Example sentences of "[coord] [modal v] thus [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Either a whole form is completed by a single coder who then has an overall picture of the response and may thus spot inconsistencies , or each coder concentrates on all responses to a particular question , thus developing considerable skill at that particular task . |
| 2 | On the one hand , an item may be a later insertion , and therefore postdate its apparent context ; on the other , it may be a more or less faithful copy of earlier , perhaps discarded , material , and may thus predate its apparent context . |
| 3 | Let us hope then that England produce a performance of such mind-bending awfulness in order to succumb to this dodgy outfit , who probably ca n't believe that they are still in with a shout , and may thus fool themselves into believing that this is their year … at least until they hear the result from Turkey . |
| 4 | However , in such cases it is worth remembering that the product may be available more cheaply elsewhere and may thus reduce the credit needed ! |
| 5 | However , in such cases it is worth remembering that the product may be available more cheaply elsewhere and may thus reduce the credit needed ! |
| 6 | Finally , one must conclude , the tale is left in a state of moral indeterminacy and neutrality , and may thus emerge as a truly " pointless " tale . |
| 7 | For this reason , their rules , while instruments of public law and recognised by the FSA , may not be " statutory " rules with statutory force and may thus differ from the SIB 's rules . |
| 8 | They most likely represent recently emigrated monocytes and may thus turn out to be highly responsive young ‘ inflammatory macrophages ’ . |
| 9 | Furthermore , most 5-fluorouracil and leucovorin dose schedules have a high incidence of severe gastrointestinal side effects and may thus interfere with the patients ' quality of life , one of the most important aspects to be considered in palliative treatment . |
| 10 | Inactivation of the p53 pathway will result in the survival of cells exposed to mutagens , and may thus have a pivotal role in the development of cancer . |
| 11 | A possible explanation is that the reduced bile flow as shown in cholesterol gall stone patients may enhance the absorption of water in the bile duct and may thus produce hepatic bile with a greater total lipid concentration . |
| 12 | However when she is heeling and lurching her way to windward the aggregate of the tensions in the shrouds and stays which support the masts is comparable to the ship 's displacement and may thus amount to several thousand tons . |
| 13 | Differences were observed in the expression of the various alternative splices of tenascin mRNA between tumor and normal cells and may thus indicate differences in tenascin isoform expression and function in normal and tumor cells . |
| 14 | IRAS 's survey will , however , be totally unbiased by existing knowledge , and should thus provide a completely revised picture of the infrared sky . |
| 15 | Intestinal NaCl absorption is also stimulated by respiratory acidosis and by exposure to volatile fatty acids , interventions which lower pH i and might thus activate apical membrane Na + /H + exchange via an intracellular H + sensitive modifier site . |
| 16 | Darwin 's originality lay in the fact that , as a wealthy amateur , he could study in the field as well as in the dissecting room and could thus synthesize the information from biogeography and morphology . |
| 17 | Although I dreamed and could thus distinguish sleep from death , although I woke up again each morning , the fear remained , and my sister 's death only served to strengthen it . |
| 18 | The rental of such an office could not have been great , but it was little things which often had a quite disproportionate impact upon burgh councillors , for such a move would give tangible proof that the party which could arrange it had the ear of government and could thus effect other , and perhaps more far-reaching , changes . |
| 19 | New economic strategy may well have to be based around this UDC , and could thus become one of partnership and cooperation between the city council and private firms . |
| 20 | Fundoplication may place a degree of stretch on the smooth muscle of the body of the oesophagus and could thus increase the amplitude of contractions . |
| 21 | The idea which lay behind the use of the term ‘ social democracy ’ was that the working-class movement would not only complete the process of achieving political democracy by establishing universal and equal suffrage ( and this itself required a long struggle ) , but would also extend democracy into other areas of social life , in particular through a democratic control of the economy , and would thus create new democratic institutions . |
| 22 | Here the clarinets are placed above the oboes and would thus give a clear brilliant ‘ tang ’ to the chord . |
| 23 | Where , for instance , the characteristics which he attributes to oral communication persist in a society with literacy , and would thus appear to undermine the case for the ‘ intrinsic ’ qualities of literacy , Goody draws a further distinction which enables him to maintain the purity of his ideal model . |
| 24 | In this study it seems that the higher fibre diet expanded the proliferative compartment in both the proximal and distal colon and would thus appear to increase the risk of colonic mucosal cell instability . |
| 25 | Any girls born that year would , by tradition , have been fated to make men unhappy , and would thus have been hard to marry off . |
| 26 | The Commission concluded that the new entity could act independently of its competitors and customers and would thus have a dominant position on the commuter markets . |
| 27 | Editor , — J Michael Dixon postulates that most dental surgeons previously had both NHS and private patients and would thus have been able to act in the Robin Hood pattern that some of us remember general practitioners adopting before the introduction of the NHS . |
| 28 | The advocates of such a holistic viewpoint would have been far more willing to accept the need for preserving the complex web of natural relationships , and would thus have gravitated towards the environmentalist movement . |
| 29 | For those reasons and the fact that the injunction sought would go further than is necessary to meet the situation complained of and would thus offend the principle of proportionality , Mr. Ashworth submits that the injunction should not go . |
| 30 | after Assisted Areas ( with which in part they coincided ) , in the grant of industrial development certificates , and would thus take precedence over the new towns . |