Example sentences of "can lead to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is particularly important in a three-act ballet where any temptation to display dance ‘ for its own sake ’ can lead to the introduction of divertissements merely to fill in time or show off all the dancers in the company , but is not concerned with the unfolding of the story . |
| 2 | True enough , but how easily this can lead to the conclusion that anyone who attempts to deal with things that matter must be a bore , that rather than run the risk of talking nonsense one should play it safe and stick to charming trifles … . |
| 3 | ‘ These problems are what lead to that sense of being left out , of isolation and despair , which in turn can lead to the symptoms we are familiar with — drug and alcohol abuse , crime and vandalism , debt and family break-up . ’ |
| 4 | Also , uncertainty on your part can lead to the risk of you surrendering all control over the session to the engineer , who will be more than happy to move into the producer 's chair . |
| 5 | If the under-development applies to renal rhythms then the production of urine at night might be considerably higher than in normal children and this can lead to the problem of bed-wetting . |
| 6 | Fickle it may be but , while in its intense form , it can lead to the greatest heights of courage and self-sacrifice . |
| 7 | Activation of one gene can lead to the synthesis of a protein which activates some genes and inhibits others , which in turn may control yet other genes . |
| 8 | Continuing developments in physics can lead to the establishment of newly-defined areas of investigation . |
| 9 | ‘ What better way to show that going grey can lead to the heights of success and power than the example of a world leader such as yourself , John , ’ we said . |
| 10 | Wherever you take them , though , try , if it is possible and the weather is good , to arrange for them to spend some of the time out of doors — for the housebound elderly are often short of vitamin D , which most of us get from natural sunlight ( as well as certain foods ) and this deficiency can lead to the painful condition of osteomalacia , in which there is rarefaction of the bones . |
| 11 | Consequently , dry cell manufacturers , quite rightly , put warnings on their products as such abuse can lead to the cell rupturing and electrolyte leakage . |
| 12 | If the water is maintained at 26–28°C and the eel breathes in cooler , free-moving air , this can lead to the loss of your fish in the same way as with Anabantids . |
| 13 | Under these conditions there is a proliferation of anaerobic bacteria which can lead to the release of harmful by-products , such as methane . |
| 14 | ‘ But if their decisions are misinterpreted it can lead to the kind of dreadful pressures Gordon Durie has been suffering . |
| 15 | A partial blockage ( stenosis ) can lead to the early warning symptoms of fatigue , breathlessness , or a cramp-like chest pain on exertion ( angina ) . |
| 16 | Sex can therefore remain a personal need , but the difficulties of fulfilling that need can lead to the acceptance of dominant ideas about the unacceptability of sex in old age . |
| 17 | Poor timing of spoonfuls can lead to the child 's feeling frustrated and angry . |
| 18 | When the yarns are different colours , or different textures , this can lead to the knitting having a streaky appearance . |
| 19 | This leaves him free to claim also that scientific objectivity can lead to the discovery of truth ( Stark 1958 : 126 ) . |
| 20 | Re-use of needles or syringes can lead to the exchange of small quantities of blood , leading to transmission of the virus from one person to the next . |
| 21 | Most people find such diagrams much easier to understand than paragraphs of explanatory prose but the flexibility itself can lead to the difficulties illustrated in Fig. 1.22 . |
| 22 | As in the heart , calcium entering neurons through voltage-operated channels can be amplified by CICR from internal pools and this can lead to the generation of repetitive calcium spikes . |
| 23 | A disclosure can lead to the older person being further disadvantaged . |
| 24 | Any individual display of selfish or uncooperative attitudes can lead to the allocation of jobs that carry low prestige , smaller annual increments , more limited promotion prospects and which convey a humiliating stigma in the eyes of colleagues . |
| 25 | However , the danger with relying upon such a model is that the necessity to summarize and simplify the more relevant economic relationships can lead to the omission or misrepresentation of some important features . |
| 26 | This problem causes the available land to be used unevenly , and can lead to the birds ' droppings saturating the ground surrounding the house . |
| 27 | Occasionally the public relations executive of an organisation is also that organisation 's spokesman but , except for promotional and marketing campaigns where the PRO is indeed the expert in the area , the provision of an obvious intermediary can lead to the viewer seeing him as a buffer for those who might more usefully have appeared . |
| 28 | The most common fault is that important features are not always revealed by these methods , which can lead to the excavation being sited wrongly . |
| 29 | Of course , concern with the product to the exclusion of everything else customer , market , cash-flow , productivity , and so on — can lead to the kind of product fetishism which allows ‘ good ’ engineering firms to go bust . |
| 30 | These are often a combination of personal and peer-group interests ; and pursuing them can lead to the development of a wide range of knowledge and skills . |