A（）is a special type of parent company that exercises little operating control over the subsidiary，merely“holding”its stock as an investment.

The consignment certainly does not match the samples（）you sent us last month.

Damages to the goods were caused by heavy snow（）transit.

Both joint ventures and wholly-owned facilities are（）.

Nobody knows the time of shipment,（）?

（）any disputes between the two parties，the ICC Court of Arbitration should be resorted to.

As usual，we are going to insure against（）for 110% of the invoice value.

Complaint prevailed and this compelled the producer to resolve（）improvements.

We have made（）that we would accept D/P terms for your present order.

The words of the buyer left a（）impression on his mind.