The expression in bold type and the item in brackets are semantically equivalent in

a

“Weak prospects for a significant pick-up in the medium term have raised questions about…” (lines 4-3) – [drop].

b

“The drying up of international financing,” (line 7) – [growth].

c

“The revised plan for 2009-13 is based on an average oil price of US$ 42/b and calls for investments of around US$ 174.4bn,” (lines 14-17) – [demands].

d

“private operators sell the oil they produce in exchange for a relatively low government take of between 5% and 10%.” (lines 66-68) – [instead of].

e

“A more dramatic approach under consideration is to turn concession contracts into production-sharing agreements with Petrobras.” (lines 71-73) – [submit…to].

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