. Any correspondence from the Canberra office must be dealt with before other matters. PRIORITY

• → Correspondence from the Canberra office is a priority.

2. The terrorist attack on the Capital Trade Center was very much like the 11.9 attack on the WTO building. (CARBON)

• → The terrorist attack on the Capital Trade Center was a carbon copy of the 11.9 attack on the WTO building.

3. "I don't mind where the money goes as long as the people are the real beneficiaries." RELIANCE

• → "My reliance is on the people being the real beneficiaries, not on where the money goes."

4. Critics are hoping the new director can bring some positive changes into the French film industry. MATTER

• → It is a matter of hope for critics that the new director can bring some positive changes into the French film industry.

5. It is very difficult to give the exact value of a table like this, but it's probably worth about $5000. FIGURE

• → It's difficult to figure the exact value of a table like this, but it's probably worth about $5000.

6. Five boys on a motorbike at the speed of 60 mph is very likely to end up in hospital. RECIPE

• → Five boys on a motorbike at the speed of 60 mph is a recipe for disaster.
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7. Detectives had stopped working on the Hornsey murders case three years previously. BOOK

• → The Hornsey murders case had been closed three years previously.

8. He is very good at cooking spaghetti. DAB

• → He has a real dab hand at cooking spaghetti