weird SAT Writing question

Test Preparation
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<p>Just as Ireland has produced many famous writers and the Netherlands an abundance of famous painters, (so Finland has provided a large number of famous architects.)</p>

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<li>The part in brackets is the part that's underlined *</li>
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<p>(A) so finland has provided a large number of famous architects
(B) Finland provides famous architects, and by large numbers
(C) Finland's contribution is to provide famous architects in a large number
(D) and so then, for Finland, a large number of famous architects is provided
(E) and like them Finland has provided a large number of famous architect</p>

<p>This is from the CB blue book and it says the answer is (A), but I don't think that makes any sense. Doesn't "so" in the phrase make the whole sentence illogical? Why is the answer (A)??</p>

<p>Thanks :)</p>

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<p>With "just as" at the beginning, "so" sounds fine to start that portion of the sentence.</p>

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<p>what did you think the answer was?</p>

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<p>C. lol I didn't know that with "just as" at the beginning, you can use "so" as a conjunction. Thanks! :)</p>

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<p>well it also comes down to elimination. D and E just don't make sense. B is a different tense. C would be fine if it was something like "Finland contributes..." - I guess this is a case of verb parallelism? But yeah, that leaves A.</p>

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<p>it's just an idiom.</p>

<p>just as... so...</p>