TASK DEFINITION: In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
PROBLEM: Although the French troops would have more motorised units than the Germans , they could not hope to reach their places in the battle before the enemy did .

SOLUTION: Although the French troops would have a higher proportion of motorised units than their German adversaries , in view of the respective distances to be covered , they could not hope to reach their assigned sector advancing in battle deployment before the enemy did .

PROBLEM: In Japan , reigning emperors are known simply as " the Emperor " and he is now referred to primarily by his posthumous name , Emperor Sho ̄ wa ( 昭和天皇 ) .

SOLUTION: In Japan , reigning emperors are known simply as the Emperor and he is now referred to primarily by his posthumous name , Sho ̄ wa ( 昭和 ) , which is the name of the era coinciding with his reign ; for this reason , he is also known as the Sho ̄ wa Emperor or Emperor Sho ̄ wa .

PROBLEM: Anton Pavlovich Chekhov ( January 29 , 1860 - July 15 , 1904 ) was a Russian writer who wrote short stories and plays .

SOLUTION:
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov ( Russian : , ; 29 January 1860 – 15 July 1904 ) was a Russian playwright and short-story writer , who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short fiction in history .