I am having trouble following the explanation given in OG for the following. Could you please explain the thought process?
Thanks in advance.
59. The Olympic Games helped to keep peace among the
pugnacious states of the Greek world in that a sacred
truce was proclaimed during the festival's month.
(A) world in that a sacred truce was proclaimed
during the festival's month
(B) world, proclaiming a sacred truce during the
festival's month
(C) world when they proclaimed a sacred truce for
the festival month
(D) world, for a sacred truce was proclaimed during
the month of the festival
(E) world by proclamation of a sacred truce that
was for the month of the festival
67. Affording strategic proximity to the Strait of Gibraltar,
Morocco was also of interest to the French throughout
the first half of the twentieth century because they
assumed that if they did not hold it, their grip on
Algeria was always insecure.
(A) if they did not hold it, their grip on Algeria was
always insecure
(B) without it their grip on Algeria would never
be secure
(C) their grip on Algeria was not ever secure if they
did not hold it
(D) without that, they could never be secure about
their grip on Algeria
(E) never would their grip on Algeria be secure if
they did not hold it
79. Defense attorneys have occasionally argued that their
clients' misconduct stemmed from a reaction to
something ingested, but in attributing criminal or
delinquent behavior to some food allergy, the
perpetrators are in effect told that they are not
responsible for their actions.
(A) in attributing criminal or delinquent behavior to
some food allergy,
(B) if criminal or delinquent behavior is attributed to
an allergy to some food,
(C) in attributing behavior that is criminal or
delinquent to an allergy to some food,
(D) if some food allergy is attributed as the cause of
criminal or delinquent behavior,
(E) in attributing a food allergy as the cause of
criminal or delinquent behavior,
101. Heavy commitment by an executive to a course of
action, especially if it has worked well in the past,
makes it likely to miss signs of incipient trouble or
misinterpret them when they do appear.
(A) Heavy commitment by an executive to a course
of action, especially if it has worked well in the
past, makes it likely to miss signs of incipient
trouble or misinterpret them when they do
appear.
(B) An executive who is heavily committed to a
course of action, especially one that worked well
in the past, makes missing signs of incipient
trouble or misinterpreting ones likely when they
do appear.
(C) An executive who is heavily committed to a
course of action is likely to miss or misinterpret
signs of incipient trouble when they do appear,
especially if it has worked well in the past.
(D) Executives' being heavily committed to a course
of action, especially if it has worked well in the
past, makes them likely to miss signs of incipient
trouble or misinterpreting them when they do
appear.
(E) Being heavily committed to a course of action,
especially one that has worked well in the past,
is likely to make an executive miss signs of
incipient trouble or misinterpret them when they
do appear.
128. Australian embryologists have found evidence that
suggests that the elephant is descended from an
aquatic animal, and its trunk originally evolving as a
kind of snorkel.
(A) that suggests that the elephant is descended
from an aquatic animal, and its trunk originally
evolving
(B) that has suggested the elephant descended
from an aquatic animal, its trunk originally
evolving
(C) suggesting that the elephant had descended
from an aquatic animal with its trunk originally
evolved
(D) to suggest that the elephant had descended
from an aquatic animal and its trunk originally
evolved
(E) to suggest that the elephant is descended from
an aquatic animal and that its trunk originally
evolved
Thanks in advance.
59. The Olympic Games helped to keep peace among the
pugnacious states of the Greek world in that a sacred
truce was proclaimed during the festival's month.
(A) world in that a sacred truce was proclaimed
during the festival's month
(B) world, proclaiming a sacred truce during the
festival's month
(C) world when they proclaimed a sacred truce for
the festival month
(D) world, for a sacred truce was proclaimed during
the month of the festival
(E) world by proclamation of a sacred truce that
was for the month of the festival
67. Affording strategic proximity to the Strait of Gibraltar,
Morocco was also of interest to the French throughout
the first half of the twentieth century because they
assumed that if they did not hold it, their grip on
Algeria was always insecure.
(A) if they did not hold it, their grip on Algeria was
always insecure
(B) without it their grip on Algeria would never
be secure
(C) their grip on Algeria was not ever secure if they
did not hold it
(D) without that, they could never be secure about
their grip on Algeria
(E) never would their grip on Algeria be secure if
they did not hold it
79. Defense attorneys have occasionally argued that their
clients' misconduct stemmed from a reaction to
something ingested, but in attributing criminal or
delinquent behavior to some food allergy, the
perpetrators are in effect told that they are not
responsible for their actions.
(A) in attributing criminal or delinquent behavior to
some food allergy,
(B) if criminal or delinquent behavior is attributed to
an allergy to some food,
(C) in attributing behavior that is criminal or
delinquent to an allergy to some food,
(D) if some food allergy is attributed as the cause of
criminal or delinquent behavior,
(E) in attributing a food allergy as the cause of
criminal or delinquent behavior,
101. Heavy commitment by an executive to a course of
action, especially if it has worked well in the past,
makes it likely to miss signs of incipient trouble or
misinterpret them when they do appear.
(A) Heavy commitment by an executive to a course
of action, especially if it has worked well in the
past, makes it likely to miss signs of incipient
trouble or misinterpret them when they do
appear.
(B) An executive who is heavily committed to a
course of action, especially one that worked well
in the past, makes missing signs of incipient
trouble or misinterpreting ones likely when they
do appear.
(C) An executive who is heavily committed to a
course of action is likely to miss or misinterpret
signs of incipient trouble when they do appear,
especially if it has worked well in the past.
(D) Executives' being heavily committed to a course
of action, especially if it has worked well in the
past, makes them likely to miss signs of incipient
trouble or misinterpreting them when they do
appear.
(E) Being heavily committed to a course of action,
especially one that has worked well in the past,
is likely to make an executive miss signs of
incipient trouble or misinterpret them when they
do appear.
128. Australian embryologists have found evidence that
suggests that the elephant is descended from an
aquatic animal, and its trunk originally evolving as a
kind of snorkel.
(A) that suggests that the elephant is descended
from an aquatic animal, and its trunk originally
evolving
(B) that has suggested the elephant descended
from an aquatic animal, its trunk originally
evolving
(C) suggesting that the elephant had descended
from an aquatic animal with its trunk originally
evolved
(D) to suggest that the elephant had descended
from an aquatic animal and its trunk originally
evolved
(E) to suggest that the elephant is descended from
an aquatic animal and that its trunk originally
evolved
