Example sentences of "lead [adv] [prep] a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is life the countervailing force , now pitiably weak but always improving from its lowly origins , which may lead eventually to a future beyond even the imagination of men like Boltzmann ? |
| 2 | Although , according to conditioned attention theory , exposure to a stimulus will inevitably lead eventually to a decline in its power to evoke an attentional response , this decline can be postponed ( even for a time reversed ) if the target stimulus ( S1 ) is followed by some other ( S2 ) during initial exposure . |
| 3 | That can lead only to a number of results . |
| 4 | A really wide definition , aimed at including all gifts proceeding from benevolent motives , would certainly resolve most of the questions which arise today , but , besides perpetuating a number of imprudent gifts , might well lead later to a multiplicity of special definitions of charity for the purpose of particular statutes ; the Treasury , for example , would probably find that too much income tax was being avoided and introduce a special definition for tax purposes . |
| 5 | From the point of view of social and economic policy I believe we face a choice : either we accept the present trends which will lead inevitably to a decline in individual freedom and responsibility and the restriction of opportunities for our children and grandchildren or else we face the seemingly impossible task of dismantling the corporate state . |
| 6 | [ music ] There is a corollary to this in the curious offset notes and phrases of the vocal melody which lend a kind of speech colour to the basically simple tonal language , while giving mobility to the harmony ( a change of direction in an unaccompanied vocal figure may lead unceremoniously to a change of key ) . |