| 1 | Delays in operations were commonplace, especially for trauma patients at weekends. | |
| 2 | No matter how hard China tries, it is impossible to buy back every treasure. | |
| 3 | If you have ever lost weight on a diet only to gain it all back, you were probably as perplexed as you were disappointed. | |
| 4 | His former life of freedom and happiness is all but buried as the new social order makes its demands on him. | |
| 5 | They give me twenty cents a month as pocket money here, but I spend every cent of it on my baby. |