It came as a great _______ to the parents that their son finally came back safe and sound.  

Only when you get a special permit can you have the ______of interviewing the prime minister of Canada.

  The professor combines different ________ in the same speech.

—Jack is very clever and he studies hard as well.—No ________ he always comes out first in the exams.

The law that farmers don’t need to turn over agricultural tax to the state has come into _______.