthly consultations with his staff in order to .......... responses to customer suggestions.

5. The software developers needed to consider the financial .......... of outsourcing some of their work before considering whether this was a viable option.

6. The team leader recruited people from different cultural backgrounds and with different skills and personalities. In many ways, he felt his team represented a .......... of society.

7. The manager considered the recent request for a coffee machine a(n) .......... request in comparison to the call for a childcare facility.

8. The wise shareholders took .......... measures in order to secure the new company's trading value.

9. Several analytical techniques were used to .......... between the two sets of figures.

10. The health and safety officer drew up a .......... set of safety regulations with which each team had to comply.