Example sentences of "thus [v-ing] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Four stimuli were used : two of these were given very different labels , thus approximating to the A and B stimuli of Fig. 5.3 . |
| 2 | It supports up to 15 drives per controller pair , thus appearing to the host computers as several very large SCSI-2 devices . |
| 3 | In literate urban societies it can provide valuable quantitative information on such topics as education , health , housing , social class , racial attitudes , income distribution , family-structure , the mass media and so on , thus contributing to the identification and understanding of important social issues . |
| 4 | ‘ Beating the bounds will remind local people just where their commons and greens are and discourage encroachments and other unlawful works , thus contributing to the safeguarding of these ancient pieces of land . ’ |
| 5 | OCLC waives its charges for the use of most services , thus contributing to the teaching resources of participating schools . |
| 6 | There is an argument about whether 2 million homes have disappeared or are still there , occupied , thus contributing to the housing stock . |
| 7 | they permit the collation and review of evidence of student attainment from different sources eg. from the student , the supervisor or the tutor , thus contributing to the validity and reliability of assessment ; |
| 8 | they allow evidence from out of centre activity , eg. work experience , to be reviewed , thus contributing to the validity and reliability of assessment ; |
| 9 | they provide an opportunity for students to explain their intentions and values and to comment on their own performance , thus contributing to the collaborative nature of the assessment procedure . |
| 10 | Thus according to the Child Poverty Action Group ( CPAG ) ‘ poverty is viewed in relation to a generally accepted standard of living in a particular society that goes beyond basic physical needs ’ to include ‘ broader social and cultural needs ’ as well . |
| 11 | However , despite the existence of these theoretical quotas agreed at OPEC Conferences or at meetings of the Ministerial Monitoring Committee ( MMC-see p. 36573 ) , actual aggregate output was generally understood to have been well in excess of quota ; thus according to the Petroleum Economist OPEC production was estimated to have averaged 21,672,000 bpd in the second half of 1988 , 21,266,000 bpd in the first half of 1989 and about 23,000,000 bpd in the third quarter of 1989 . |
| 12 | Kurz had been boasting that they would be the first to climb the face , thus adding to the triumph of the Berlin Olympics . |
| 13 | For it is not uncommon for each individual client to have a number of complex interrelated problems which may necessitate several bureau visits , thus adding to the ever-expanding workload of the CABx . |
| 14 | In the end he sent it , regretfully , to Paul , thus adding to the latter 's troubles . |
| 15 | Tadpoles normally feed on plankton and decaying plant material suspended in the water and shoals may effectively stir up the debris at the bottom of the pond , thus adding to the food supply . |
| 16 | By creating new credit instruments — at first Eurodollar loans , then Certificates of Deposit and more recently all sorts of commercial paper ( i.e. more promises-to-pay issued direct by enterprises ) , banks began creating money in a new , unregulated international banking system , thus adding to the world 's money supply . |
| 17 | Thus adding to the number of women and children already in the workhouse , already overburdening the rates . |
| 18 | Out of £100 rent the tenant will have paid the Revenue , under deduction , £25 thus remitting to the trust £75 . |
| 19 | In some instances failure to observe sound practice leads to a lamb crop at weaning of around 50–60% , a level at which breeding replacements can not be obtained thus leading to the possibility of economic collapse . |
| 20 | Beirut was bombed and the Israelis invaded Lebanon , thus leading to the revised version , ‘ When one war shuts another one opens . ’ |
| 21 | She liked putting things back in their exactly proper places , thus leading to the postponed satisfaction of finding them again , laying a hand on them without thought . |