Example sentences of "and thus [verb] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His successor , Mehmet Yazar , formerly a Minister of State , was appointed on March 1 and thus became Turkey 's third Defence Minister since the start of the Gulf crisis [ see p. 37786 ] . |
| 2 | The Argentinian hero then recommended Willie to Lee Trevino , and thus began Willie 's relationship with Supermex . |
| 3 | One can then say that it is only things of the second sort which count as things his action prevented , when one is calculating its good and bad effects , and thus distinguish Bentham 's criterion of rightness and wrongness from a rigorist one . |
| 4 | The overall aim of the Enterprise Centre is to enable students and staff to develop the essential enterprise/transferable skills to operate and succeed in a changing employment and business environment and thus make Napier University more responsive to the needs of work . |
| 5 | After he had travelled through England he started on his foreign travels and thus explored Flanders and Holland , because he knew that there were also great horticulturalists there and with the science and management of ornamental and kitchen gardens which there reached a high pitch of excellence . |
| 6 | It was also agreed to drop the clause in the draft constitution prohibiting serving members of the armed forces from standing in the presidential elections , and thus allowing Eyadema to run . |
| 7 | Her crisis had passed , leaving her feeling exhausted and somewhat short of breath ; it would not be difficult to allow Mitzi to rehearse her grievances against the male population without herself expanding on the subject , and thus let Mitzi believe that she was in agreement with her . |
| 8 | It was expected that an economic upturn would lead to attempts to repay foreign debts and thus gain Libya access to fresh lines of international credit . |
| 9 | ‘ I would have immense concerns if consideration were given to further assessing the relationship between L. and her mother and thus protract L. 's sense of impermanence . |
| 10 | She had been unpopular with militant nationalists , who suspected her of being too conciliatory towards Moscow , and they voted down her price rise proposals on the grounds that they might prove socially divisive and thus weaken Lithuania 's resistance to Soviet pressure . |
| 11 | However , the Italian champions had six players cautioned during the 3–1 win over Red Star Belgrade two weeks ago and thus lose Ivano Bonetti , Pietro Vierchowod and Attilio Lombardo for tonight 's match . |
| 12 | And what if Mr Ashdown gets his way : a coalition government later this month which introduces electoral reform and thus commits Britain to more coalition governments for the indefinite future ? |
| 13 | Duncombe 's poem was reprinted a number of times and thus kept Leapor 's name before the reading public for several decades . |
| 14 | There were also fears that Japan planned to do just what America does : use defence spending and research to help build a civil aerospace industry , and thus beat Boeing . |
| 15 | John Cassevetes got the part and thus ended Nicholson 's brief hope of a major starring role , and provided further incentive to the prevailing thought that he should get out of acting . |
| 16 | Indeed , to change this evaluation and thus leave Plato behind is the most important change we have to bring about . |
| 17 | Indeed , the late Hans Keller declared in The Mozart Companion ( London : 1956 ) that ‘ on the whole , Mozart 's early quartets are quite abominable … why play them at all and thus insult Mozart 's genius ? ’ |
| 18 | As his series of meetings progressed , some at Chartwell , some in London , there was even fear on the part of Jones and Davidson that he might get a settlement in the absence of the Prime Minister and thus damage Baldwin 's position . |
| 19 | The main benefit to the United States of the Smithsonian Agreement lay in the new exchange rates which embodied a 9 per cent devaluation of the dollar in relation to other currencies compared with the pre-August rates and thus increased US competitiveness . |