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La pista decisiva es «Had the council [1] _____ solely on complaints, it might have abandoned the street trial immediately.». Had + sujeto + participio es una condición invertida de una alternativa pasada irreal. Significa if ... had relied..., no que esa dependencia ocurriera realmente. En esta tarea, la oración completa es «Had the council relied solely on complaints, it might have abandoned the street trial immediately.».

La pista decisiva es «The project was intended to take residents’ concerns into [2] _____.». Take something into account significa considerarlo al decidir; el nombre account completa esta expresión fija. En esta tarea, la oración completa es «The project was intended to take residents’ concerns into account.».

La pista decisiva es «By the time the first review took place, traffic counters [3] _____ data for twelve weeks.». Usa had been + -ing para expresar la duración de una actividad hasta un punto pasado, incluidas sus huellas recientes. En esta tarea, la oración completa es «By the time the first review took place, traffic counters had been collecting data for twelve weeks.».

La pista decisiva es «The most [4] _____ finding was that delivery delays varied sharply by time of day.». El hueco describe el hallazgo o mejora siguientes; después de the most se necesita el adjetivo significant. En esta tarea, la oración completa es «The most significant finding was that delivery delays varied sharply by time of day.».

La pista decisiva es «[5] _____ the overall average improved, some morning deliveries took longer.». Usa although/even though + finite clause para expresar una concesión seguida de sujeto y verbo conjugado. En esta tarea, la oración completa es «Although the overall average improved, some morning deliveries took longer.».

La pista decisiva es «The planners proposed [6] _____ the loading window rather than removing the entire scheme.». Propose/recommend seguido directamente de una acción lleva aquí complemento -ing. El plan es la acción, no un tiempo finito ni un infinitivo con to insertado. En esta tarea, la oración completa es «The planners proposed extending the loading window rather than removing the entire scheme.».

La pista decisiva es «Their report placed particular emphasis [7] _____ access for people with limited mobility.». La colocación es based on para una base o place emphasis on para un foco. En la frase completa, on introduce esa base o foco. En esta tarea, la oración completa es «Their report placed particular emphasis on access for people with limited mobility.».

La pista decisiva es «They consulted residents [8] _____ daily journeys were poorly represented in the original survey.». La relativa empieza con un nombre asociado al antecedente, como work, family u objections. Whose marca esa relación posesiva y el nombre siguiente permanece. En esta tarea, la oración completa es «They consulted residents whose daily journeys were poorly represented in the original survey.».

La pista decisiva es «Only after the revised arrangements had been tested [9] _____ the committee approve a longer trial.». Usa only after/until + clause; inverted main clause para expresar inversión en la principal, no dentro de la subordinada con after o until. En esta tarea, la oración completa es «Only after the revised arrangements had been tested did the committee approve a longer trial.».

La pista decisiva es «The next review must ask whether benefits are fairly distributed, [10] _____ than treating a single positive average as sufficient evidence.». Rather than contrapone la acción buscada con la alternativa rechazada; ambas tienen funciones gramaticales paralelas. En esta tarea, la oración completa es «The next review must ask whether benefits are fairly distributed, rather than treating a single positive average as sufficient evidence.».