Of the following pairs of words gradable antonymy is best illustrated by ______.

A．the sports complex would be too small to alter the historic site
B．some areas of the battlefield are now beneath the sea
C．the site is already ruined and the construction will rescue it
D．the project would boom the sluggish economy

A．the police force could be reduced
B．illegal dealers would be forced out of business
C．there would be, no more drug dealers
D．the practices might become a source of revenue