Example sentences of "would [adv] lead [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Baker was told that human rights were an internal matter ; Yang Shangkun , warning that pressure on this issue would only lead to increased tension , suggested " seeking common ground while reserving differences " to improve relations . |
| 2 | Khin Nyunt , first secretary of the SLORC and head of the powerful Directorate of Defence Services Intelligence , stated that a swift transfer of power would only lead to weak government . |
| 3 | It will be difficult at first but going on would only lead to more sorrow . |
| 4 | Speaking after a visit to Orkney this week , Harry Garland , BASW Scottish convener , said it ‘ would only lead to further distress for all concerned , and is not likely to lead to any clarification of the issues ’ . |
| 5 | It is linguistically unacceptable to apply them except on grounds which would always lead to further application of them in all similar cases . |
| 6 | They believed that inflation would go up and that interest rates would go up , which would clearly lead to higher unemployment in Yorkshire and Humberside . |
| 7 | Griffin showed how girls often had particular perceptions of a ‘ good job for a girl ’ and hence many of them wanted to do ‘ feminine ’ jobs — such as shop work or hairdressing — yet these jobs would later lead to less money , less security and less status than boys ' jobs . |
| 8 | Furthermore , he says he can find no example of a large mainframe user ever downsizing , adding that to do so would inevitably lead to lower company profits . |
| 9 | This would produce significantly increased charges for depreciation , which in Local Authority No. 3 would simply lead to significant cash surpluses . |
| 10 | This would consequently lead to increased motility because parasympathetic activity would be unopposed by diminished sympathetic activity . |
| 11 | The specific plan announced by Schuman had been drafted by Jean Monnet who certainly did see it as only a first step in a chain that would ultimately lead to political integration . |
| 12 | Despite his high international profile , his determination to preserve the Atlantic alliance and his 1972 Nobel Peace Prize , Brandt 's policy provoked concern amongst the CDU , who doubted that the ‘ Eastern Treaties ’ would actually lead to any relaxation of Soviet control in East Germany . |
| 13 | Release of these peptides by bile salts would thus tend to slow transit and increase absorptive mucosal surface area and would therefore lead to increased bile salt absorption in the terminal ileum . |