Modifiers of nouns should be placed either immediately before or immediately after the noun. If another phrase is allowed to separate the noun and its modifier, the modifier may be misinterpreted as applying to a noun in the separating phrase rather than to the original noun.
More than 750 metric tons of lead ingots were examined by the quality
control inspectors that circle the base of the tower. [The ingots, not
the quality control inspectors, circle the base of the tower.]
More than 750 metric tons of lead ingots that circle the base of the tower
were examined by the quality control inspectors.
The quality control inspectors examined more than 750 metric tons of lead
ingots that circle the base of the tower.
