Read the following sentence from the passage "A Gift of Admiration."

What they may not know is that creating the statue took many years and effort to complete.

How should the sentence be revised to create a more formal tone?
A.

To many the creation of the statue was not known because it took many years and much effort to complete.
B.

What many do not know, is that creating the statue took many years and much effort to complete.
C.

Not known by them, is that the creation of the statue took lots of years and much effort to complete.
D
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Creating the statue, many do not know that it took many years and much effort to complete.

B. What many do not know, is that creating the statue took many years and much effort to complete.

B. What many do not know, is that creating the statue took many years and much effort to complete.

The sentence should be revised to create a more formal tone by removing the casual language and using more precise wording. Option B provides a more formal tone by starting with "What many do not know" instead of "What they may not know." Additionally, the phrase "lots of years" in option C should be changed to "many years." Therefore, option B is the best revision to create a more formal tone.