Example sentences of "[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 What has changed is that a convention has developed as to how and when this power is exercised and the modern position is thus that the monarch has , except in the most unusual circumstances and even then only doubtfully so , no discretion as to when Parliament shall be called and disbanded .
5 The argument is thus that the major purpose behind project work from a teacher 's point of view should be skill development rather than knowledge acquisition .
6 The correct position is thus that the corporate entity is a vehicle for benefiting the interests of a specified group or groups .
7 It is thus that we understand
8 The assumption here is that ‘ when [ a driver ] happens to feel subjective risk or fear he often tends immediately to eliminate this feeling by certain behavioural changes ’ ( Summala , 1976 , p.239 ) , a major cause of accidents is thus that drivers have too high a ‘ subjective risk threshold ’ .
9 It is thus that I arrive at my multiplier for the whole life of eighteen .
10 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 .
11 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 .
12 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 .
13 It was thus that the classic wine-growing areas — the Camp of Tarragona and the Panadés — were expanded and the western regions re-peopled .
14 The most serious problem remaining for 5 Corps was thus that posed by the approach of the main body of Croat troops ( reported as being 200,000 in number ) , accompanied by huge numbers of Croat civilians , who were attempting to escape into Austria via Dravograd , towards the small town of Bleiburg just inside the Austrian frontier .
15 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 .
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