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Researchers discovered that the failure

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by kvcpk » Fri Aug 13, 2010 4:04 am
Researchers discovered that the failure of legislation passed in 1936 in France to improve the working conditions of bakers was due more to the fear that large conglomerates would gain footholds in small communities than to any inherent problem in the legislation.

A. more to the fear that large conglomerates would gain footholds in small communities than to any

B. to the fear that large conglomerates could gain footholds in small communities than to any

C. because of the fear that large conglomerates could gain footholds in small communities and also because there were

D. more to fearing that large conglomerates could gain footholds in small communities than any

E. because there was more of a fear that large conglomerates could gain footholds in small communities than to any

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by reply2spg » Fri Aug 13, 2010 4:51 am
IMO b here. A breaks the ||ism

Edited - However, A is OA. Check this.

https://www.beatthegmat.com/princeton-sc-t8076.html
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by rashmi.kaushal » Fri Aug 13, 2010 6:18 am
Is it B ?
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by indiantiger » Fri Aug 13, 2010 7:16 am
A, uses the correct idiom
More to x than to y
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by selango » Fri Aug 13, 2010 7:20 am
IMO A.

due more to X than to Y construction is possible.
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by kvcpk » Fri Aug 13, 2010 7:45 am
I did not know about this construction.
due more to X than to Y

Thanks Everyone for your inputs.
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People who work sincerely are the happiest."
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by crackinggmat » Fri Aug 13, 2010 9:50 am
A is good
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