`1.` Reluctant as she was to take the job initially, she's got on very well.

`-` Mệnh đề trạng ngữ chỉ sự tương phản:

Adj/Adv + as/though + S1 + tobe/V1, S2 + V2

`-` Có thể coi CT trên như:

Despite/In spite of + N/N phr/V-ing, S2 + V2 (Mặc dù `...`)

và: Although/Though/Even though + S1 + V1, S2 + V2

`-` N: reluctance `->` adj: reluctant; adj: initial `->` adv: initially (lúc đầu)

`-` DHNB: initially `->` Thì QKĐ vế trước với tobe `(+)`: S + was/were + N/adj

`2.` However clever he is, I don't think he'll solve this problem.

`-` CT: However + adj/adv + S + tobe/V, S2 + V2 (Mặc dù `...`)

(Cũng tương đương với các công thức đã nêu trên.)

`=` S1 + V1 + but (nhưng) + S2 + V2 `->` Chỉ sự tương phản

`3.` Despite his failing eyesight, he managed to complete the sculpture.

`-` V: was failing `->` adj: failing

`-` Clause: his eyesight was failing `->` N phr: his failing eyesight

`-` manage + to V: thành công trong việc làm gì