He left the job voluntarily, he left the job OF HIS OWN ACCORD.

He won the fight AGAINST ALL ODDS

The new rules are AIMED AT STOPPING PEOPLE FROM taking out mortgages that they can’t afford

Hardly a month goes by there being without a new scientific discovery in the world

She was ON THE VERGE OF CRYING

If we THINK AHEAD, WE CAN PREVENT PROBLEMS, AND into bargain, save a lot of money.

His affair with his secretary CAME TO LIGHT eventually.

The career of the boxer WAS CUT SHORT BY a serious leg injury

She would prefer to take part in a conversation class AS OPPOSED TO DOING grammar exercises.

Thirty minutes of running LEAES ME completely exhausted

The project is BY NO MEANS FINISHED yet = is FAR FROM BEING FINISHED.

It is said that there is a link between A and B

Only after three years of research did our hard work BEAR FRUIT.

She BURIED HERSELF IN HER work.

You need to follow a healthy diet IN CONJUNCTION WITH regular exercise

Her LACK OF EXPERIENCE MAY COUNT AGAINST HER

The sudden drop in sales CAST DOUBT ON the company’s future = company’s future was at risk

Having SATISFIED HIMSELF THAT THEER WAS NO ONE ELSE in the building

The new law has failed to consider THE EXTENT TO WHICH some children will be affected

The manager said that skilled workers were FEW AND FAR BETWEEN these days.

Even more so considering the fierce competition in this sector = NO MEAN FEAT, GIVEN the fierce
competition in this sector.

Should you HAVE ANY RESERVATIONS ABOUT his ability to do the job, don’t hire him = if you doubt
about his ability..

It may seem strange, but the tycoon… = STRANGE THOUGH IT MAY SEEM, THE TYCOON LACKS ANY
kind of formal qualifications.

Three months after his brother Edgar quit his job to set UP his own company, Kevin FOLLOWED SUIT.