Example sentences of "may lead [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 This may lead to the destruction of further historic pubs which are considered redundant ; conversely , this may well lead to the further restoration and conservation of the best historic sites .
2 According to a study by Italy 's joint chiefs of staff , a manpower shortage may lead to the army being cut by up to half over the next 20 years .
3 It is also justifiable , however , for the criminal law to penalise conduct which may lead to the causing of physical harm , particularly in situations where the conduct has little social utility or where the risk is well known .
4 This is not good practice as it leads to confusion amongst users with an increased possibility of errors that may lead to the very problem the procedure was trying to avoid .
5 Discrepancies in information received may lead to the questioning of the relationship between worker and supervisor .
6 The ‘ costs ’ may lead to the loss of , say , television-watching time ( see response-cost on page 74 ) .
7 This may lead to the feeling of being a social outcast , depression and hopelessness .
8 They may lead to the award of a masters ' degree , a postgraduate diploma or certificate , a post-experience diploma or certificate , or a second degree .
9 When she starts to give birth to the older litter , the upheaval of delivery may lead to the younger litter being ejected as well .
10 A failure to recognize that interpretation and conceptual evaluation are different may lead to the assumption that ideas from one area of enquiry are self-evidently relevant to another .
11 In the context of taking opportunities to improve communication and coordination the Green Paper states that : ‘ this may lead to the establishment of a means of coordinating all aspects of the auditing profession , for example a single over-arching body for audit governance . ’
12 More seriously , leasing may lead to the lessee 's loss of entitlement to grants and incentives .
13 PETERBOROUGH manager Chris Turner is considering quitting over the coin-throwing incident that may lead to the club being charged by the Football Association .
14 This approach may lead to the output of more than one letter string , and again does not guarantee that these letter strings will be words .
15 It emerges from the above discussion that man-machine allocation of function is at best an oversimplification and it may lead to the neglect of some key features of human performance .
16 By distorting them , supernova explosions may lead to the shredding of otherwise stable clouds by the tidal field of the nucleus .
17 A refusal or a failure in this respect may lead to the innkeeper ( your employer ) being fully liable for those articles tendered for safe custody by reason of s.2(3) ( b ) and 2(3) ( c ) .
18 In addition , the desire to keep up a respectable level of income or the desire of the woman to have a job or career , may lead to the woman going to work .
19 Such a recitation may lead to the conclusion that one who consistently holds to this position ( as has been my experience ) lands outside the church .
20 This may lead to the whole group moving , tugged along by a complex web of bonds .
21 However , the reorganization of water resources may lead to the use of lower.quality water or , as is worse from the textile finishers ' point of view , water that may vary from time to time .
22 Nevertheless , failures will be encountered and such failures can eventually attain a degree of seriousness that constitutes a serious crisis for the paradigm and may lead to the rejection of a paradigm and its replacement by an incompatible alternative .
23 It is also true that there may be some doubt whether the privilege against self-incrimination can be used as a shield to prevent a process being set in train ‘ which may lead to incrimination or may lead to the discovery of real evidence of an incriminating character : ’ see Sociedade National de Combustiveis de Angola U.E.E. v. Lundqvist [ 1991 ] 2 Q.B .
24 The only possible qualification is a case in which the choice may lead to the death of a viable foetus .
25 This may lead to the adoption of ‘ safe ’ and uncontroversial activities , organizational security being put before any movement towards potentially disruptive goals .
26 Press and television reports on the adverse consequences of the centre 's decision may lead to the decision being reconsidered .
27 The failure properly to deal with troublesome residues among the masses , such as by allowing circulation of elites or by meting out violence where appropriate , may lead to the growth of ‘ Paretian tension ’ in the masses , civil unrest , revolution and ultimately the entire replacement of the decadent elite by a new governing elite .
28 This may lead to the investigation by a potential customer of the supplier 's working capital , financial and management expertise before large orders are placed .
29 This may lead to the formation of more than one bar , the outer being related to the break point of storm waves and the inner to the break point of normal waves .
30 Under certain extremely favourable natural conditions the break through the neck of the spur may lead to the formation of a natural arch , but this is unlikely in humid climates such as that of Britain , as chemical weathering would probably never allow such a formation .
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