Example sentences of "thus [v-ing] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | More immediately , it was very good to see the Prime Ministers of Czechoslovakia and Hungary , and the acting Prime Minister of Poland , in Brussels on Monday , signing the association agreements between those countries and the Community and thus bringing to fruition an initiative begun by my right hon. Friend the Member for Finchley ( Mrs. Thatcher ) . |
| 2 | Four stimuli were used : two of these were given very different labels , thus approximating to the A and B stimuli of Fig. 5.3 . |
| 3 | It supports up to 15 drives per controller pair , thus appearing to the host computers as several very large SCSI-2 devices . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 6 | A minority of landlords commanded sufficient capital to adapt successfully to farming based on hired labour and greater mechanization , thus contributing to a very sharp rise in Russia 's grain exports . |
| 7 | By contrast , those more oriented to hierarchy will handle organizational change ‘ by reallocating resources to new activities as opportunities arise ’ ( see also Kagono et al. , 1985 : 57–87 ) , thus contributing to differentiation and further specialization . |
| 8 | OCLC waives its charges for the use of most services , thus contributing to the teaching resources of participating schools . |
| 9 | There is an argument about whether 2 million homes have disappeared or are still there , occupied , thus contributing to the housing stock . |
| 10 | 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 ; |
| 11 | they allow evidence from out of centre activity , eg. work experience , to be reviewed , thus contributing to the validity and reliability of assessment ; |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Derrida , of course , endorses this formulation , but stresses the principle of arbitrariness and differences as against the notion of the sign itself , since it risks degenerating into an entity and thus reverting to a metaphysical concept . |
| 14 | Thus according to David Wilson , ‘ it is a film rooted in personal memory but transcending it ’ . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Thus according to 1.7.2 the units in Q[x] are precisely the non-zero constant polynomials — and there are infinitely many of them . |
| 17 | Thus according to Waller ( 1983 , p. 136 ) : |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Kurz had been boasting that they would be the first to climb the face , thus adding to the triumph of the Berlin Olympics . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | I notice that present day cricketers usually write their first name in full , thus adding to what must be a considerable chore , especially for those in the Test party . |
| 22 | They were a mixed bunch , O.K. for the most part — one had to be thrown out for drawing genitals on Arthur the doll , thus adding to my scant sexual knowledge , and one , a regular called John , was particularly charming and handsome . |
| 23 | In the end he sent it , regretfully , to Paul , thus adding to the latter 's troubles . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Thus adding to the number of women and children already in the workhouse , already overburdening the rates . |
| 27 | He does not mention the fact that the police banned the parade from the city centre , thus testing to destruction the resolve of the radicals to confront them . |
| 28 | Out of £100 rent the tenant will have paid the Revenue , under deduction , £25 thus remitting to the trust £75 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | The growing demands and applications being made of plastics are filtering through to the additive market , requiring them to be constantly updated and made more efficient , and thus leading to higher prices , explained the report . |