Sentence Correction

According to one expert, the cause of genetic irregularities in many breeds of dog is not so much that dogs are being bred for looks or to meet other narrow criteria as that the breeds have relatively few founding members.

A. the cause of genetic irregularities in many breeds of dog is not so much that dogs are being bred for looks or to meet other narrow criteria

B. the cause of genetic irregularities in many breeds of dog is not as much their being bred for looks or meeting other narrow criteria as much

C. it is not so much the cause of genetic irregularities in many breeds of dog that they are being bred for looks or meeting other narrow criteria as much

D.it is not so much the cause of genetic irregularities in many breeds of dog is their being bred for looks or meeting other narrow criteria so much

E.it is not so much the cause of genetic irregularities in many breeds of dog to be bred for looks or to meet other narrow criteria

A is far better than others...

Still I am not able to get the meaning of the sentence..

Proper usage of idiom : so X that..as that ( parallelsim is maintained)

IMO C

Yep me too thinks it is C !!

+ 1 for C...

wht's the OA?

kvcpk wrote:IMO C

https://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/sec ... t1835.html

Praveen bhai, i should admit, this SC is a real crap...i read it 20 times..and i am not able to get head & tail of it...

I looked for known idioms and picked A..
Ron also voted for A..

gmatmachoman wrote:

kvcpk wrote:IMO C

https://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/sec ... t1835.html

Praveen bhai, i should admit, this SC is a real crap...i read it 20 times..and i am not able to get head & tail of it...

I looked for known idioms and picked A..
Ron also voted for A..

Thanks for the link buddy!! I feel like staying away from this SC now..

kvcpk wrote:

gmatmachoman wrote:

kvcpk wrote:IMO C

https://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/sec ... t1835.html

Praveen bhai, i should admit, this SC is a real crap...i read it 20 times..and i am not able to get head & tail of it...

I looked for known idioms and picked A..
Ron also voted for A..

Thanks for the link buddy!! I feel like staying away from this SC now..

My biggest mistake is..i tried answering some 20 SC(Tuf ones) and got them wrong( most of them and that toppled my COnfidence.

Better to stay off frm "tricky"SC when in doubt..

gmatmachoman wrote:

kvcpk wrote:

gmatmachoman wrote:

kvcpk wrote:IMO C

https://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/sec ... t1835.html

Praveen bhai, i should admit, this SC is a real crap...i read it 20 times..and i am not able to get head & tail of it...

I looked for known idioms and picked A..
Ron also voted for A..

Thanks for the link buddy!! I feel like staying away from this SC now..

My biggest mistake is..i tried answering some 20 SC(Tuf ones) and got them wrong( most of them and that toppled my COnfidence.

Better to stay off frm "tricky"SC when in doubt..

OA is A

Its real tough..I was in similar situation as mentioned by gmatmachoman.

sumanr84 wrote:Its real tough..I was in similar situation as mentioned by gmatmachoman.

LOL!! Now that i started off again with Manhattan SC for reinforcing fundae...one tuf SC..that's it..we r down!!