Which sentence contains a verbal phrase acting as a noun?

Read this excerpt from leah missbach day's foreword to wheels of change.bicycles have long played a role in my life. as a young woman, i rode one year-round before i had a car. but it was later in adulthood that the bicycle became more than a source of transportation for me. the bicycle actually began to truly shape the way i saw the world.what is the author's purpose for including this in the foreword?

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Type the correct answer in the box. spell all words correctly. certain species of insects introduced accidentally in a forest are destroying all the douglas fir trees in that forest. the wood of these trees is extensively used for construction. in order to control the damage caused by these insects, the forestry department decided to introduce the moth caterpillar in the forest. these caterpillars are natural predators of the insects. which method did the forestry department implement to control the invasive species? the forestry department implemented a(n) control method.