Example sentences of "thus [v-ing] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Menfolk lit up stubby pipes and soon the air was full of the pungent smoke of twist tobacco , I think it was probably called X X Boggy Roll , and many a yarn was spoken while they were thus enjoying their break . |
| 2 | Teddy gets his promotion after punching the agency 's biggest client , a sociopathic film-star , thus proving his honesty in a town of yes-men . |
| 3 | Luckily Joseph was able to grease a few palms , thus helping his brother to escape . |
| 4 | They gave such lyrical names to almost every place they seized , thus perpetuating their memory for ever . |
| 5 | As a result of his research into the social constituency of the leagues , Coetzee presents them as one of the means whereby the Conservative party broadened its support amongst the middle-class and crucial lower-middle-class voters , thus assisting its development from ‘ a loose conglomeration of agrarian interests to the predominant party of government in urban , industrial Britain' . |
| 6 | A J Lubin 's belief that Vincent was out to mock or deride his mother ( why not Kee ? ) by taking up with Sien , and by thus labelling his drawing , is of course pure supposition . |
| 7 | Since opening the new account I have had to make at least six unnecessary visits to the bank because the system was not working properly , thus wasting your time and mine . |
| 8 | Parents may understandably often try to deny the reality of their black children 's unhappiness because they like to think that their children are secure and happy , thus reflecting their success as adopters . |
| 9 | Carntine is requred for the transport of long chain fatty acids into the mitochondrial matrix , thus allowing their catabolism by Β-oxidation . |
| 10 | His work in geology was of equal importance , since he developed a technique for viewing slivers of rock directly through a microscope ( by cementing the mineral to a glass plate and grinding it to an extreme thinness ) , thus allowing its structure to be visualized by direct microscopy , rather than through use of reflected light , which revealed only its surface qualities . |
| 11 | Similarly , in his novel First Men in the Moon ( 1901 ) , HG Wells fantasized about a substance called cavorite , which could shield a spacecraft from the pull of gravity , thus allowing its propulsion units to work very much more efficiently ! |
| 12 | The essence of the balance sheet is that the sum of the fixed and current assets shall equal the capital employed , thus explaining its use in the company . |
| 13 | The essence of the balance sheet is that the sum of the fixed and current assets shall equal the capital employed , thus explaining its use in the company . |
| 14 | Glasses soften rather than melt , thus enabling their characteristic working into complex shapes . |
| 15 | Suppose one of your subordinates keeps telephoning you for advice and help several times a day thus interrupting your work . |
| 16 | Thus aiding his education because Stella was stretching her powers in the classics : Hedda Gabler , Lady Macbeth , St Joan . |
| 17 | ‘ Ingrid will make a gallant attempt at Saffi , I 'm sure , and Therese can stand quite still by the farmhouse , thus saving her energy , and sing Arsena as best she can . ’ |
| 18 | I was scheduled to be a member of that crew and had been issued with my kit , overseas bag etc and was delighted to have been chosen for the ‘ jolly ’ , but someone ‘ pulled rank ’ and took my place , thus saving my life and losing his . |
| 19 | In 1912 , he was believed to have attempted to board the ill-fated Titanic only to be refused , thus saving his life . |
| 20 | The machine includes software that can look at the very precise estimates of molecular mass and relate this figure to a certain combination of atomic masses , thus establishing which amino-acid groups are present . |
| 21 | The crown was thus establishing its right , even before the 1155 assembly , of prosecuting violence beyond the frontiers of the demesne . |
| 22 | Anyway , living in a city was more expensive than a rural existence would be , he reasoned , thus rationalising his longing to return home . |
| 23 | This results in the neighbouring part of the axon also reaching this potential , thus causing its ion channel to open . |
| 24 | In England during the war , she literally committed suicide by refusing her food rations , thus expressing her solidarity with the starving of Europe . |
| 25 | Each applicant had applied for his respective daughter to be admitted to the school in September 1991 , thus expressing their preference in accordance with the appropriate arrangements under the Education Act 1980 . |
| 26 | As Malcolm Johnson ( 1982 , p. 144 ) has suggested , they would prefer help with shopping so that they can prepare often more palatable meals of their choice and when they choose thus maximizing their independence and probably their health . |
| 27 | To ensure she remained this way , her mouth would be packed with earth , thus assuaging her hunger in the Afterworld . |
| 28 | The issue which divided public opinion largely revolved around the ineffectiveness of the prison system and the ease with which convicts could bamboozle prison chaplains into believing that their characters had been reformed , thus securing their release on ‘ ticket-of-leave ’ , and there was little room fur the idea that the roots of crime might be found in social conditions . |
| 29 | But within a minute , any hopes of a Spurs recovery were ended , when the outstanding Roy Keane scored Forest 's second , thus securing their victory . |
| 30 | In British Railways Board v Pickin [ 1974 ] AC 765 , the plaintiff had sought to challenge the validity of a provision of a private Act of Parliament on the ground that its promoter had fraudulently withheld certain information from the relevant House of Commons committee , thus securing its passage . |