Example sentences of "[noun] can result [prep] a " in BNC.

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1 Certainly the advent of a child in a previously childless marriage can result in a radical readjustment of the priorities and intimacy of relationship between the parents .
2 Insensitive handling of this process can result from a misassessment of an elder 's competence to make these shifts , and of the time and energy this takes .
3 Failure to comply with the regulations can result in a £2,000 fine or six month prison sentence .
4 Adding the gravel after the water can result in a little clouding , but if you have washed it well this soon clears , while the water is heating up .
5 Subsidence can result from a number of causes .
6 that too much concentration on meeting articulated needs in an unimaginative and uncritical manner can result in a community education programme which , whilst reaching a section of the population never catered for before , in fact assists individual advancement but does little to assist collective advancement towards solutions to the problems of poverty and inequality found in working-class communities .
7 Failure to observe that enforcement notice can result in a prosecution in the local magistrates ' court .
8 The use of standard terms can result in a different problem .
9 The evaluation of performance can result in a revision of a programme , or a revision of the budget , or a modification in operations .
10 Thus a balance of forces can result from a weakened infection which induces a weakened immune response , leading to persistence .
11 According to Longacre ( 1979 : 116 ) , the orthographic paragraph can result from a writer 's stylistic concerns , ‘ partially dictated by eye appeal ’ , or from printing conventions such as an indentation for each change of speaker .
12 Delayed introduction can result in a lot of resistance later ( Illingworth and Lister 1964 ) .
13 A long or short position can result in a profit or loss for a bank if the exchange rate alters from that quoted in the initial transaction .
14 The venture can result in a generic research programme for the benefit of members , the dissemination of design data , the promotion of computer codes or the collection and dissemination for world-wide new practice .
15 On the other hand , loss of soil fertility after forest clearance and the invasion of weeds can result in a rapid decline in the carrying capacity of these ranches .
16 As can be imagined , trying to obtain reasonable samples of the general population for relatively short interviews on such topics as voting behaviour or food preferences can result in a lot of interviewers having to call at a lot of houses over all towns and cities in the country .
17 The time honoured method of knocking dowelling through a sizing plate to produce a smaller diameter can result in a shredded mess unless a number of reducing holes are used .
18 The idea that political power can result from a variety of factors , in addition to economic wealth , can be found in many studies of policy-making in Western nations .
19 Political power can result from a variety of factors including wealth , control over information , status , popularly and legally .
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