Example sentences of "[noun pl] [was/were] thus [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Real wage rises were thus a product of the competitive process whereby more efficient firms drove out weaker rivals to obtain both labour and markets , which less efficient producers would otherwise have hung on to . |
| 2 | The adoption of floating exchange rates was thus a consequence of the collapse of the adjustable peg rather than the result of a collectively planned decision . |
| 3 | The rights of parents in relation to their children were thus an issue . |
| 4 | The emphasis on property-holding , and hence liability for rates , as the basic qualification for the franchise in local elections was thus an advantage for some women in the struggle for the vote . |
| 5 | The social structure arising from the interactions between the birds was thus an expression of individual adaptedness and formed an important societal component of the environment in which individuals were seeking to survive and procreate descendants . |