UEfAP Complement Clauses Introduction Another type of postmodification of a head noun in a nominal group is the noun complement clause thatcomplement clause: This conforms conveniently with Maslow's (1970) claim that human motivation is related to a hieracrchy of human needs The news that the research had succeeded was unexpected to+infinitive complement clause: Britain's apparent ability to rally Commonwealth support at Chicago seemed to the Americans to be evidence of Britain's continued world power of+ing complement clause: The possibility of increasing dollar receipts was coupled with a belief that Africa could be a strategic centre for British power wh complement clause: The Liberal party could no more than the Radicals answer the fundamental question (of) whether there remained a distinctive philosophy of liberalism http://www.uefap.net/grammar/grammarineapnouns/grammarineapcomplementclauses 1/1