Example sentences of "[vb -s] lead to the " in BNC.

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31 However , its involvement in the conflict in Nicaragua , acting as the main host country to the Contras , has attracted a good deal of US aid and military personnel and has led to the increasing militarization of society .
32 Similar problems have occurred in the Al-Wafra region in the south of Kuwait , where desert encroachment has led to the abandonment of farms .
33 Thus the lack of fundamental ecological knowledge has played a significant role in the shaping of these forests and lack of foresight has led to the demise , by deliberate poisoning and girdling , of many species which are now considered to be commercially viable .
34 However , spatial query tools are intrinsically linked to the data model employed : hence the use of multiple spatial data structures has led to the proliferation of query processors .
35 Brown demonstrates the extent to which the growth of research activities in this field has led to the emergence of improved cluster analytic methods for the multidimensional classification of people according to the type of area in which they live .
36 Absorption or wet scrubbing as it is often called has however the disadvantage of having to dispose of the liquid effluent obtained , which may itself require treatment before disposal , and has led to the comment that we may be merely replacing one effluent problem by another by using this method .
37 In the past five to ten years general interest in the deep structure of fold belts has led to the publication of the results of a number of seismic reflection surveys from around the world which provide useful analogues .
38 The recognition of the Symon Unconformity and its regional significance along the northern and western flanks of the London-Brabant Massif , has led to the proposition of a modified Carboniferous basin development model .
39 The interpretation of these patterns has led to the following significant observations :
40 The failure of these traditional local economic strategies to stimulate and sustain local economic growth in all but a minority of places has led to the development of new forms of policy .
41 His enthusiasm for this has led to the interpolation of several texts .
42 The management of patients who mutilate themselves while in a disturbed state will include treatment of the disorder that has led to the disturbance and will invariably have to be initiated in the psychiatric inpatient setting .
43 This ‘ lock and key ’ relationship has led to the view that the enzymes ' own structure must of necessity be unique and unchanging , and so it is — usually .
44 The danger of toxic gases , such as carbon monoxide and sulphur hexafluoride , has led to the installation of a computerised gas-detection system in 60 homes .
45 These distinctions are important , because the ‘ ancient pine forest ’ myth has led to the idea that chemical-sensitive patients are also likely to react to pine wood and pine products .
46 Long-term use has led to the growth of resistant strains .
47 However , his action has led to the scrapping of After Dark , a ‘ show ’ which has nothing to recommend it .
48 This has led to the speculation that these overweighted skulls led to the animal 's extinction , as a kind of anti-evolutionary regression .
49 This view of the body as a machine and little more has led to the increasing use of pharmaceutical drugs to counteract symptoms and to increasingly sophisticated surgical techniques to remove and replace diseased tissues and organs .
50 Firstly , it has led to the improvement of existing products , either in their specification or price , or both .
51 But the present argument has led to the opposite conclusion ; when we reach agreement , by public tests , on what is objectively so — which includes how we do respond when we see the situation as it is — the debate is over .
52 This has led to the economists ' expectation that the outturn will be £32bn or more .
53 The DEDNI 's suggestion that it might encourage companies to testdrill on Cavehill , particularly for gold , has led to the formation of the Save the Cavehill Campaign in Belfast , while in west Belfast the Black Mountain Action Committee is trying to save the Mountain from disappearing through quarrying activities — the committee has found local people to be suffering from health problems , particularly of the eyes and throat , related to dust from the quarrying .
54 On the other hand , she finds it difficult to take much interest in financial control , which means that there are sometimes errors in bills , and her unwillingness to ask walk-in guests for a deposit has led to the occasional bad debt .
55 At these times , the scarcity of employment opportunities has led to the view that older people should give up their jobs in order that younger people can benefit from the experience of work .
56 This has led to the claim that British merger policy has potentially represented a Charter for Conglomerates , although it should be noted that , as discussed in the next subsection , there has been a move away from diversification and conglomerates , especially after the Stock Market Crash of 1987 .
57 This has led to the suggestion that there was an eclipse of the sun .
58 It has led to the establishment of a network of groups for young gays and lesbians .
59 Meanwhile , success over the last year has led to the 16th Century Six Bells Inn at Bardwell , near Bury , adding three bedrooms .
60 The absence of evidence of a distinctive layout of fields before that time has led to the suggestion that Romano-British fields continued to be used in the Saxon period and that open fields may have been something that developed gradually through the Anglo-Saxon period as a whole ( Taylor and Fowler 1978 ) .
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