Mr. Smith is ______ to attend the party to be held next Wednesday.

Let your child learn to be independent, for _____ he will leave home to lead his own life as a fully independent adult.

There is little chance that we will manage to change the law.          , it is important that we try.

The incomes of skilled workers went up. ______， unskilled workers saw their earnings fall.

He had planned to make a compromise，but        he changed his mind at the last minute．