Japanese mobile carrier SoftBank’s failed bid for T-Mobile marked a rare defeat for its brash billionaire founder, but few expect it to sideline a man intent on building “the world’s number-one company”.
Japan Today
Ｑ：次の動詞の Ｓ「Ｖ」Ｏ は何ですか？
Ａ：
bid [marked] defeat
OK!few [expect] it
OK!
Ｑ：次の準動詞の Ｓ「Ｖ」Ｏ は何ですか？
Ａ：
few [to sideline] a man intent on building “the world’s number-one company”
これは、it [to sideline] a man
となりますね。it は、前述の「bid [marked] defeat」ですね。
a man [building] “the world’s number-one company”.
OK!
Ｑ：「前」＋Ｏ のメインの名詞は何ですか？説明しているのは何ですか？
Ａ：
failed bid ← [for] T-Mobile
OK!a rare defeat ← [for] (its brash billionaire) founder
OK!
Ｑ：A「and,but,or」B の A と B は何ですか？
Ａ：
bid (for T-Mobile) [marked] (a rare) defeat
[but]
few expect it to sideline a man intent on building
OK!
Ｑ：説明関係を意識して文を読みます。
Ａ：
1. (Japanese mobile carrier SoftBank’s failed) bid (for T-Mobile)2. bid [marked] (a rare) defeat (for its brash billionaire founder)
3. few [expect] it to sideline a man
4. a man (intent on building “the world’s number-one company”)
これは、形容詞句「intent on building …」が説明する名詞のうしろに置かれるケースですね。