Maria _____ missed the first train so as to travel on the same one as John.

Running a company is not ______ a matter of hiring people---they also need to be trained.

Nelson Mandela, former president of South Africa, devoted himself        to making the black and white equal.

—Jane, Peter has got a well-paid job in a foreign company.—You mean he is much _____ now.

Although China has developed its economy greatly, its per capital GDP is still         one-tenth of the United States.