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Hi,Need help analysis the following sentence, please.‘Psychological matter, by its nature, is difficult to get at and likely to have many more sides to it than appear at first sight.’Is the main sentence:Psychological matter is difficult’?Is‘to get at’a verbal clause?Are:‘likely to have’  and‘than appear'both adverbial clauses?Are all the rest adjectival phrases?Did I miss anything major?Thanks for the help.

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fold navyNeed help with the analysis the following sentence, please.

Psychological matter
(by its nature)
is
... difficult to get at
............. and
... likely to have many more sides to it
.............................................. than (the number of sides that)
.............................................................. appear at first sight.

fold navyIs the main sentence:Psychological matter is difficult’?

Not exactly. It's not just one thing. It's two.

Psychological matter is difficult to ... and likely to ....

to get at is an infinitival (clause) complement of the adjective difficult.
likely to have ... ... ... at first sight is an infinitival (clause) complement of the adjective likely.
than appear at first sight is a comparative clause; it relates back to more.
The only elements that are adverbial are by its nature and at first sight, and they are both prepositional phrases.

CJ

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