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Across the centuries, people’s daily lives ______ (continually transform) by innovation.
have been continually transformed
So what lies ahead of us? By 2025, will we ____ (embrace) even more sophisticated technological aids
have embraced
But this _____ (be) the middle of another hot and slightly steamy day in southern India
was
One of the most obvious characteristics of the 20th century was the rapid growth of technology, with individual quality of life ______ (improve) immeasurably as a result
being improved, improving, having improved, having been improved
Will the world's resources _____ (deplete) by 2035?
have been depleted
As a part of a treatment I had signed up for, whatever (happen) _______ to me (be done) _________ in the name of health.
was happening (happened) / was being done ( would be done)
refrigerators and freezers were commonplace in the home by the 1960s and the demand for these and other ‘white goods’ _____ (further stimulate) by the availability...
was further stimulated
I ______ (find) myself in some bizarre situations recently, but none so unusual as the one I had a few weeks ago.
have found
At that moment, I (experience) _________ my first Ayurveda rejuvenation massage.
was experiencing
Personal computers first made their appearance in the home in the 1970s, but surely few people _____ (be able to) imagine then that the home computer....
could have been able to / would have been able to
As I lay there motionless, incense ____ (burn) on a low table, the only sounds that of the sea and of crows ducking out of the way of an eagle.
was burning
He put a massive arm around Ned's shoulders. "I _____ (plan) to wait a few days to speak to you, but I see now there's no need for it. Come, walk with me."
had planned
Nor could they _____ (even think) that handheld mobile gadgets would _____ (use constantly) by all of us in years to come.
even have thought / be used constantly
In some parts of the world this might (be) __________ part of some full-moon ritual, and I would (be) __________ concerned about my safety if it had happened elsewhere.
have been x2
Someday when peace _____ (return) to this odd world I want to come to London again and stand on a certain balcony on a moonlit night and look down upon the peaceful silver curve of the Thames with its dark bridges.
has returned