_______ time and labor, cartoonists generally draw the hands of their characters with only 3 fingers and a thumb.

Bill suggested _____ a meeting on what to do for the Shanghai Expo during the vacation. 

   not to miss the flight at 15:20, the manager set out for the airport in a hurry. 

 The performance of the host, _____ to please the audience and draw their attention, was greeted with a cold silence, however.

______ around the Water Cube, we were then taken to see the Bird’s Nest.