Example sentences of "lead to the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 This would lead to the transfer of children 's day centres from social work to education and their possible future demise .
2 THE sudden popularity of the Portuguese escudo , which rose from obscurity to a position of strength inside the European exchange rate mechanism after it joined a week ago , could lead to the removal of restrictions on foreign investment earlier than planned .
3 The brushwood groynes 200 yards off-shore hold the sediment as the tide retreats through them and NRA officials hope it will lead to the development of new saltmarsh to reduce the impact of waves hitting the sea wall .
4 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 .
5 This can also lead to the development of a wide range of knowledge and skills , as nearly all educational problems are multi-faceted and one problem inevitably leads on to another .
6 the study of management should then lead to the development of certain principles of good management , which will be of value when put into practice .
7 The establishment of a law centre may lead to the development of local legal aid solicitors ' practices , to some extent relying on referrals from the law centre .
8 This may well lead to the development of more effective drugs for schizophrenia .
9 In time this will lead to the development of faults .
10 Much of the research in parallel computing is carried out within the Research Division of the Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre which is investigating those fundamental aspects of parallel computing which can lead to the development of new and improved systems and user support tools .
11 This is an extremely valuable marker of significant biliary obstruction , which may lead to the development of hepatic damage and secondary biliary cirrhosis .
12 Defective gastric acid secretion predisposes to abnormal small intestinal bacterial overgrowth and recurrent enteric infections , both conditions that may lead to the development of persistent diarrhoea and malabsorption , resulting in malnutrition and growth failure .
13 There is general agreement that a better understanding of the mechanisms of invasion and metastasis will lead to the development of new and more successful treatment strategies .
14 In his Commons statement , Mr Heseltine also announced the go-ahead for three gas-fired stations which were awaiting approval when the review was ordered , including the PowerGen station at Connah 's Quay in north Wales , which will lead to the development of a group of offshore oil and gas finds in Liverpool Bay .
15 It is hoped the move will lead to the development of a combined service with the library — a kind of one-stop resource for information and learning .
16 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 .
17 It was so radical that in later centuries it did lead to the abolition of slavery in the Western world .
18 A settlement of the longstanding dispute could lead to the United Kingdom reducing its military commitment to the country , although Price had asked the UK to remain as a guarantor against possible Guatemalan aggression .
19 We need to look at assumptions , seeing whether we think they really are justified , and if so , do they really lead to the positions which we at the moment think they lead to .
20 However , while the fact that it does lead to the possibility of new tests makes an hypothesis worthy of investigation , it will not rank as an improvement on the problematic theory it is designed to replace until it has survived at least some of those tests .
21 Personal investigation of areas will also undoubtedly lead to the possibility of land assembly from a variety of individual landowners , to form a viable and cohesive site .
22 Informed conjecture can make an equally valid contribution and this thought-provoking book may well lead to the revision of established theories of classical architecture .
23 The Human Genome Project , however , will lead to the identification of DNA defects in the relevant genes .
24 In Chic Fashions v. Jones ( C.A. , 1968 ) Lord Denning said that the police could seize , not only the items specified in the warrant , but also anything which they reasonably believed was that item , anything which would lead to the identification of the item , any other goods stolen from the victim of the offence being investigated and anything else stolen by the suspect .
25 Further experimentation might lead to the identification of other difficulty factors which could be incorporated into criterion statements .
26 DOUGLAS BROWN J. This appeal is in relation to the child who is a boy of 14 , nearly 15 , and , as judgment is given in open court I make it clear that there must be no publication of any part of these proceedings which would lead to the identification of this boy .
27 This tape has been carefully vetted for sensitivity of content or for material which can lead to the identification of speakers .
28 The definition of which places have previously been used for exchange activities will again lead to the identification of higher status sites .
29 Over narrow spectral ranges , many flash-generation/laser-detection experiments may be devised and carried out , and the use of electric-field tuning ( Stark effect ) , magnetic-field tuning ( Zeeman effect ) and double-resonance effects can lead to the identification and precise measurement of many vibration-rotation lines of short-lived species .
30 It might even come to be accepted that the discovery of flaws in the original investigation need not necessarily lead to the dropping of charges but may , instead , strengthen the case against the suspect through discovery of fresh evidence or by plugging of gaps in the original investigation .
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