[Q]: How does the sentence end?

The top that Elena borrowed from Cynthia barely fit over her, as 

[A]: Cynthia was much slimmer in the torso.


[Q]: How does the sentence end?

The engineer had to take the pressure off of the box from the ball because the 

[A]: ball was too heavy.


[Q]: How does the sentence end?

To keep it an elegant affair, the event organizers forbade hats but allowed scarfs, as the 

[A]:
hats were perceived as unseemly.