These are the questions for which I need some help.

1.) The odds are about 4 to 1 against surviving a takeover offer, and many business consultants therefore advise that a company's first line of defense in eluding offers like these be to even refuse to take calls from likely corporate raiders.


A that a company's first line of defense in eluding offers like these be to even refuse
B that a company's first line of defense in eluding such offers be to refuse even
C a company defending itself against offers of this kind that, as a first line of defense, they should even refuse
D companies which are defending themselves against such an offer that, as a first line of defense, they should even refuse
E that the first line of defense for a company who is eluding offers like these is the refusal even.


2.) Although one link in the chain was demonstrated to be weak, but not sufficiently so to require the recall of the automobile.


A demonstrated to be weak, but not sufficiently so to require
B demonstrated as weak, but it was not sufficiently so that it required
C demonstrably weak, but not sufficiently so to require
D demonstrably weak, it was not so weak as to require
E demonstrably weak, it was not weak enough that it required