单选题 The political conflict has paralyzed the country's culture and politics to the point where Belgium limped along {{U}}without a government for the better part of two years{{/U}}. The underlined part probably means ______.

• A. for more than two years there was no government
• B. for almost two years there was no government
• C. for two years the government was better
• D. there was no government in the following two years