We choose to explore / not because we are seeking increasingly difficult challenges / but because humans have an innate aspiration to find out what is unknown.

It is essential / that each student learn the Pythagorean Theorem / and that it be taught in such a way / that its practical uses are clearly defined.

The purpose of the inquiry is to discover / whether hydrogen can be found on the moon, / where it can be detected, / and in what ways it might be collected and stored.

Riding in motorcars must have been very exciting / when they first appeared on the streets / with roaring engines burning gasoline and spouting pungent exhaust.

The forest was cleared of all trees / so that the wood could be used to build / fishing boats, as well as a few larger ships that were meant for trading, / and because more farmland was needed to increase the grain supply.

Good writing is that which is easy to read, / which means that there is little value / in overly complex structures that use more words than they need to express the writer’s thoughts clearly.

“Senioritis” is a term used to describe the low motivation felt by high school seniors / when they have been accepted by a university / and no longer need to put much effort into performing well / on secondary school exams.

Bees are creatures / that live in highly organized societies / but that lack the ability to adapt quickly to a changing environment, / which makes them susceptible to the dangers created by rapid climate change.

The things that we think that we want / are often not the same things that we truly need to be happy, / therefore I suggest / that you not focus on getting what you desire / but that you desire to live well.

The factors which led to the conflict are many and varied / with the major causes being a complicated web of secret alliances / and official announcements about troop movements that were consistently dishonest.