27. Use the linking words so, as, however and because of to complete the text. There were a very large number of entries (over 3,000), ¹ ........ it took a long time to read them all. ² .........., the judgers' task was interesting, ³........ the young people wrote about a wide range of topics. The standard of entries was also very high, ⁴ ........ it was extremely difficult to choose the winners. After much discussion, ⁵........, the judgers agreed on the top 20 entries. ⁶ The judgers were impressed by Silvia Hussein's article, ........ her modern vision for other people. They also liked the style of her entry, ⁷........, she ⁸ ........ they were not happy with her paragraph d her ideas very clearly.