Example sentences of "[is] thus a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Van Gogh as the subject for a biographer is thus a test case . |
| 2 | The catalogue as a whole is thus a document in the history of taste , a historical account , and at the same time contains some art criticism , not always explicit in evaluating the works shown . |
| 3 | It is thus a contribution to biography , not to criticism . |
| 4 | This reflexivity , what Woolgar more accurately calls benign introspection ( p. 22 ) , is thus a virtue rather than a limitation because it provides some of the necessary contextual background to help evaluate the study . |
| 5 | The British system of popular government is thus a system of unpopular government — a consequence of this electoral cycle . |
| 6 | The IATTC observer programme is thus a fairly pointless exercise , since the true data are not obtainable and violations are hushed up , proving the power of the tuna industry to silence the truth . |
| 7 | There is thus a trend towards phasing out their use in commercial fisheries in favour of other methods like longlining and trolling , which land a better quality product , without the unwelcome incidental catch of non-target species . |
| 8 | It is thus a powerful body . |
| 9 | The value of professionality is that it focuses attention upon the activities of teachers in relation to pupils , each other and their organisations and it is thus a dynamic concept in opposition to the rather static ‘ characteristics ’ or ‘ descriptive ’ approach inherent in most studies of professionalism . |
| 10 | Managing effective teams is thus a matter of achieving synergy between a variety of elements ( see Figure 5.2 ) . |
| 11 | Appraisal is thus a process of negotiating individual targets in order to improve personal performance and so enhance the quality of educational provision . |
| 12 | There is thus a valid distinction between body and mind . |
| 13 | The paradox is thus a social one and to clear the ground for an attempt at its resolution we must take an extensive detour of several chapters . |
| 14 | Solitariness is thus a result of social behaviour and may produce particular societal structures involving wide dispersion . |
| 15 | Efficiency in competition is thus a prime source of selection and occurs in many aspects of social life . |
| 16 | Collaboration is thus a mutual matter between animals well known to one another who have established a reciprocating relationship . |
| 17 | There is thus a strong tendency for individual males to intervene in every friendly dyadic interaction in which they do not have a part . |
| 18 | The geography of the Outer Hebrides is thus a fascinating product of the interplay of physical and human factors with powerful historical undertones . |
| 19 | ‘ Learning difficulty ’ is thus a key concept . |
| 20 | this form of secondary prevention is thus a controversial issue which merits further attention . |
| 21 | The embryo is thus a chimaera , a mosaic of two different kinds of cells . |
| 22 | There is thus a proliferation of public examinations of a practical kind , any of which may be taken at the new schools , of which the GCSE seems to be only one , if it is to be taken at all . |
| 23 | The result that appears below is thus a rather unsatisfactory compromise . |
| 24 | Increased salinisation is thus a real prospect for the lower Yangtze if this project proceeds . |
| 25 | They have shown that , in the case where the Cauchy horizon corresponds to the inner Kerr horizon , the amplitude diverges towards the fold singularity which is thus a non-scalar curvature singularity . |
| 26 | The percentage frequency is the number of 10-minute samples in which a species was recorded , expressed as a percentage of the total number of samples , and is thus a measure of distribution . |
| 27 | The ward is thus a ready-made learning resource centre with the facilities and staff to promote the development of good nursing care by the student . |
| 28 | There is thus a need for graduates familiar with the distinctive — and often unique — features of trading with Asian countries . |
| 29 | Inversion is thus a kind of ‘ turning inside out ’ effect . |
| 30 | There is thus a rule of construction that if a provision in an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom is ambiguous , it should be given that interpretation which is consistent with international obligations rather than one which conflicts ( Inland Revenue Commissioners v Collco Dealings Ltd [ 1962 ] AC 11 ; similarly , there is some authority for seeking to protect fundamental constitutional statutes from unintentional repeals ( see , e.g. , per Lord Wilberforce in The Earl of Antrim 's Petition [ 1967 ] 1 AC 691 ) If , however , such devices do not evade the problem , then traditional notions of the sovereignty of the United Kingdom Parliament require that any provision in any later statute which is inconsistent with any earlier provision repeals the latter to the extent of any inconsistency , whether declared or intended to have this effect or not ( Vauxhall Estates Ltd v Liverpool Corporation [ 1932 ] 1 KB 733 ; Ellen Street Estates Ltd v Minister of Health [ 1934 ] 1 KB 590 ) . |