1. Despite concerns that such an exercise would lead to a witch hunt, the mayor contends it may acquit rather than implicate the clergy as a whole.

Despite 는 전치사인데 동사가 들어간 문장에 쓰일 수있나요??2. Accurate meteorological predictions can be formulated using techniques derived from chemistry, phsics, and mathematics. Accurate 와meteorological 모두 형용사인데 predictions 을 수식하는 구조로 이렇게도 쓰일수 있나요??