GMAT Sentence Correction (SC) | Re: Despite recent increases in sales and cash flow that have

Despiterecent increases in sales and cash flowthat have propelled automobile companies’ common stocks to new highs, several industry analystsexpect automakers, in order to conserve cash,to set dividends more conservatively than they were.

a)to set dividends more conservatively than theywere
b)to set dividends more conservatively than they have been
c)to be more conservative than they have been in settingdividends
d)that they will be more conservative than they were in settingdividends
e)that