Example sentences of "thus [vb base] [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We thus want to specify the flow in the ‘ wall-region ’ by a velocity scale characteristic of this region . |
| 2 | They thus decline to proffer a general , universal theory ; while at the same time postulating an unexamined ‘ psychic unity of mankind ’ . |
| 3 | But he saw natural selection as less important than the Lamarckian mechanism in which self-improvements resulting from the individual 's response to environmental challenge are inherited and thus accumulate to change the species . |
| 4 | If , however , the Bank of England attempts to maintain an exchange rate below the equilibrium , it must continue to supply extra sterling to meet the shortfall and thus continue to expand the money supply . |
| 5 | With justice Henry V is credited not only with having understood , better than did any of his contemporaries , what were the naval problems which faced England in the early fifteenth century , but also with having done much towards the creation of a fleet of ships , some of them very large , almost ‘ prestige-type ’ vessels , which would make it possible for the English to take to sea quickly and thus try to wrest the initiative from any enemy who might be coming against them . |
| 6 | Politicians , however , were quite capable of making any assistance look somewhat larger than life and thus attempt to reap the last ounce of voter gratitude for their services . |
| 7 | We thus attempt to combine a general ‘ literacy ’ approach with a study of principles and design decisions , and to identify and describe relevant standards . |
| 8 | Staleness can set in , so that one partner or both cease to be inventive , settle for the familiar and thus fail to move the partnership along . |
| 9 | Above that limit the bassoons begin to sound rather thin and thus fail to fulfil the desired object . |
| 10 | For the full-time housewife , in particular , standards and routines thus serve to keep the ‘ worker ’ employed . |
| 11 | Such councils might , conceivably , ‘ attract the interests of politically minded Africans and thus serve to diminish the demand for representation in a central Legislature by recourse to a system of electorates ’ . |
| 12 | Documentaries still seek the sensational and thus help to compound the fears of the public about mental handicap hospitals . |
| 13 | Such a development can only encourage participation in trades union councils and thus help to strengthen the entire movement at grass root level . |
| 14 | But other theories do enquire and thus have to take an interest in what actors think that other actors think . |
| 15 | We thus have to consider a typical evolution rather than attempt to cover all possibilities . |
| 16 | Life being what it is , unfortunately , our desires inevitably conflict , especially since we are social beings as well as individuals ( Richards invokes Bentham here ) , and thus have to consider the needs of others as well as our own . |
| 17 | Institutions thus have to make a judgement as to what liquidity ratio is best — one that is neither too high nor too low . |