<p><span>We can read this question sentence as:</span><br></p><div><p><strong>Since the candidate misses the important interview, the candidate has to find another opportunity to get a new job.</strong></p><p>This sentence is a complex sentence with a main clause and an adverbial clause. The adverbial clause is "Since the candidate misses the important interview". The main clause is "the candidate has to find another opportunity to get a new job."</p><p><strong>Reducing the adverbial clause to the adverbial phrase.</strong></p><p>An adverb clause can be reduced to an adverbial phrase by removing the subject and the be-verb when they are not essential to the meaning of the sentence.</p></div><div><p>Here's a step-by-step breakdown:</p><ol><li><p><strong>Identify the Subject and Verb in the Adverb Clause</strong>: The subject is "the candidate" and the verb is "missed."</p></li><li><p><strong>Identify Redundancy</strong>: In the main clause, "the candidate" is also the subject. So, when reducing the adverb clause, the subject "the candidate" in the adverb clause is redundant and can be omitted.</p></li><li><p><strong>Change the Verb</strong>: The verb "misses" is an active voice, so it should be transformed into its present participle form "missing" to create an adverbial phrase.</p></li><li><p><strong>Omit the Subordinating Conjunction</strong>: The subordinating conjunction "Since" is also often omitted when the adverb clause is reduced to a modifying phrase.</p></li></ol><p>Resulting Adverbial Phrase: "Missing the important interview,".</p><p>The correct answer is (D) Missing.</p></div>