Example sentences of "that it [modal v] lead " in BNC.
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| 1 | One argument sometimes raised against it is that it would lead to plea-bargaining , and thus to offenders escaping with lesser convictions and lesser sentences . |
| 2 | The original observation that an extract containing prostaglandins lowered blood pressure was a good reason for further investigation , but did not mean that it would lead to an agent for treating high blood pressure . |
| 3 | On the one hand the approach I am proposing would lead the learners to realize ( in the sense of actualize ) grammatical potential in contexts of use , that is to say that it would lead to effective behaviour . |
| 4 | I was deeply disturbed by this and quite convinced that it would lead to serious trouble . |
| 5 | The skill of the lawyer existed in ensuring that the relationship between the statements in his legal discourse was such that it would lead to a legal outcome which would translate back directly into the outcome chosen by the client as formulated in his or her own , non-legal discourse . |
| 6 | Except , as we have seen , for confident bourgeois like James Mill and Edward Miall , both those who campaigned for universal suffrage , like the Chartists in the 1830s and '40s , and those who dreaded and opposed it were agreed that it would lead to the political domination of the working class . |
| 7 | It was Mr. Newman 's submission that the matters to which regard should be had in the present case were ( 1 ) the lapse of time between the commission of the alleged offences and the request for extradition , and ( 2 ) the fact that the accusation against the applicant was contrary to the interests of justice , in that it would lead to the trial of the applicant in Sweden on the basis of the record of Price 's evidence , despite the fact that Price had subsequently retracted that evidence in this country in so far as it implicated the applicant . |
| 8 | There was no guarantee that it would lead to a new deal for the industry nor that , even as a compromise , it would hold against the tensions of a situation in which one side at least seemed determined to continue on a collision course . |
| 9 | WHEN CHRIS OWEN , Head of Natural History Publications at the Natural History Museum , published a painting of mosses that I had done for the National Museum of Wales , I had no idea that it would lead to a further and more exciting job offer , so a call out of the blue from Chris was a welcome surprise . |
| 10 | A proposal put forward by Mona Wilson , a feminist employed at the Ministry of Reconstruction during World War I , to make provision for all one-parent families outside the Poor Law , failed because , in the view of the Government Actuary , first it was too expensive and , secondly , by abandoning the principles of the 1834 Act , he feared that it would lead to an increase in illegitimacy . |
| 11 | I do n't wish to take this analogy any further but if the teacher-research movement can succeed in raising the profile of research in everyday teaching , I am sure that it would lead to not only an improvement in the status of teachers but also act as a spur to research itself . |
| 12 | The final hurdle was overcome on Dec. 18 , when the Ministers approved a directive on the question of solvency and capital adequacy for banks-an issue which had already caused deep disagreement , notably in West Germany , where fears had been expressed that it would lead to a dilution of the sector 's relatively high national standards . |
| 13 | Moi was opposed to a pluralist political system , on the grounds that it would lead to a resurgence of intertribal conflict . |
| 14 | The Federal Cartel Office had on April 20 , 1989 , objected to the proposed takeover on the grounds that it would lead to market domination in the arms , aerospace and truck industries by Daimler-Benz , which in recent years had taken over another aerospace company , Dornier , the electrical concern AEG and the engineering company MTU . |
| 15 | Bush strongly backed the measure , passed by Congress on June 13 , despite objections from some business groups that it would lead to numerous law suits . |
| 16 | He hoped that it would lead to similar moves by other countries . |
| 17 | Libya , Sudan , and Iraq supported the coup , saying that it would lead to the restoration of " international balance " . |
| 18 | France , which envisaged that it would lead the new force , had withdrawn from NATO 's integrated command structure in 1966 [ see p. 21601 ] and had since then pursued an effectively independent line on military issues . |
| 19 | The independence referendum had provoked warnings from Gorbachev that it would lead to a breakup of the Union and hence disaster . |
| 20 | Apart from issues of principle , perhaps the major practical objection put forward against charges is that it would lead to an increase in evasion ; the incentive to undertake development without applying for planning permission would rise in line with the rate of charge ( particularly for ‘ householder ’ types of development ) . |
| 21 | Rivals British Midland , Virgin Atlantic and Air UK objected to the merger and asked the Government and the European Commission to examine the takeover amid claims that it would lead to further domination of domestic airline business by BA . |
| 22 | The trouble with this , of course , was that it might lead to another doctor , one more competent than Donald , examining their evening meal . |
| 23 | To the last it raised no objection but it did point out that it might lead to long-serving drivers being made redundant whilst drivers with shorter service at other quarries were retained . |
| 24 | " The Trieste crisis blew up with an intensity which at the time suggested that it might lead to the last battle of the Second World War or the first of the Third World War . " |
| 25 | One of Rice 's reasons for accepting an invitation to join the board in the first place was his belief that it might lead to a rekindling of the old partnership . |
| 26 | Local law societies were generally against the establishment of an annual limit on the grounds that it might lead to unfairness in the handling of claims within any particular 12 month period . |
| 27 | Erm , funnily enough earlier on in August , erm , I rang you up about Yugoslavia , and er , I , one of the reasons that I gave for not , the Europeans , not intervening in Yugoslavia was my fear that it might lead to the Russian military unseating Gorbachev and my , er , discard that the , the sick man of Russia , so erm , sort of parallel I , well I would n't parallel it with Yugoslavia , my argument in Yugoslavia was that we should n't intervene because we do not have primary interests with , I mean , well we clearly have general interest but we do n't have primary interest , additionally in Russia is that everybody , in the world have interest but I would definitely here say that Britain should clearly do nothing per . |
| 28 | Present also , in that statement , is his conviction , which is suggested by the word ‘ unswerving courage ’ , that the pursuit of truth may be difficult , that it may lead one to call in question things that one does n't want to give up and which it is painful to surrender . |
| 29 | But in any case , her prominence in the preparations for the 5 October march , and her leading part in it , did not mean that she intended that it should lead to a violent outcome , and the mere fact of her CPNI membership can not be taken as evidence for the existence of a violent conspiracy . |
| 30 | The ‘ target ’ of the strike action was undoubtedly the railway undertaking but it was obviously a necessary consequence of the strike 's having any effect at all that it should lead to interference in the performance of contracts of carriage . |