The singer Amitabha Barua, popular (A) both in Sri Lanka and in (B) the Maldives, (C) is considered the (D) most influential jazz musician of the twenty-first century.
During the subprime mortgage crisis in 2008, home mortgage foreclosures (A) resulted in (B) tens of thousands of Americans (C) being evicted from homes (D) that they can no longer afford.
Although the government (A) has spent (B) twenty-odd years and ten thousand crore taka (C) planning a reservoir along the Padma River, the plan must be abandoned (D) as a result of the river has become heavily polluted.
(A) Had the administrative skills of the Martian Shipping (B) Corporation's managing director been (C) on par with her unquestionable talent for client dealings, she would not have needed such a brilliant expert (D) in operations as her Chief Operating Officer.
Early hunter-gatherer societies cultivated instincts that frowned upon selfish behavior (A) and fostered a spirit of voluntary collaboration (B) whether it be (C) within the group but also (D) with outsiders.
The electronic conveyor-belt system, which Susan Park (A) adapted from a production-line method (B) pioneered by Thomas Langley, reduced the (C) required time being needed of assembling a SmartGadget device (D) from over ten hours to just 120 minutes.
(A) Excavating ancient rock layers in southern Brazil, researchers have uncovered evidence (B) indicating that complex life-forms (C) emerged far earlier than (D) it is previously believed.
Unlike the surface of Venus, (A) Titan is largely covered in liquid methane (B) lakes, with solid ground (C) comprising only a fraction of the (D) moon's total area.