Example sentences of "[adj] result [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We conclude that acute cigarette smoking causes a significant fall in gastric secretion ( Vg ) , and suggest that this results in raised gastrin values that have a tropic effect on the parietal cell , thereby accounting for the raised secretory capacity of chronic smokers . |
| 2 | There are no real problems , but if you plan to varnish a floor it is important that all traces of old finish are removed , otherwise the stain wo n't be able to soak into the timber , and this results in uneven staining . |
| 3 | In animal studies , UV-B radiation has been shown not only to be carcinogenic , but also to alter the response of the immunological system ; this results in impeded recognition of a cancerous tumour as a foreign body . |
| 4 | With the improvement in product quality , this results in increased demand for our goods and services , which in turn generates higher output and employment . |
| 5 | If losses are made by investors acting misguidedly , this results in macro output and employment reductions . |
| 6 | If this results in high interest rates , local authorities like other corporate bodies may reduce their capital spending , as the costs of borrowing rise . |
| 7 | This results in improved maintenance . |
| 8 | This results in excessive contraction of the muscles leading to death . |
| 9 | Thus , although the ratio of butyrate:glutamine metabolism was greater in the normal distal colon this resulted from reduced glutamine metabolism rather than increased butyrate metabolism . |
| 10 | This resulted in downward pressure on wages as many workers competed for scarce jobs . |
| 11 | This resulted in increased volume of grain imported , transhipped at Gloucester and sent out ( often by canal ) to various mills , such as John Biddle 's at Stroud . |
| 12 | The ‘ environment ’ had become a major political issue , and with the media constantly monitoring the progress of policy development , this resulted in active competition between elected officials to produce and be credited with strong legislation . |
| 13 | This resulted in stern action by the Old High Ones , to whom even the Gods themselves are answerable . |
| 14 | As a result employers came to reappraise their previous strategy of attempting to contain unions by means of active opposition since that was more likely to result in increased government intervention to facilitate recognition . |
| 15 | This is likely to result in increased demand for access to our other information services . |
| 16 | Carmichael and Dearborn ( 1950 ) demonstrated that continuous reading was likely to result in increased failure of concentration within an hour , but if the performance of the reader was checked and confirmed by asking questions at half-hour intervals then performance could continue for six to eight hours without signs of fatigue . |
| 17 | Such events would be likely to result in long-term adversity-unemployment and financial hardship for the first person , loss of family support at the same time as facing the prospects of single parenthood or marrying an unsuitable man ‘ for the sake of the baby ’ for the second . |
| 18 | But using the state pension age as a criterion is likely to result in unlawful discrimination not only on the question of retirement . |
| 19 | But the stunting of development in this way is likely to result in parental guilt and some spoiling of the achievements parents and children have accomplished together earlier on . |
| 20 | While an outstretched palm is likely to result in instant dismissal , a deft manoeuvre with the help of a room key — ‘ Here is your key , sir , do have a pleasant stay ’ — is a different matter . |
| 21 | Its construction would be likely to result in excessive noise emissions , vibrations and generation of dust to the detriment of amenity , and the winning and working of minerals in this location would be contrary to the Buckinghamshire replacement minerals local plan . |
| 22 | It will be apparent from the last section that expulsion is a remedy of last resort and is all too likely to result in bitter dispute . |
| 23 | In view of the fact that there is virtually no resistance to gastrooesophageal reflux in patients with Barrett 's oesophagus , this increased duodenogastric reflux is likely to result in significant exposure of the oesophageal mucosa to duodenal juices . |
| 24 | The use of such equipment for on-site data collection is likely to result in considerable efficiency savings , by eliminating unnecessary duplication of effort in writing out temporary records and re-keyboarding data . |
| 25 | Where managers are of limited competence any increases in efficiency are more likely to result from improved resource efficiency , particularly through disposal of under-performing activities or subsidiaries in order to improve the group 's financial profile . |
| 26 | These resulted in new tax cases , will appointments and other cross-selling opportunities . |
| 27 | But the beginning of the end of economic growth in the seventies resulted in massive unemployment which affected the minorities more than it did any other group . |
| 28 | These resulted from European Health and Safety Directives . |
| 29 | Furthermore , even if there are net gains to shareholders it is not clear to what extent these result from increased efficiency , and hence represent net social gains , or are the product of what may be socially detrimental increases in market power . |
| 30 | In education teachers devise many kinds of experience for their pupils in terms of exposure yet it is problematical as to how many of these result in genuine experience , as defined above , and how many are ineffective , i.e. they leave construct systems unchallenged and unchanged . |