Example sentences of "[noun pl] and thus [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marx made the point that : ‘ Production in general is an abstraction , but a sensible abstraction insofar as it actually emphasises and defines the common aspects and thus avoids repetition . ’ |
| 2 | The Commission continued during this period with its efforts to secure uniform rates of value added tax ( VAT ) and excise duties within the EC ( see pp. 36153 ; 36493 ) , particularly in the light of the proposed abolition of border controls which , it felt , could encourage cross-border shopping in low-rate countries and thus perpetuate market imbalances . |
| 3 | The trouble broke out when other party leaders voted to change the rules and thus enable delegation members to elect their chairmen ( as committee members have long been able to do ) . |
| 4 | Carrick 's argument , that of the man who earns his living playing the game , would make sense anywhere but in the Ridings : without the addition of a West Indian fast bowler and the option of adding two more experienced outside players , says Carrick , the chances of his youngish team ever winning trophies and thus making money , are severely limited . |
| 5 | In addition , registration does not create a priority point in the sense that the chargee is guaranteed priority from the date of registration ; this is because if A registers have charge on 21 January he has no guarantee that the company has not created a charge prior to this which may be registered within 21 days and thus have priority . |
| 6 | It should help us to communicate and spread experience , feelings , understandings and ideas and thus facilitate action . |
| 7 | The Conservatives say its imposition would raise business costs and thus create unemployment . |
| 8 | If employees are provided with detailed information packs on the proposed new area at the time of the announcement this can go a long way to answering some of their questions and thus reducing anxiety . |
| 9 | They will give us exactly the colour we want , especially if we dovetail them with the bassoons and thus make use of the deep low notes of the second horn . |
| 10 | This directed attention towards the activities and values of key officials — the ‘ urban managers ’ — who , through their positions in influential institutions such as local authorities , building societies , estate agents and the like , could allocate scarce urban resources and thus influence service provision locally . |
| 11 | It is reluctant to accommodate G-proteins and thus to bring information in from the outside . |
| 12 | By using clear and succinct language , the review aims to remove the mystique which surrounds many of these terms and thus to aid discussion between exporters and their professional advisers and to show that a working familiarity is open to all . |
| 13 | So it is upon his perception of trade unions operating as industrial co-operatives and thus reconstituting society as an industrial democracy , that his hero 's place depends , a perception which trade unionism was so quickly to abandon . |
| 14 | However , it is likely that these various arrangements help to reduce the volatility of exchange rates and thus reduce uncertainty . |
| 15 | • Corporate officers and managers of multinational companies who are highly sensitive to their interest and exchange-rate exposures and thus to risk management issues , |
| 16 | However , economists judged the experiment to have been a failure , as the coupons , for a total of 12,000 million roubles , were insufficient , encouraging shopkeepers to raise prices and thus fuelling inflation . |
| 17 | Will he also point out to those advocating such a foolish policy that they are merely diverting attention from the villainous crimes of the terrorists and , perhaps more importantly , from the enormous successes of the security forces and thus undermining confidence in the rule of law ? |
| 18 | Asset backed bonds , usually secured against pools of illiquid loans , offer financial institutions a means of removing assets from their balance sheets and thus reducing capital requirements ; but such securitisation can also be seen as a tool which facilitates the separation of the loan origination and funding function of banks . |
| 19 | Few canopy trees in Costa Rica are bird-pollinated and those that are , are visited by passerines such as orioles , which travel in groups : hummingbirds would turn trees into individual feeding territories and thus reduce pollination . |
| 20 | I had , after all , accounted for two male children and thus done womankind something of a statistical favour . |
| 21 | If all plausible values fall on one side of this point , this result may clarify the issues and thus assist decision-making . |
| 22 | And er a further er fly in the ointment , if one could put it that way , will be of course with the erm the local hospital whose site is just off this er the key plan provided , their decision from the first of next month to actually charge for spaces within their area , which of course will have a further effect of decanting even more cars into neighbouring streets and thus put pressure on some of the streets which hitherto have not benefited from ah residents ' parking so there will be further er obviously further requests from er from those residents of neighbouring streets . |
| 23 | Changes in dietary sulphate could alter the activity of sulphate reducing bacteria and thus affect methanogenesis in the colon . |
| 24 | The aid was part of a package drawn up by the responsible EC Commissioner , Abel Matutes Juan , as part of the EC 's contribution to economic development in the region ( in particular by creating jobs and thus reducing emigration pressures ) and of its efforts to stimulate the political dialogue with Arab countries and Israel . |