Example sentences of "thus it [vb -s] be [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus it has been observed that ‘ it remains unclear whether the abolition of corporal punishment in schools results from a spread of child-centred views or not : references to parents ' rather than children 's rights to decide school policies make such interpretation doubtful ’ . |
| 2 | Thus it has been shown that with professional pre-planning and management , exhibitions can be a powerful sales tool and not the expensive luxury that many companies regard them to be . |
| 3 | Thus it has been suggested that a key difference between invertebrate and vertebrate brains is that in the former a great deal of power and responsibility could be invested in a single cell or even synapse which in the vertebrate nervous system would be more widely distributed . |
| 4 | Thus it has been estimated that one in four women who lose their jobs do not appear in the monthly claimant count . |
| 5 | Thus it has been held that the display of goods on the shelves of a self-service shop is not an offer , Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain v. Boots Cash Chemists ( 1952 D.C. ) . |
| 6 | Thus it has been held that there was a course of dealing where the parties contracted three or four times per month for three years ( Kendall v Lillico ) and where there had been 81 transactions over a period of six years ( SIAT di del Ferro v Tradax Overseas SA [ 1978 ] 2 Lloyd 's Rep 470 ) , but not where there had been only three or four contracts over a five-year period ( Hollier v Rambler Motors ( AMC ) Ltd [ 1972 ] 2 QB 71 ; in addition the alleged course of dealing was not consistent ) . |