"Like" and "such as"

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"Like" and "such as"

by BTGmoderatorRO » Sun Sep 10, 2017 8:43 am
Growing competitive pressures may be encouraging auditors to bend the rules in favor of clients; auditors may, for instance, allow a questionable loan to remain on the books in order to maintain a bank's profits on paper.
(A) clients; auditors may, for instance, allow
(B) clients, as an instance, to allow
(C) clients, like to allow
(D) clients, such as to be allowing
(E) clients; which might, as an instance, be the allowing of

The QA is A

I wonder why my approach is in favour of C and not D. Is it because of the gerund form being used with Such? Any more insight approach and explanation.
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