Example sentences of "[adj] and thus [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The latter alternative is preferable since it is more likely to be seen as constructive and thus win support ( see Building on page 25 ) . |
| 2 | She had been unpopular with militant nationalists , who suspected her of being too conciliatory towards Moscow , and they voted down her price rise proposals on the grounds that they might prove socially divisive and thus weaken Lithuania 's resistance to Soviet pressure . |
| 3 | For larger areas where higher speeds would thus be tolerated , there is an argument that sight-distances must be lengthened to improve inter-visibility and thus reduce accident potential . |
| 4 | These paper notes , redeemable in gold or silver were transferable and thus gave rise to the use of paper money in England . |
| 5 | In the mid-1980s the Saudi-supported concern Norbec took to chartering ULCCs and VLCCs in order to hold stocks of crude oil afloat and thus take advantage of any favourable movement in prices after cargoes were loaded . |