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Results on the classification of pairs \((X,L)\) given by an ample line bundle \(L\) on a variety \(X\) are extended to the case of terminal varieties: For such a variety \(X\), the ``nef value'' of \((X,L)\) is the number \[ \tau= \tau(X,L):= \inf\{t\in\mathbb{Q}\mid K_X+ tL\text{ nef}\}. \] This corresponds to a morphism \(\psi:X\to Y\), the ``nef value morphism'' in the sense of adjunction theory. So we are led to study a contraction \(\psi\) of an extremal ray. The paper is mainly devoted to pairs \((X,L)\) with \(\tau\geq \dim(X)-2\), obtaining the classification of polarized \(\mathbb{Q}\)-factorial varieties in the sense of Beltrametti-Sommese. Open questions remain for the case of \(\dim Y=0\) and \(\tau=n-2\). For the entire collection see [Zbl 0869.00034].