Alternatives for “of” prepositional phrases Part 4

Matching exercise with time limit

  
Match the items on the right to the items on the left.
in the interests of
in the midst of
in the nature of
in the neighborhood of
in the process of, the process of
is comprised of
on the basis of
on the grounds of
on the part of
regardless of whether or not

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