What about these sentences?
1. We didn't expect him to get so much attention. I think it's because his speech was truly interesting.
2. They're going to be met by lots of complaints about the current situation in the country.
3. This illness is very acute. He has got practically no chance of recovering.
4. Dogs have a very acute sense of smell which allows them to keep out of trouble in most cases.
5. The officials say that they're absolutely sure the new system meets the needs of the locals.
6. She said that the pain was so intense she couldn't even budge (it seems to me that this is an inappropriate verb here, what can i substitute it for?) her feet.
7. The weather conditions were very harsh! I've no idea why Derrick couldn't understand that we just couldn't work in such intense heat.
8. It concerns me that hardly anyone is now ready to take care of nature. The only thing we're doing is inflicting damage on nature.
9. Do you think obesity is becoming a noticeable problem now?
10. The kids were behaving noticeably better that afternoon. What was the reason? (can I put 'for it' at the end?)
11. When asked whether you want to watch the proceedings, say: I'd love to but I can't!
12. Do you really want to spook Jim out again? How are you going to do it? Are you going to phone him again threatening to bomb his house when he's in? (perhaps, spook out isn't the best verb I can use, is it?)