Vocabulary

Complete the sentences with the correct pair of words.

1 The council cut business taxes to attract ____ investment and invested heavily in skills training to establish a ____ tech industry.
2 They’ve decided to ____ the derelict buildings and start ____ with a new development.
3 The plan is to ____ billions into renewables and become a ____ for green technology and sustainable living in the future.
4 It was originally ____ the museum would attract tourists and inward investment, but few tourists came and the investment failed to ____.
5 The plan aims to ____ existing expertise in the community to ____ parks and buildings.
6 The previous mayor ____ an ambitious plan to redevelop the city centre, but it’s run into financial difficulties as the costs have ____.
7 The city ____ a big campaign against antisocial behaviour, which was ____ with reversing rising crime rates.
8 The ____ project to encourage more cycling was a success and now there are plans to ____ to the whole city.
9 The housing was developed in close ____ with locals rather than being ____ top-down.