Identify the italicized word or word group in each sentence in the following paragraph as a subject, a verb, or a complement. If it is a complement, identify it as a direct object, an indirect object, a predicate nominative, a predicate, adjective, or an objective complement.
[1] The NSF is relatively compared with other government agencies, such as the National Institutes of Health and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. [2] However it always new challenges. [3] In 1991, with funding of only $2.3 billion, the began participating in several government programs. [4] of these important programs investigates global climate change. [5] There is another for which the NSF is developing sophisticated computer technology.
