Example sentences of "it [modal v] thus [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Despite all the apparent sophistication of defence analysis , it may thus have produced a set of answers to the wrong question .
2 It may thus transpire that definitional overlap could operate more effectively by considering both the definition of a word and the expansion of that definition .
3 It may thus transpire that a marginal improvement is insufficient to justify the increase in complexity associated with this algorithm .
4 It could thus make an additional contribution to the development debate as such , in which at present the cultural dimension is seen from perspectives emanating from western paradigms .
5 In this way , the company was guaranteed a yearly income and it could thus pursue a programme policy that was developed with little regard for the wishes of the audience .
6 It would thus appear that low usage was not problematic and that rather than seeking to make improvements , user instruction was the best alternative .
7 It would thus appear that the choice lies between a fast , simple , single channel , open-loop system with a high incidence of error and a relatively slow , complex , multi-channel , closed-loop , more costly system that produces a much higher proportion of correct answers .
8 It would thus appear that shares were incorrectly priced .
9 It would thus provide crime prevention officers with a basis to put forward an effective crime prevention strategy to protect those most at risk .
10 In discussions about ‘ choice ’ , for instance , it would thus have been unrealistic to think of the number of alternative daily papers as growing from nine in 1945 to twelve in 1990 .
11 It would thus have been as applicable to a teacher , for example , as to a practitioner of any manual skill .
12 It would thus seem that something very like the provisions of the Kanunname were in operation by at least the early sixteenth century ; and if the sources are not sufficiently detailed to confirm the operation of the provisions of the Kanunname in every detail , at the same time they do not cast doubt upon any detail .
13 Provided always that the signatures are contemporaneous with the documents , it would thus seem that Molla Fenari was appointed to the kadilik between those two dates .
14 Provided again that the signature is contemporaneous with the document , it would thus seem virtually certain that Molla Fenari had left the kadilik of Bursa , and very possibly departed for Karaman , by that date .
15 It would thus seem that unit two pre-dates unit one and that the mill was laid out after unit two .
16 It would thus lie possible for studies to be pursued either full- or part-time , before or during employment as a church musician .
17 It will thus earn a toehold in the moral company of animals ; something that Singer could not accept .
18 It will thus reflect the interests of the dominant group in the relations of production .
19 The project will obtain selected demographic information and comprehensive data on criminal justice and penal practices in different jurisdictions. it will thus show the ways in which the use of incarceration differs between them , test the validity of a number of ‘ deterministic ’ explanations of imprisonment rates and assesses the extent to which policy choices affect the use of incarceration .
20 It will thus undermine much of the valuable work done by the IBA ( and the BBC ) to ensure that radio is in tune with public needs .
21 It will thus follow the path of tradition — and this becomes the vehicle which protects us against deviation .
22 It can thus enhance a normal background or depress elements normally present in detrital minerals such as barium in baryte .
23 It can thus encapsulate a space-time , acting as a skin or silhouette within which local perturbations and even isolated notes can command attention .
24 It can thus invest on the assumption that the contract will not last for merely a year .
25 It can thus check that it is on course .
26 In a world of potentially conflicting beliefs it can thus help to extract the sting from many otherwise nasty situations of conflict and tension .
27 It can thus have a considerable therapeutic value !
28 The star system , that ‘ Hollywood poison ’ , according to Hugh Castle , was seen as yet another concession to the masses , for , as Clifford Howard explained , ‘ the crowd ( and it is the crowd that supports the movies ) can not appreciate entertainment in the abstract , any more than it can thus appreciate art or religion ’ .
29 He continued " it can thus include not only secret formulae for the manufacture of products but also in an appropriate case , the names of customers and the goods which they buy " .
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