Example sentences of "[noun sg] and thus [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , if we had a feasible solution with d k , e k > 0 , we could reduce d k and e k by equal amounts without affecting feasibility and thus reduce the objective function , since w k > 0 . |
| 2 | In the case of Venus thermal tides make a very large contribution and it can be shown that it is this component of the overall circulation that may drive the 4–5 day zonal circulation and thus speed up the axial spin ( section 4.2 ) . |
| 3 | The desire to ingratiate a way into the listener 's consciousness and thus inveigle an all-important content is the reason all these groups draw inspiration from Sinatra , Bacharach and David , Sondheim , Steely Dan , early seventies ' soul , to produce slick , crafted , sophisticated pop . |
| 4 | They were , first , practical measures such as speed humps to make drivers aware of their speed and thus slow their vehicles ; second , a designed environment that conveys to the driver the fact that the area is one whose function is principally for living not travelling , with a consequent imparted feeling that awareness of soft traffic is imperative ; third , a legal change in priority , so that all occupants of the street space are equal ; and fourth , lest drivers are encouraged to view the new street layout as a challenge to driving skill rather than an encouragement of self-restraint and caution , a new regulation on car speeds . |
| 5 | Most VHS-C camcorders are twin-speed , the LP setting halving the speed and thus doubling the runtime albeit at the cost of a slight reduction in recording quality . |
| 6 | He maintained the IFA 's statement resulted from its desire to speed up court cases pending against IBM and used the tired old argument about local opposition blocking further investment and thus hurting the local economy : ‘ Irish Base Metals are working with a major oil company and we have to convince them that Ireland and Galway are good places for investment . |
| 7 | Local authorities are free to pay for capital spending from revenue and thus balance the benefits of capital and revenue spending against each other . |
| 8 | Secondly , the Convention may itself prescribe a conflicts rule and thus displace the normal conflicts rules of the forum . |
| 9 | Despite this progress the IAEA team was unable to obtain full details of the Iraqi nuclear weapons programme and thus to assess any potential for its revival . |
| 10 | This suggests that HPV may be an active gene in carcinogenesis and thus does not lose in in vivo passage . |
| 11 | If you say , ‘ I wo n't let you go to any parties ’ or ‘ You ca n't go out to play for a week ’ you will probably reconsider when you cool down , change your mind and thus lose credibility . |
| 12 | This might involve a prolonged search and thus discourage the specialisation that is so important in increasing output : in a barter economy , an individual would try to be as self-sufficient as possible because of the problems of trading . |
| 13 | By removing the present focus of much community activity and co-operation , school closure will reduce or eliminate such activities in the future and thus destroy the community itself . |
| 14 | The buyer was going to re-sell the goods and it was recognised that the buyer 's sub-purchaser would test the weight and thus ascertain the precise sum to be paid to the seller . |
| 15 | Steven mentioned the constraints that the E M U may impose on the economy , but the biggest single issue is the scandalous position in which this government has placed British workers by opting out of a Social Chapter and thus denying the right and protection at work which are granted , taken for granted as minimum basic conditions in all other member states . |
| 16 | Smoking could affect gall bladder pathophysiology — for example , by stimulating mucin secretion and thus promoting cholesterol monohydrate nucleation — a critical step in gall stone formation . |
| 17 | There was also intense debate over nuclear weapons and environmental issues , with the Greens obtaining nearly 6 per cent of the vote and thus entering the Bundestag , the first time since the 1950s that a fourth party had had any electoral success . |
| 18 | The principal objective of the campaign is to encourage walking by the promotion of demonstration pedestrian priority projects , which would act as models of good practice and thus provide guidance to local authorities and , metaphorically , a rallying point for pedestrians . |
| 19 | The analysis of these data together with the use of hitherto unused qualitative information will provide the first detailed and accurate account of bank behaviour with respect to lending practice and thus allow a proper assessment of the central issues . |
| 20 | This would have been impossible with the yoke-harness , because as soon as the horse begins to pull with it the neck-strap presses on the animal 's windpipe and thus tends not only to restrict the flow of blood to its head , but also to suffocate it ! |
| 21 | She waved and then crossed her arms to lean on the fence and thus indicated to him that there was no hurry , there was nothing urgent . |
| 22 | The Agricultural Training Board was set up in 1966 to improve the technical performance of workers in the industry and thus to widen the number of job opportunities for them . |
| 23 | Their main function in emergencies is to release glucose and thus perpetuate the ‘ flight or fight ’ reaction initiated by adrenaline and noradrenaline — they have a longer-lasting effect on the body . |
| 24 | Biologically this can not be true , but it may be an assertion of political friendship and thus relate to Valentinian 's diplomacy . |
| 25 | But even a Ministry Curriculum Development Centre can find itself in some sense isolated from the main machinery of educational planning and administration and thus acquire a certain sense of unreality . |
| 26 | Campbell suggests that this is due to their own recognition , as vulnerable women , of the problem of male violence and thus wish to have it controlled . |
| 27 | It provided a genuine incentive for the worker to intensify his labour and thus raise his productivity , a guarantee against slacking , an automatic device for reducing the wage-bill in times of depression , as well as a convenient method — by the cutting of piece-rates — to reduce labour costs and to prevent wages from rising higher than was thought necessary or proper . |
| 28 | Production landlords should be given an equal share so that they can make their living by their own labour and thus reform themselves through labour . |
| 29 | This may be through its action in scavenging nitrite and thus preventing the formation of nitrite derived mutagens , or alternatively through its less specific anti-oxidant properties . |
| 30 | For instance , some timbers , notably oak , have a certain number of fibres , medullary rays , running radially in the trunk and thus crossing the longitudinal fibres at right angles . |