Listen to the following extract from the recording which shows how the situation progressed at the Pension Fund Meeting. Try to complete the gaps, using no more than three words in each case.
| Grant:
| Well, gentlemen, this isn't going … … … very long. You've seen Mr. Buckhurst's … … …. They're impeccable as usual. So it's only a question of approving them … … … of the record. Right. Do you all … … …? Good. Well, that's all. I presume there's no … …?
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| Ian:
| Well, there is one thing more, H.G. The question … …, the case of … ….
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| Grant:
| That's … … …. He gets … …, less three years, or whatever it is. You'll see to that, won't you?
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| Ian:
| I don't think it's quite … … … that.
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| Peter:
| There seems to be … … …, H.G. You see, Hardiman left us … … …, as you know.
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| Grant:
| I know very well he did. I've just said so.
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| Peter:
| Quite so. But I felt I should look up … … of … …. Ian, of course, is already aware of this. It seems that if … … of employment is interrupted … … … six months a further period … … … has to be worked before the employee … … … a full pension. If Hardiman continues with us until he's … … …, that is, in three years' time, there is, of course, … …. He will be … …. But as things stand at present he would get, at … … … only about … … of his pension. And we … … … that situation with such an old employee. It would … … … no good at all. He will, naturally, have … … … out of the company's funds to make … … up to … … ….
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| Grant:
| But that's preposterous!
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| Peter:
| But it does seem to be … … … to do.
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| Grant:
| We'll just have … … ….
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| Peter:
| That would require … … …, of course.
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| Grant:
| Oh dear!
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