Supply the required articles, paying special attention to the nouns used predicatively.

1. He was at that time ___ lieutenant in ___ British Army. 2. Mr Richardson was ___ owner and editor-in-chief of the publishing house. 3. Rudy had ___ gift of being liked. That was why he had been elected ___ president of his class three times in a row. 4. She was ___ wife of ___ doctor. 5. Philip was not ___ humbug but ___ hard and realistic man. 6. At the time I was___ manager of___ Crawford Street branch of ___ bank. 7. I saw ___ group of ___ workmen coming toward us. One of them was___ fat, red-faced man, and I presume he was___ foreman. 8. Mr Knight was ___ excessively lazy man, who preferred to sit down. 9. It's ___ girl called Betsy. She's ___ boss's secretary. 10. Henry Greene was ___ son of ___ general. 11. It seemed that Aunt Molly had been ___ only relative to offer practical help. 12. His study was ___ darkest room in ___ house. 13. His father was ___ good soldier. 14. I might be ___ leader of ___ party instead of you. 15. His wife and Sheila were ___active, strong women, who loved using their muscles. 16. I'm going to be ___ president of this company. 17. This fellow is ___ man I want for the job. 18. He was___ manager of ___ largest estate in ___ district. 19. ___ man who wore___ glasses was ___ husband of Mrs Holt. 20. "We are merely___ tourists," Tom said. 21. "She is ___ very silly creature," he said. 22. There seemed no reason why he should not eventually be made ___ Governor. 23. On ___ way back to our compartment we passed Natalie Winter. She was ___ very shy woman. She was also ___ star of the season. 24. She is proud of being ___ daughter of ___ poet. 25. If anyone could tell her what Mr Potter wanted to know, Mrs Ferguson was___woman.

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