Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [adv] lead [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Also , new data still often lead to significant revisions .
2 Conceptions which in the 1960s might have precipitated a ‘ forced ’ marriage now either lead to abortion or , increasingly , to births in non-marital unions , concerning which more will be said later .
3 Hostess work in some of the clubs involved little more than chiselling money out of tourists for fake champagne , and the money that changed hands for street assignations almost invariably led to an instant disappearance with no follow-through .
4 Although sequencing errors may occur as a result of either left or right sided lesions ( Kim , Royer , Bonstelle and Boller , 1980 ) it is generally held that left hemisphere damage more frequently leads to impairment .
5 Strike-slip faulting also usually leads to the displacement of stream channels ( Fig. 3.25 ) and this feature is often useful in determining the magnitude and frequency of individual movements along the fault ( see Section 16.3.2 ) .
6 An increased flow of water not only led to greater purity of the commodity , but also permitted a rebuilding of the entire sewage system .
7 If talking things over inevitably leads to a row , then you 're to blame too , even though he may be driving you to over-react .
8 These figures not only lead to partisan squabbles and gerrymandering but also affect the amount of money that states and local jurisdictions receive from the federal government .
9 Such feelings almost inevitably lead to physical illness .
10 Businesses are worried lest pushing things too fast leads to the adoption of quotas for women and minorities .
11 That Fiji won the main prize so easily led to something of an anti-climax , but that was hardly the fault of the organisers , though they were to blame for the scant and often inaccurate team information for public and press .
12 ‘ This door down here leads into the dock . ’
13 ‘ One thing so often leads to another .
14 Arbitration not only led to centralised wage-fixing and a high degree of centralised decision-making by both employers and unions , as well as inhibiting the development of a strong shop steward movement , it also fostered a fragmented union movement ( Lansbury , 1978a ) .
15 This facet of conversational discourse quite naturally leads to a consideration of the individual speaker 's topics within what we have been discussing as the conversational topic .
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