Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] thus [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was thus occupied by precisely the same ambition which had driven Vasco Núñez four and a half centuries before . |
| 2 | ‘ My heart was hot within me and while I was thus musing the fire kindled : and at the last I spake with my tongue … ’ |
| 3 | For all the ingenuity that has been exercised in studying remaining ships and portrayals of ships in the light of expert modern knowledge — in the building and sailing of replicas and all manner of ingenious devices — it still remains true that we are tempted to judge early medieval navigation mainly from a handful of second-hand boats ready for retirement , which were thus thought suitable for burial . |
| 4 | There are two ways in which company law set about tackling the problem of legitimacy of corporate managerial power which was thus posed . |
| 5 | On April 5 the government decided not to renew the state of siege imposed in November 1989 [ see p. 37037 ] , which was thus suspended on April 11 . |
| 6 | The Communist Party of Great Britain , which was thus excluded from the Labour Party on its foundation was by far the most important Left minority in existence in the 1930s although it had to compete with the ILP for that position at least until 1935 . |
| 7 | The notion of acquired distinctiveness was originally devised by theorists wedded to an associationist interpretation of all forms of learning ( Miller and Dollard ( 1941 ) , drawing heavily on the S-R theory of Hull ( e.g. 1939 ) ) , who were thus seen as offering an associative account of perceptual learning . |
| 8 | Free field audiometry was carried out preoperatively in only 25 children , who were thus excluded from the audiometric analysis . |
| 9 | These features for many whites were primarily associated with the arrival of black settlers , who were thus blamed for the problems . |
| 10 | While she was thus engaged Chignell had summoned the hotel doctor , who presently ushered her into his sanctum and gave her something to drink , which tasted horrible but made her feel much better . |
| 11 | It was impossible she should be unaware of the treat she was thus providing for the soldiery , many of whom expressed their appreciation in appropriately ribald terms . |
| 12 | At the time I conjectured — and she said doubtfully that I might be right — that she was thus exorcizing the spirit of ‘ ferocity , brutality , violence ’ , which had tempted her artist in A Wreath of Roses away from her true world , and made her fearful of being ‘ ladylike , nostalgic , governessy ’ . |
| 13 | I put his age at forty , but even among men twenty years younger he would have been accounted handsome , and he knew it , for his expression showed both confidence and amusement as he continued to hold Ellen 's hand , and he showed even more amusement when she suddenly realised just what liberty she was thus granting him and jerked her fingers swiftly away . |
| 14 | Through a misunderstanding about the Tsarina 's intentions , Eugénie did not accompany her husband , who was thus left at a slight disadvantage when Alexander appeared accompanied by the Empress Maria . |
| 15 | Another mechanism by which the amount of repressor can be kept low in the nucleus involves the possibility that the repressor be confined in the cytoplasm ; we were thus prompted to test the nucleo-cytoplasmic ripartition of the X binding activity in Raji and RJ2.2.5 . |
| 16 | In 1529 there was thus published A Dialogue of Sir Thomas More , Knight , wherein be treated … veneration and worship of images and relics ; praying to Saints and going on pilgrimage ; with many other things touching the pestilent sect of Luther and Tyndale . |
| 17 | So that Clara , although she found it hard to believe that she herself was thus chosen , had no alternative to believing it . |
| 18 | What should have been equally obvious to the assemblymen was the fury they were thus provoking , including megaphonic demonstrations by the opposition Democratic Progressive party to coincide with the students ' protests . |
| 19 | Mothers of Welsh infants of similar age were then recruited from the same areas of the city ; they were thus living in similar accommodation and served by the same health professionals . |
| 20 | Menfolk lit up stubby pipes and soon the air was full of the pungent smoke of twist tobacco , I think it was probably called X X Boggy Roll , and many a yarn was spoken while they were thus enjoying their break . |
| 21 | They were thus inspired to assume flower names , and attracted a great deal of attention and interest — precisely , in fact , what they had previously been denied . |
| 22 | ( They were thus represented in Maynard Keynes ' Economic Consequences of the Peace , which Pound had read by 1920 . ) |
| 23 | Whilst they were thus disputing , politely , the moral niceties of their interesting situation , a rushing sound was heard , and a melodious twanging , and the lady became very agitated , and said the black magician was on his way . |
| 24 | They were thus known by the name of ‘ enabling schemes ’ . |
| 25 | Needing this reassurance , they were thus encouraged to innovate , to work hard , and to strive to succeed . |
| 26 | They were thus encouraged to stay long when they might not otherwise have done so . |
| 27 | They were thus driving the wedge further and further into a division of labour from which they were the first to suffer . |
| 28 | My recollection was that the detective story was one of E. Phillips Oppenheim 's , and that it concerned a horrific murder whereby the victim was , so to speak , liquefied and poured down the sink , so that the ‘ essence ’ of him was thus disposed of . |
| 29 | One of the most important elements of the project design was the intention to employ locally recruited people ( as in the Kent project ; see later in this chapter ) to provide any extra care needed ; local recruitment was important for it was thus hoped to build on , or build up , neighbourhood contacts around the dementia sufferer and his or her family . |
| 30 | The ability of the electoral system to produce a government in the way previously expected of it was thus called into question . |