Example sentences of "it [was/were] thus [verb] " in BNC.

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1 One of the most important elements of the project design was the intention to employ locally recruited people ( as in the Kent project ; see later in this chapter ) to provide any extra care needed ; local recruitment was important for it was thus hoped to build on , or build up , neighbourhood contacts around the dementia sufferer and his or her family .
2 The ability of the electoral system to produce a government in the way previously expected of it was thus called into question .
3 It was thus intended to have a much wider appeal than the old Catholic Centre Party , which gradually faded away after the war .
4 It was thus conceded that there was a breach of Code C 11.5 and 11.6 of PACE .
5 The whole operation and the monitoring of it was thus rendered more complicated , yet at the same time the experiment became far richer .
6 It was thus made clear that there was no connection with the consecration of bishops who were anointed on their heads .
7 It was thus decided not to bring the proposal back to the Committee .
8 It was thus proposed to organise two workshops on this topic for the 19th century , one on the trade across the Indian Ocean , and a later one on the trans-Saharan trade .
9 It was thus acquiring additional rights ‘ to receive the place for which it is destined ’ but instead of independence , there was the rather less exciting prospect of an Indochinese Federation which would ‘ enjoy the liberty and the organization necessary to the development of all its resources ’ .
10 It was thus agreed that redemption , to the sun of £100 only ( 4 x £25 bonds ) , be drawn for and should a bondholder so drawn insist on taking his money then the Bolney Syndicate would , if necessary , buy the bonds so saving the Club 's strained resources .
11 The limpness of the body as it was thus laid in place was pitiful .
12 It was thus found that the majority of the reaction time required was in identifying the values of the card and choosing the pile onto which it should be placed .
13 It was thus held to be as authentic an image of the society within which it was produced as the gift , whose authenticity was premised upon its own totalizing ability .
14 It was thus forced to participate in elections under the cover of front parties , currently the Socialist Labour Party .
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