Example sentences of "[pers pn] be thus [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is thus that he declares himself for Dunning 's sapphics , flashing out at ‘ any one who can not feel the beauty of their melody ’ ( my italics ) . |
| 2 | It is thus that the ‘ head ’ as bearer of an impressive array of receptor organs ( sight , sound , odour ) has evolved . |
| 3 | It is thus that our imaginative faculty is kindled , uniting the flames of cognition and emotion . |
| 4 | It is thus that we understand |
| 5 | It is thus that I arrive at my multiplier for the whole life of eighteen . |
| 6 | It was thus that I had been able to gain some sense of the sort of place Miss Kenton had gone to live her married life . |
| 7 | It was thus that it acquired its unique form : 35 km long and about 1.6 km wide with steep sides sloping to a flat bed . |
| 8 | Although she continued to knit , and sat upright , it was thus that she felt herself ; and this self having shed its attachments was free for the strangest adventures . |
| 9 | It was thus that the classic wine-growing areas — the Camp of Tarragona and the Panadés — were expanded and the western regions re-peopled . |
| 10 | It was thus that he arrived at his figure of six hundred and twenty thousand three hundred and thirty one pounds to the overall cost of future care in this case . |