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01. This store [caters] to a very rich clientele.
02. The Changs had their daughter's wedding [catered] by an excellent business specializing in Asian cuisine.
03. Club Med [caters] to couples and families that want to have an active, exciting vacation.
04. Daniella has just joined a fitness club that [caters] exclusively to overweight women.
05. The [caterer] for the banquet has said that he can provide vegetarian dishes, in addition to meat and fish dishes.
06. Heather and Michael have operated a successful [catering] business here in town for over 20 years.
07. This English program [caters] to all levels of language proficiency.
08. The [caterers] at my sister's wedding were just wonderful; the food was delicious, and reasonably priced, and the service was excellent.
09. We were hoping to make all the food for my parents' 50th anniversary party ourselves, but we didn't have the time, so we just had it [catered].
10. Seventeen magazine [caters] to an adolescent female readership.
11. As a leading financial center, Switzerland [caters] to millionaires and celebrities from all over the world.
12. South Africa's government has developed an efficient transportation industry to [cater] to the ever-expanding tourism industry.
13. Cinemas in Bahrain are said to [cater] mostly to foreign visitors or guest workers.
14. Hong Kong has special medical clinics that [cater] to the healthcare needs of children and teenagers.
15. Whitewater rafting tours in Morocco [cater] to those tourists seeking the thrill of danger and speed.
16. The tourist industry in the Cayman Islands is aimed at the luxury market and [caters] principally to visitors from North America.
17. Epicurus once stated, "I have never wished to [cater] to the crowd; for what I know they do not approve, and what they approve I do not know."

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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