Example sentences of "[noun] would lead to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the independent experts — by the hon. Gentleman 's lights — say that a national minimum wage on the lines proposed by Labour would lead to the loss of 200,000 to 2 million jobs . |
| 2 | The application of expert systems in aircraft maintenance would lead to the integration of its four generations that are ( more or less ) used today in the aviation industry . |
| 3 | But ITV Association chairman Greg Dyke said the proposal would lead to the network losing hit shows and mean stars like The Bill 's Christopher Ellison would only be seen on satellite TV . |
| 4 | It might be expected that where such clonal growth is possible , the struggle for existence over long periods of stable management would lead to the local dominance of single clones — those that had succeeded in a struggle for existence with others . |
| 5 | Like the Shawnee prophet Tenskwatawa in 1805 , and the Paiute Ghost Dance shaman Wovoka in 1890 , Smohalla predicted that a return to traditional life among the Indians would lead to the demise of the white men . |
| 6 | Being , as I think , unattached , the statue was , prima facie , not a fixture , but even if it were attached , the application of the second test would lead to the same conclusion . |
| 7 | Compressing this occurrence of -ing would lead to the false impression that walkingly is a word . |
| 8 | We confidently expect that an investigation of all other cases of sacred prohibition would lead to the same conclusion as in that of the horror of incest : that what is sacred was originally nothing other than the prolongation of the will of the primal father [ my italics ] . |
| 9 | ( Kautsky warned them that capitalism now required large international markets with a single language which , in the Habsburg domains , would best be German ; retaining Czech would lead to the economic decline of the Czech people . ) |
| 10 | In November Lord Lansdowne , an aged , distinguished and highly conservative Tory politician , convinced that continuation of the war would lead to the collapse of the social order , appealed publicly for a negotiated peace . |
| 11 | It warned that a takeover would lead to the creation of a duopoly in the package travel industry , with a market share of 60 per cent . |
| 12 | In a title search , for example , a search for an incomplete or garbled title would lead to the choice of a title index display or a search for titles containing the words of the search , and thenceforth behave rather as if it were doing a subject search . |
| 13 | Former Attorney General Lord Rawlinson said the reforms would lead to the destruction of the independent bar . |
| 14 | Open access would lead to the demise of such long-term contracts . |
| 15 | The charge here made against the STV is , in short , that its adoption would lead to the devaluation of Parliament . |
| 16 | He took a far more realistic approach to the revival and certainly did not share their conviction that the Oxford Movement would lead to the reunion of the Church of England with the Church of Rome . |
| 17 | Colleagues believed Cleveland would lead to the issue being ‘ swept under the carpet ’ . |
| 18 | If fully implemented , these policies would lead to the large houses , who dominate output and distribution , publishing virtually nothing that is not anodyne and ephemeral . |
| 19 | This route would lead to the Porta Ticinese in Piazza XXIV Maggio , the Square of 24 May , but deflect at Corso Italia , and follow that road back into the city to visit the twin churches of San Celso and Santa Maria dei Miracoli . |
| 20 | He prophesied that the triumph of communism would lead to the withering away of the state . |
| 21 | It was also expected that this decision would lead to the building of a power station to use the lignite . |
| 22 | He foresaw that their success would lead to the overthrow of learning in the universities , the neglect of civil law , and indeed to anarchy . |
| 23 | These corps arose from the middle of the nineteenth century in response to the chronic insecurity caused by a Spanish version of the ‘ spoils system ’ : each change of government would lead to the replacement of all those appointed under the previous government by individuals loyal to the new party in power . |
| 24 | The agenda spelt out by the Treaty on European Union would lead to the eventual transformation of the Community into a single unitary state . |
| 25 | A similar result was avoided in The Lisboa where the clause was so widely drawn as to suggest that even proceedings for execution of the award were prohibited ; as such an interpretation would lead to the clause being null and void by virtue of section 8 of the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1924 , the Court of Appeal adopted a more limited interpretation under which proceeds for execution or to obtain security , including security by means of a Mareva injunction , were allowed . |
| 26 | Among their reasons for submitting was a fear that outlawry would lead to the destruction of the church ; in February the king was already threatening to make the outlawry permanent , and in March even the archbishop had his horses seized by royal officers while he was en route from Maidstone to London . |
| 27 | The salary paid to the collector by the county for his efforts to extract the cess from the taxpayers , moreover , was sufficient to stimulate competition for the post , and the attraction was enough on occasion to cause severe embarrassment to county politicians , who feared that support for one candidate would lead to the permanent alienation of his rivals and their friends . |
| 28 | As we have seen the confident prediction that the wide disparities in productivity according to firm size would lead to the demise of the small firm sector in manufacturing has been premature . |
| 29 | The values of justice and equality would lead to the setting up of bureaucracies which would empty the world of sacred meanings . |
| 30 | Such a situation would lead to the creation of completely new settlements on existing caravan sites which has already been described . |