Example sentences of "thus [adv] [vb pp] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What makes an object fashionable it is ability to signify the present ; it is thus always doomed to become unfashionable with the movement of time . |
| 2 | The Smiths have thus far managed to escape this trap but just how is a matter of some debate . |
| 3 | Such a strategy would undermine EC initiatives for sweeping global reductions in CO2 emissions , but would be likely to appeal to the US Administration , which has thus far failed to set any formal targets for reducing carbon output . |
| 4 | The US Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA ) has announced plans to impose limits on discharges of toxic chemicals into waterways on the 18 states and the District of Columbia which have thus far failed to adopt EPA-approved standards . |
| 5 | It may be unfortunate in the unity talks between the two opposing factions that Ebrahim Patel has thus far chosen to make what many would consider to be totally unrealistic demands for his 93-year-old SA Rugby Union . |
| 6 | The essential question that voters should be asking Mr Fallon and which he and his Government have resolutely thus far refused to answer , is whether this Government will honour the educational and religious guarantee , accepted in this country for almost 50 years , that sufficient places will be provided in Catholic schools for Catholic pupils . |
| 7 | The new commitment has been made conditional on other countries taking similar action , which was interpreted by analysts as a reference to the United States , which has thus far refused to agree to reduction targets . |
| 8 | In a related development , the EC environment commissioner , Carlo Ripa di Meana , strongly criticized the latest draft of the Convention on Climate Change as a " sellout " to accommodate the interests of the US government ( which has thus far refused to commit itself to specific emission reductions ) . |
| 9 | The term " mass balance " is thus often taken to mean that the total mass of materials used at the beginning of ( and during ) the process must equal the total mass of products , by-products , unused reactants and solvents at the end of the process . |
| 10 | The threat , however , was apparent from the outset , for Montrose 's enemies the Campbells had been actively attempting to disappoint the duke 's recommendation , and were thus well placed to take full advantage of any subsequent trouble to strengthen Argyll 's following and weaken the interest of the family of Montrose . |
| 11 | As Allen Saddler 's notice so rightly says , many of the Labour MPs who swept to power in 1945 had come through J.P.M. 's schools and were thus well armed to fight for the legislation which so transformed society after the second world war . |
| 12 | Harthacnut was thus evidently thought to have a claim , which his housecarls ( if they were not simply inherited from his father ) were perhaps in England to safeguard . |