Example sentences of "[vb mod] lead to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | On rare occasions complaints may be made to the school which could lead to court action . |
| 32 | * Photochemical smog , which could approach levels experienced by London in the 1950s ; this could lead to bronchitis and breathing problems , particularly among children and old people . |
| 33 | ‘ Any attempt to split the army forces could lead to bloodshed , ’ he told deputies . |
| 34 | Bill Goodall , the SPOA 's general secretary , told a rally in Glasgow they had pledged to oppose market testing of the service which they feared could lead to privatisation . |
| 35 | He added that the prison officers were wrong to think that the possible contracting out of some services within prisons could lead to privatisation of entire jails . |
| 36 | John MacGregor , the Secretary of State for Transport , said that the code would stress the importance of testing essential systems and of advising coastal states if a vessel is experiencing difficulties which could lead to pollution . |
| 37 | The code stresses the importance of testing ships ' systems , passage planning , compliance with routing schemes and voluntary reporting schemes , ‘ appropriate margins of safety ’ in case of breakdown and prompt reporting when difficulties could lead to pollution . |
| 38 | FIFTEEN dentists ' practices are to consider resigning from the NHS over proposed government funding cuts they fear could lead to bankruptcy . |
| 39 | Applied to the procedures of art-making , however , the notion could lead to chaos . |
| 40 | It occurred to Susan that this could lead to legislation she would n't approve of . |
| 41 | The government and the APC resisted increasing demands in mid-1990 for a return to a multiparty system , claiming that such a change would not solve the country 's economic problems and could lead to divisiveness . |
| 42 | Since such an approach could lead to over-regulation , stultifying both efficiency and innovation , a delicate balance needs to be struck . |
| 43 | Present trends could lead to consumption more than doubling by 2020 , the council says , and although energy is abundant at present , governments should take early action to secure supplies . |
| 44 | If a person on whom an improvement or prohibition notice is served fails to comply with it , he is liable to prosecution , and failure to comply with a prohibition notice could lead to imprisonment . |
| 45 | The two American researchers say that , despite some of the workers having 20 years ' experience in the electricity industry , none of the workers had heard of sulphur hexafluoride , nor did they know that their work could lead to exposure to irritant gases . |
| 46 | Viruses are carried in the seawater from sewage outfalls , and while some may only cause minor stomach upsets , others , including coxsachie and echo viruses , could lead to hepatitis , meningitis and quasi-paralytic disorders . |
| 47 | Mullins first used the term ‘ trusted assessorship ’ to refer to friendly criticism , and the subject was expanded by Chubin , who suggested that the study of acknowledgements in papers could lead to measurement of the effects of trusted assessorship . |
| 48 | There may be speculation whether the existence of two bodies with similar aims could lead to duplication of effort and competition for members which would diminish our influence . |
| 49 | Ms Christie said injecting tranquilisers in large doses could lead to dependency , anxiety , depression and loss of control . |
| 50 | Yet the urge to press on , paradoxically , could lead to questioning becoming not more but less effective and therefore a somewhat inefficient use of the time available . |
| 51 | 7.6.6.2 all money received in respect of the insurance effected by the Landlord pursuant to this clause shall belong to the Landlord The problem is that all of the events set out in 7.6.3 seem reasonable , but the fact is that any suspension of the landlord 's obligation to reinstate could lead to uncertainty , which is not in the best interests of either party . |
| 52 | NORTH Korea , suspected of trying to develop nuclear arms , declared yesterday that any attempt to force it to accept a United Nations inspection could lead to war . |
| 53 | Furthermore , they were pointing out that legalism and the exclusion of parents would have paradoxical consequences : the last-resort philosophy and pessimism about care could lead to reluctance to recognize the signs of abuse , which in turn — especially in a hard-pressed and under-resourced situation such as that faced by many inner-city authorities — could have fatal results . |
| 54 | consider inspection procedures which could lead to early detection of damage that could lead to failure of a blade |
| 55 | He said that , besides reducing the tower 's elasticity — which may have prevented it crashing before now — the weight of the steel and lead could lead to disaster by causing the soggy ground to give way . |
| 56 | The executive Commission welcomed Mr Clinton 's commitment to agreeing a GATT world trade deal , but coupled this with a warning that any recourse to protectionism to spark economic recovery could lead to disaster . |
| 57 | DO NOT USE PUNISHMENT THAT COULD LEAD TO AVOIDANCE OF DESIRED BEHAVIOUR |
| 58 | my Lord , this is a problem which erm your Lordship 's had submissions from both parties and of course it goes to specialist separates , first of all one identifies , one takes one and strikes out the defending clauses within the agreements that infringe article eighty five on then applies the , the test of severance to see whether the residual agreements remain or stand , but we certainly have not depleted that the entire arrangement avoid but we pleaded the restrictions are avoid , my Lord er and that 's important because it could lead to consequence and we 're pleading it that and if for example er power in the erm standard form agency agreement was rendered void because it was an unlawful restriction , it does n't mean to say that erm an agent er a name might not of instructed an agent to write business , what we 're saying is they may not have instructed him to write all of the business that he did in fact did er write for example L M X spiral and , now if , if a particular defendant can say well have I been well you know proper position that I would of been and the restrictions not been in place I would of instructed the agent to do precisely what he did , then of course he has no defence , that 's a que that 's a point , if he says well erm I , the facts suggest and established that I would never , ever have allowed the agents to underwr to write L M X spiral business and , and the only reason he was able to do that was because of the restrictions then he can escape liability for that part of the business underwritten |
| 59 | This , he maintained , could lead to despotism : " 173 despots would surely be as oppressive as one … |
| 60 | ‘ The doctor said it would never get better by itself and could lead to arthritis . |