Example sentences of "[modal v] be thus [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A section of 2–4 metres length should be thus treated . |
| 2 | If the anti-Iraqi coalition could be thus split up , Iraq would be left fighting only " Zionists and Western imperialists " , and might even attract its erstwhile Arab opponents as allies . |
| 3 | ( And no-one should believe that such sums as these would apply only to obscure text books ; even the basic paperback novel could be thus affected . ) |
| 4 | The same principle , looked at from its negative side , may be thus stated : There is no person or body of persons who can , under the English constitution , make rules which override or derogate from an Act of Parliament , or which ( to express the same thing in other words ) will be enforced by the courts in contravention of an Act of Parliament . |
| 5 | Smoking control advocates will be thus justified in broadcasting that the tobacco industry is ( yet again ) on the public record as having been shown to be deceitful in its communications with the public . |
| 6 | Any form of religion which can be thus manipulated is basically unsound and will not meet the fundamental need for unassailable integrity . |
| 7 | There are also pressures to raise agricultural productivity to accommodate population increases , though most of the land that can be thus exploited is in the uplands and is consequently susceptible to erosion . |
| 8 | ( It is my position that all surface metaphors can be thus expressed propositionally in an equative form in ordinary language . |