In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
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Question: Although the French troops would have more motorised units than the Germans , they could not hope to reach their places in the battle before the enemy did .

Answer: Although the French troops would have a higher proportion of motorised units than their German adversaries , in view of the respective distances to be covered , they could not hope to reach their assigned sector advancing in battle deployment before the enemy did .


Question: Punched tape is a medium for data storage .

Answer: Punched tape or perforated paper tape is a form of data storage , consisting of a long strip of paper in which holes are punched to store data .


Question: It is west of Italy , southeast of France , and north of the island of Sardinia .

Answer:
It is located southeast of the French mainland and west of the Italian Peninsula , with the nearest land mass being the Italian island of Sardinia to the immediate south .


