72. “In short”, a leader of the new school contends, “the scientific revolution, as we call it, was largely the improvement and invention and use of a series of instruments that expanded the reach of science in innumerable directions.” (1994-72)
由于定语从句that expanded the reach of science in innumerable directions较长，可以单独成句;同时，先行词the improvement and invention and use of a series of instruments是定语从句的主语(由that代替)，翻译时重复先行词。
例二，
72. How well the predictions will be validated by later performance depends upon the amount, reliability, and appropriateness of the information used and on the skill and wisdom with which it is interpreted. (1995-72)
主语较长，可以在主谓相接之处断句。句末的定语从句前置，修饰先行词the skill and wisdom。
例三，
62. Social science is that branch of intellectual enquiry which seeks to study humans and their endeavors in the same reasoned, orderly, systematic, and dispassioned manner that natural scientists use for the study of natural phenomena.
定语从句which seeks to study humans and their endeavors…较长，可以与前面的主句分开翻译;in the same reasoned, orderly, systematic, and dispassioned manner做状语，修饰study，翻译时可以放在study前面;定语从句that natural scientists use for the study of natural phenomena可以前置修饰manner。