Example sentences of "and thus [vb -s] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marx made the point that : ‘ Production in general is an abstraction , but a sensible abstraction insofar as it actually emphasises and defines the common aspects and thus avoids repetition . ’ |
| 2 | When the loans are redeposited in banks , they form the base for yet more loans , and thus takes place a process of multiple credit expansion . |
| 3 | This is despite the fact that it is the only universal non-contributory benefit payable to all mothers on behalf of their children , and thus guarantees mothers at least some income for which they do not have to ask their husbands or cohabitees . |
| 4 | The interior was never sufficiently plastic close to the surface for long enough to cause widespread geological activity such as Plate Tectonics , largely because the Moon has a large ratio of surface area to mass and thus loses heat relatively rapidly ( section 2.1.16 ) . |
| 5 | This causes a severe response in the fish with inflammation and mucus production causing the decay of tissue and thus opens pathways for further infection by bacteria , usually myxobacteria . |
| 6 | 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 ? |
| 7 | The bureaucracy , at least at its lower levels , is the part of the government that comes into most frequent contact with the public and thus receives feedback — positive and negative — on the policies being pursued by government . |
| 8 | On the basis of their findings , Braveman and Jarvis ( 1978 ) put forward the suggestion that latent inhibition derives from a loss of effectiveness by the specific cues that characterize the CS ( and thus requires pre-exposure to that very stimulus ) , whereas neophobia is taken to be a reaction to the aversive properties of novelty per se and can be attenuated by prior exposure to any other novel event ( see also Braveman 1978 ) . |
| 9 | The negative sign involves a perturbation to 5 which reverses each tR , and thus gives rise to an oscillation with period 2tR . |
| 10 | All this is true , if you have a well-balanced combi-steamer — steam only transmits heat during the process of condensing and , once the food reaches the temperature of the steam , it stops condensing and thus stops cooking . |
| 11 | Section 17 of the SGSA inserts a new subsection 3A in s 7 of the UCTA , which is equivalent in its operation to s 6(1) of the UCTA , and thus prevents exclusion of liability for breach of the warranties implied by s 2 of the SGSA . |
| 12 | Mr. Ashworth simply submits that any restriction on operating hours at the port is bound to interfere with trade and/or the free movement of goods , and thus contravenes article 30 . |