Example sentences of "thus [v-ing] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Denial of oil exports to Iran was conceived both as a means of rendering that country harder to govern , thus denting the morale of its leadership , and as retaliation for the severance of Iraq 's own crude export systems by Iran . |
| 2 | The buyer provides the seller with , and encourages him to return , a standard acknowledgement which acts as an unconditional acceptance of the purchase order , thus bringing the contract into existence on the standard terms on the back of the purchase order . |
| 3 | Mr Smith said : ‘ I strongly support the proposal that delegates from trade unions should cast their votes on an individual basis , thus bringing the block vote to an end . |
| 4 | At the end of the accounting period the balance of the control account will be equal to the sum of the balances in the ledger account , thus proving the ledger . |
| 5 | Ljubic Peric , my Croatian guide , believes that Bosnia 's Muslim president , Alija Izetbegovic , is stalling over the Vance-Owen plan in anticipation of violence here between Muslims and Croats thus proving the plan impractical . |
| 6 | Thus proving the theory that charity work is always more beneficial to charity workers than to those they appear unselfishly and unstintingly to assist . |
| 7 | Initially 250 tapes are distributed to a list of city centre Dublin shops , retailing at £2 each ( thus helping the band recoup part of their outlay ) , and the remaining one hundred cassette singles will be for A&R purposes . |
| 8 | The principal objectives of the tour were ( i ) to raise the ANC 's profile abroad , thus encouraging the flow of funds and moral support , the former being essential to the establishment of the ANC as a fully functioning political organization ; and ( ii ) to persuade Western countries to maintain sanctions against South Africa — despite the partial lifting in South Africa of the state of emergency [ see p. 37522 ] — until " profound and irreversible change " had taken place . |
| 9 | Another difficulty Glass faced was that Western notation , bar lines are used to divide the music , thus encouraging the emphasis of some notes at the expense of others . |
| 10 | In the continuous-process plant the worker can get a picture of the complete sequence of operations , and automation reconstructs the collective nature of work , thus encouraging the worker to think in terms of the whole rather than the part . |
| 11 | It is normal mode of practice to put any old thing on the plate ( a company 's US headquarters is quite normal ) and then a detachable sticker on the neck giving the real story , thus encouraging the sort of ‘ Made in the USA ’ guitar snobbery that continues to exist . |
| 12 | Examples include : Driving too close to the car in front and thus intimidating the driver . |
| 13 | Marx 's argument that the proletariat becomes a revolutionary force because : machinery reduces differences thus homogenising the labour force ; the nature of work in a modern factory requires organisation ; and the exploitation of the industrial system leads to poverty and alienation , can be applied to rural society in Latin America . |
| 14 | You can say that if they do n't keep to the agreed rules of the drama , then the magic will start to fail ; if they climb up the wall-bars when you have asked them not to , you can say that the magic only works when their feet are touching the ground , thus using the fiction of the drama to limit the space they work in and remind them through a dramatic device of those rules which you will have agreed before the lesson begins ( see also the section on " Control " in Chapter 4 ) . |
| 15 | All the meals are prepared together , arrive at the unit or ward together and are served together , thus using the time of chefs , porters and unit or ward staff in the most efficient way . |
| 16 | Thus financing the PSBR by methods 1 , 2 and 3 will lead to a multiple growth in money supply ( assuming sufficient demand for credit ) . |
| 17 | Expression of the visceral isoform is limited exclusively to visceral type smooth muscle tissue thus suggesting a link between expression of the isoform and MHC function in smooth muscle cells . |
| 18 | Water had been brought to several greens at a cost of £91 , partly offset by £64 donated by members , thus suggesting the failure of the earlier water supply scheme . |
| 19 | The Division sold the balance of its homes in Victoria Faire , Las Hadas , Almondwood and Amberwood , thus completing a number of subdivisions which had marked the success of the pre-recession period . |
| 20 | After he had drawn the first furrow in the stetch he returned alongside , ploughing a second furrow against the first , thus completing the laying of the top or centre-furrows — in shape , exactly like the ridge of a roof . |
| 21 | Finally , the surrounding ground on either side of the waterfall can be made into a rockery , thus completing the feature . |
| 22 | Upward convection in the troposphere carries H 2 O and SO 2 into the atmosphere above the clouds thus completing the cycle . |
| 23 | In June the entire share capital of the two Scottish integrated electricity companies was sold to the public , thus completing the privatization of the non-nuclear electricity supply industry . |
| 24 | Even though the portrayal of police work on celluloid is not a realistic description of policing in Easton , the conceptualizations they have of their role as fighters of ‘ big crime ’ , which they have to be continually prepared for , encourages them to see the media portrayal of policing as accurate , thus completing the circle . |
| 25 | Later , he married Ratna Sari Dewi , a Japanese bar-girl of ethereal beauty , and Hariati , thus completing the quartet allowed under Islamic law . |
| 26 | In such cases the court will , when giving reasons for striking out and after hearing the parties ' representatives if they wish , indicate who in its view is to blame for the delay , thus assisting the process of professional disciplinary sanctions and the pursuit of compensation by litigants . |
| 27 | One advantage of that approach would be to direct attention to the particular source of danger , thus labelling the offence in a way which both describes the circumstances of the offence and serves an educative or even deterrent purpose . |
| 28 | The salt retains the extracted moisture , thus inhibiting the growth of bacteria which require moisture to flourish in the food . |
| 29 | The 1st clarinet is therefore held in reserve until the high F is reached four bars from the end of the extract , thus drawing the attention of the audience unconsciously to that note and preparing the way for its little solo passage . |
| 30 | The C t 's are an increasing positive sequence converging to so in early periods players of all types imitate z = 0 by setting low values for , thus building a reputation . |