Example sentences of "which [modal v] thus " in BNC.

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1 Whereas this practice was widespread in the UK , it was banned in most other EC member states ; UK observers noted that its abolition in the UK would force UK institutions to double their cash holdings , a factor which they said would raise costs and which could thus jeopardize the dominant position of the London market in European equity trading ( see also p. 36494 ) .
2 The educational psychologist may be invited to observe a child it playgroup should this be deemed useful hut will not , as a rule , carry out a formal assessment during playgroup time which would thus single the child out from his/her peers and probably deprive the other children of their leader 's care .
3 On the other hand , the statement that Hocazade , as kadi of Istanbul , was amongst the group of ulema who met Ali Kuscu at the time of his arrival to settle permanently in the Ottoman lands , which event Babinger plausibly dates in the beginning of the spring of 1472 ( Shawwal 876 ) , may , if the facts stated are correct , permit a refinement of the dating of Molla Husrev 's departure from the kadilik , which would thus appear to have occurred between Rajab and Shawwal 876 .
4 Conversely the fewer the candidates , the fewer will be the eliminations and the transfers , and the stronger the probability that such votes as are transferred will stay with the party , which will thus come closer to deriving the maximum benefit from its potential support .
5 In particular , we have thus once again honoured in full our commitment to increase in line with prices the basic retirement pension , which will thus rise from £52 to £54.15 a week for a single person and from £83.25 to £86.70 for a couple , entailing additional expenditure of about £1 billion .
6 These leaders provided truly great contributions to the items of ‘ goodness ’ which can thus be enshrined , for not only did they themselves set the seal of ‘ good ’ , for all time , on numerous human actions , but they influenced millions of others to do likewise .
7 Positively , the theory asserts that there is something about the sensation which correlates with the stimulation being at a certain point , and which can thus , in time , become a sign to us of the stimulation being at that point .
8 ( iii ) The negligible role played by the ewe in the annual cycling of N. battus which can thus be considered as a lamb-to-lamb disease .
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