Use one of the words or phrases below to complete each of these sentences from a 大象传媒 news report.
Note that you may have to change the form of a word to complete the sentence correctly.
a pain in the neck / took to the seas / custom-made / shipping crate / in quarantine
1.
A __________ electric guitar stolen in Edinburgh from a Californian rock band appearing at a music festival has been recovered by police.
2.
The importation of tortoises is restricted under the Convention in International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) and they can only be brought into the UK if the correct permits have been applied for and issued. The tortoises are ___________ while plans are made for them to be rehomed.
3.
In an article for Scotland on Sunday in February 2000 the judge wrote that the impact of the Convention on Scots Law was already "devastating" and suggested that the legislation was providing "a field day for crackpots, ____________ for judges and legislators, and a goldmine for lawyers".
4.
It has landed here on the island nation of Singapore aboard the MV Copenhagen Express. This is a routine stop over - hundreds of ______________ are unloaded while new ones are hoisted in to replace them.
5.
The company behind the fin whale trade, Hvalur hf, has not hunted any this year because of poor market conditions in Japan following the March earthquake and tsunami. But it does intend to _________ again if and when the market improves.
