Misanthropic

1. New Zealand [had fostered A] a thriving local music secne [for decades B],but it was nit until the late 1980s [when C] New Zealand musicians began to [to reach D] international audiences.
2.the [figures cited A] in the the report do not [collaborate B] the author's claim that small hospitals [generally provide C] better patient care [than do D] big ones.
please help me with these questions

amy2525

1)c

it must be 'that' not 'when'
it was not until...........that...........


2)B

wrong diction

should be 'corroborate' not 'collaborate'
collaborate means cooperate, which doesn't make sense in the sentence
corroborate means to prove by evidence

Misanthropic

Thank you amy!