|Question 19Verbal

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The city of Seoul, South Korea, is home to an office of the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol). However, you won't see Interpol agents chasing international criminals in Seoul. Interpol can help with investigations, but only South Korean authorities ________ permitted to make arrests there.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
were
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had been
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are
C
were being
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