Example sentences of "thus [v-ing] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Faced with unpopular cuts , the government increased central control while leaving much of the responsibility for making the cuts to local government , thus fragmenting opposition ( Flynn , 1988 ) . |
| 2 | A smack terminates the child 's naughty behaviour , thus bringing relief to the harassed parent . |
| 3 | The select committees , in contrast , were to be investigating bodies where policy issues were not of first importance , the principal task being to find out what was happening inside the various government departments , to inform the House and the public , thus bringing public opinion to bear at an earlier stage while policy was still relatively fluid . |
| 4 | He painted not the general , but the particular ; not the nude , but the naked , thus bringing sex back in an especially embarrassing way . |
| 5 | The European settlers gradually increased in numbers and additionally brought over slaves from the Guinea Coast thus bringing pressure to bear on the already sparse natural vegetation . |
| 6 | The greatest authority in electrical science was A. M. Ampère , who had devised equations to account for the discoveries of Oersted and others , and was thus bringing electromagnetism within the realm of applied mathematics . |
| 7 | As the period wore on , leadership became increasingly associated with personal qualities and skills which earned nobility , thus bringing renown to the man blessed with them . |
| 8 | This time would vary with the season , thus using imagination and flexibility to help such a client retain some autonomy . |
| 9 | Dependency — For staff , the approach could create reliance upon the system and lead to rigid interpretations of roles and tasks , thus inhibiting creativity in service delivery , and becoming ‘ an alternative to thinking ’ . |
| 10 | If this is not done then the full range of triceps movement has not been achieved and full contraction will not be carried out , thus inhibiting development . |
| 11 | To hold the central rate steady in real terms ( thus maintaining competitiveness and , it follows , a financeable current-account position ) , it must be devalued in nominal terms — just enough to offset the inflation-rate differential . |
| 12 | The real beauty of watercolour lies in the ability of the paper , with the help of the gum arabic binder , to hold the pigment particles within its fibres — thus reflecting light from the pigment itself , as well as the paper 's surface . |
| 13 | The plaintiff , a fireman , was injured by an explosion on premises occupied by the defendants , a fish and chip shop , when a fire in the premises melted a seal on a gas meter , thus allowing gas to escape . |
| 14 | Drill a series of small holes near to the neck of the funnel thus allowing water to enter and be returned to the tank . |
| 15 | We propose that in Raji cells the accumulation of a repressor is prevented , thus allowing gene expression . |
| 16 | Granites in SW England are extensively faulted and fissured thus allowing radon to escape , whereas Scottish granite is much less faulted , preventing radon from escaping . |
| 17 | In general , thus allowing completion of the T x column from the bottom upwards . |
| 18 | A large number of wells are then sunk into the hot water deposits , thus allowing circulation . |
| 19 | contradiction , paradox , ambiguity in the image as well as the textualized overlay of sound , language and image no longer produce distancing effects by baring the device of cinema and thus inducing rationality and consciousness . |
| 20 | Col. Abbas Koty , hitherto Defence Minister , exchanged portfolios with Nadjita Beassoumal , thus becoming Minister of Transport and Public Works . |
| 21 | The general staff of the armed forces issued a statement on March 19 categorically rejecting any involvement in political debate about the country 's future , and thus ending speculation about an imminent coup . |
| 22 | Although she does admire the friendship of the two men , she is doing it to please Bassanio and thus gaining love from him — which profits no one except herself . |
| 23 | Some men made a working tour of as many mines as they could , thus gaining experience in the differing conditions between districts and even neighbouring mines . |
| 24 | Product innovation in financial services and banking-for instance , interest-bearing current accounts , new types of pooled investment and new types of credit card — is bound to spread , thus intensifying competition . |
| 25 | In McGregor v Adcock 51 TC 692 , decided in 1977 , a 70 year old farmer sold five of his 35 acres for development , and the Court held that there had been a sale of assets of the business and not part of the business , thus denying retirement relief . |
| 26 | However , although the mineralogies may differ , the cement morphologies are commonly similar , thus enabling interpretation of ancient early diagenetic environments . |
| 27 | Longer-term factors favouring the US domestic market are the abolition of withholding tax and introduction of shelf registration ( which allow bonds to be registered prior to issuance , thus enabling flexibility in taking advantage of market opportunities ) . |
| 28 | They have provided a wonderful opportunity to get to know dolphins in the wild , and several of the females have given birth over the years they have been frequenting Monkey Mia , thus enabling study of their maternal care and child development . |
| 29 | This test could be extended to include statistical analysis of manufacturing accuracy to associate a weighting against the envelope of certainty thus enabling confidence limits to be established , and the correct combination of tolerances specified . |
| 30 | It was also noted with regret that the same Legal Adviser had drafted a glowing testimonial of Barley for Clive 's signature not forty-eight hours before Barley 's disappearance , thus enabling Barley to take possession of the shopping list ** , though presumably not for long . |