I think the error is "is going to," to be replaced with will.
"The Committee will give their vote on Tuesday."
You can control anything but nothing.
The sentence that is correctly construed with an independent clause and a dependent clause is A) As they examined the evidence afresh, they thought of a completely different explanation.
The other sentences don't have dependent clauses, only phrases.
The alien was able to defy the laws of gravity.
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