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Less than 35 years after the release of African honeybees outside Sao Paulo, Brazil, their descendants, popularly known as killer bees, had migrated as far north as southern Texas.
Less than 35 years after the release of African honeybees outside Sao Paulo, Brazil,
In less than 35 years since releasing African honeybees outside Sao Paulo, Brazil,
In less than the 35 years since African honeybees had been released outside Sao Paulo, Brazil,
It took less than 35 years from the release of African honeybees outside Sao Paulo, Brazil, when
It took less than the 35 years after the time that African honeybees were released outside Sao Paulo, Brazil, and then
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it is december 2007; the world record in the discus throw has stood since 1986.
it was july 1991; the world record in the long jump had stood since 1968. --> but it was broken later that year
d, it的真正主语是后面的from the release,与原句句意不一致
e,it是形式主语，真正的主语应该是后面的their descendants had migrated,句意就变成他们的后代迁移到北至Texas的南方花了至少35年，这明显跟原句的句意不一致
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'less than 35 years after blah blah' is a TIME modifier, and, as such, must therefore be regarded as an ADVERBIAL modifier.adverbial modifiers modify the entire action of a clause, not just a single noun. so, this modifier gives the time frame for the entire action described - which is of course exactly what we want to do.
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B 不是descendant release African honeybees
D when 表示同时发生了
(A) "the release": This is OK, as it is a noun. "...35 years after noun (the event, in this case the release of bees)
(B) "releasing": The -ing form makes the entire phrase a modifier. It forces us to ask and answer the question "WHO released the bees?" The answer must follow the comma after the modifying phrase, but instead of a logical bee releaser (people), we find the bee’s descendents after the comma.