The majority of visitors _____ in favor of his conclusion that the number of books published on the subject _____ simply surprising.

The first use of atomic weapons was in 1945, and their power ____increased enormously ever since.

The man as well as his parents ____________ content with the dishes his wife cooks.

 ______children whose parents had died in the earthquake ____ sent to live with families in other cities.

Neither my wife nor I myself ____ able to persuade my daughter to change her mind．