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01. The best way to lose weight is to do regular [physical] activity.
02. The triathlon is one of the most [physically] demanding competitions you can find.
03. Before being accepted into training as a firefighter, applicants must pass a rigorous [physical].
04. Benny is a basketball player in a league for players with [physical] disabilities.
05. There is a lot of [physical] attraction between them, but they don't really like each other.
06. My neighbor's twin daughters are [physically] very similar, but their characters are totally different.
07. He does a lot of [physical] activity at work, so when he goes home, he likes to relax by reading or watching television.
08. Tennis star Arthur Ashe once said that for an athlete, the ideal attitude is to be [physically] loose, and mentally tight.
09. There is a Bulgarian proverb which states that nature, time, and patience are the three great [physicians].
10. The Aztec Indians of Mexico believed turquoise would protect them from [physical] harm, so warriors used these green and blue stones to decorate their battle shields.
11. In Japan, the second Monday of October is called Taiiku no Hi, or Sports Day, and is a national holiday intended to foster healthy minds and bodies through [physical] activity.
12. The ancient Egyptians [physically] preserved the dead in the form of mummies in order to ensure a good afterlife.
13. A heart attack most often occurs in the morning when mental and [physical] stress are at their peak.
14. Each year, approximately 250,000 American husbands are [physically] attacked and beaten by their wives.
15. The ability of modern science to describe the internal structure of the moon is based on a variety of [physical] observations.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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