The aircraft vanished without（）

I could not persuade him to accept it,（）make him see the importance of it.

The weakening housing market continued to take its（）on the industry.

Many students found the book （）;it provided them with a large amount of information on the subject.

The noise of the traffic（）Paul from his work.

She had clearly no（）of doing any work, although she was very well paid.

Inquiries（）the condition of the patients may be made personally or by telephone.

An explosion is a sudden increase in amount（）

Anne（）from outside her home last Wednesday.

Mr. Sanders has been asked to（）the next meeting of the committee.