Example sentences of "thus it be that the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus it is that the Masters and Augusta are always spoken of in reverential tones , each contestant being made to feel that he is walking on hallowed ground in close communion with the saints of the game . |
| 2 | Thus it is that the company is halving its prices , making it clear that the competition with NT will be serious . |
| 3 | Thus it is that the extraction of the origin of the first fragment of ‘ goodness ’ and the indelibly labelling of it as such , led to the creation of an entity with a presumed existence and endowed by mankind with the power to hold inviolate the human decisions on ‘ goodness ’ — which will continue to be taken for as long as life continues . |
| 4 | Thus it is that the Tamar , beautiful as the nymph whose name she bears , winds her way from the rugged north coast between the hills , to be joined by the Tavy , flowing from Dartmoor to join her for the last few miles to the sea , while the luckless Torridge flows ever northward in vain pursuit of Tamara 's beauty . |
| 5 | Thus it was that the idea of pictures as mere contributions to the decor was happily turned on its head the minute this visitor entered the darkened room and was greeted by a series of large colour photos of what could be described as ‘ Still-life with Penis ’ . |
| 6 | Thus it was that the country which , reflecting the convictions of an invincible alliance of the middle and working classes , chose parliamentary reform , limited and partial but irreversibly directed towards full political democracy , and avoided revolution . |
| 7 | Thus it was that the world took such note of Fleischmann and Pons ' claim to have found a novel approach . |
| 8 | Thus it was that the dinosaurs were astonishingly successful for 140 million years — a period of dominance in which the mammals of the day ( and there were plenty of mammals about ) were pushed into the background , or at least into holes in the ground and in trees . |