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 Airbus faces penalties to airlines and deferred revenues on the A380  , and (they)will lose its  crown as the world's top-selling jet maker this year after Boeing took full advantage of its rival's hesitation over the A350 to hard-sell 787 Dreamliners. 
 two independent main clause with a coordinating conjunction: and. 
  after  is a conjunction word here, linking the temporal clause to the independent clause before. In addition, the temporal clause modifies the main verb in the second independent clause-- adverbial clause. 
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 Anxious to spread the financing, EADS said the deal would bring new "risk-sharing partners" into Airbus, referring to deals that...</description></item><item><title>clauses</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/Clauses/dkdlr/post.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2009 17:45:16 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:300747</guid><dc:creator>New2grammar</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/Clauses/dkdlr/post.htm</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-300747.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>Could you please help me to break up the sentences below into clauses and identify the subjects and verbs? 
 1) The European Union is counter-suing the United States over defense contracts and tax breaks it regards as aid for Boeing. 
 2) The Financial Times reported that the financing package to be presented to the board included up to 4 billion euros in financing backed by France, Germany, Britain and Spain. 
 3) Anxious to spread the financing, EADS said the deal would bring new "risk-sharing partners" into Airbus, referring to deals that bring in outside investment in return for a share of the gains and in some cases a share of the workload and jobs 
 4) Airbus faces penalties to airlines and deferred revenues on the A380, and...</description></item></channel></rss>