Our bodies are strengthened by taking exercise,______ our minds developed by learning.

Christmas is ________ becoming a traditional British holiday rather than a Christian one．

 As a scientist, Madam Curie devoted herself ________ to her research and that was why she was given two Nobel Prizes.

You needn’t have apologized for your absence—       , it’s hardly your fault.

I don’t mind picking up your things from the store. ______, the walk will do me good.