Despite recent increases in sales and cash flow that have propelled automobile companies' common stocks to new highs, several industry analysts expect automakers, in order to conserve cash, to set dividends more conservatively than they were
Despite recent increases in sales and cash flow that have propelled automobile companies' common stocks to new highs, several industry analysts expect automakers, in order to conserve cash, to set dividends more conservatively than they were
A.to set dividends more conservatively than they were
B.to set dividends more conservatively than they have been
C.to be more conservative than they have been in setting dividends
D.that they will be more conservative than they were in setting dividends
E.that they will be more conservative than they have been to set dividends 选C。但是A中分析是不平衡。实义动词to set(表达预测,将来时)与系动词were不平行,应该是: to set Div. more conservatively than they have done.