Example sentences of "thus [verb] a greater " in BNC.
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| 1 | To a certain extent this bias is rectified in the snowball samples as those interviewed were in various stages of involvement in heroin use and thus show a greater degree of variation in terms of both their social and heroin career profiles . |
| 2 | LDCs ' governments also insisted on domestically-generated funds being used to finance economic development programmes and thus sought a greater degree of control over the operations of British banks . |
| 3 | Instead , its objective was to reduce exchange rate volatility and thus promote a greater degree of exchange rate predictability . |
| 4 | Because the style teaches relaxation before the impact of a punch , it increases acceleration , thus creating a greater force . |
| 5 | The way to achieve this union , for Coleridge , was to expand the mind beyond its own individual state , so that it was able to incorporate its surroundings into its considerations , thus achieving a greater understanding of the general nature of its existence . |
| 6 | The Government correctly understood and successfully argued that in most of the new areas of competence the approach should be largely intergovernmental — as was suggested by my hon. Friend the Member for Crawley ( Mr. Soames ) — thus introducing a greater element of flexibility into the future institutional arrangements of the Community . |