Example sentences of "[conj] lead [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their river habitat east of Quebec city has become a chemical soup of pollutants which probably causes a failure of their immune system or leads to a variety of other diseases such as bladder and other cancers , hepatitis , and perforated ulcers . |
| 2 | This obsession with changing its environment sometimes causes the Beaver to fall foul of local authorities , particularly when the end result obstructs the migratory routes of Salmon or leads to the flooding of woodlands and highways . |
| 3 | Allowing the taxpayers ' appeal , Lord Justice Browne-Wilkinson held that in construing a piece of legislation , reference to Parliamentary materials , subject to any question of Parliamentary privilege , is permissible where three criteria are met : the legislation is ambiguous or obscure , or leads to an absurdity ; the material relied on consists of one or more statements by a minister or other promoter of the Bill , together if necessary with such other Parliamentary material as is necessary to understand such statements and their effect ; the statements relied on are clear . |
| 4 | I therefore reach the conclusion , subject to any question of Parliamentary privilege , that the exclusionary rule should be relaxed so as to permit reference to Parliamentary materials where ( a ) legislation is ambiguous or obscure , or leads to an absurdity ; ( b ) the material relied upon consists of one or more statements by a minister or other promoter of the Bill together if necessary with such other Parliamentary material as is necessary to understand such statements and their effect ; ( c ) the statements relied upon are clear . |
| 5 | ‘ permit reference to parliamentary materials where ( a ) legislation is ambiguous or obscure , or leads to an absurdity ; ( b ) the material relied upon consists of one or more statements by a minister or other promoter of the Bill together if necessary with such other parliamentary material as is necessary to understand such statements and their effect ; ( c ) the statements relied upon are clear . ’ |
| 6 | Parliamentary material is admissible where the legislation is ambiguous , uncertain or leads to an absurdity . |
| 7 | Pepper v. Hart ( i ) admits statements by a minister or other promoter of a Bill , where the resultant statute is ambiguous , obscure or leads to an absurdity ; however , ( ii ) the statements must be ‘ clear ’ and ( iii ) may be supported by other parliamentary material ‘ as is necessary to understand such statements ’ . |
| 8 | Legislation Which is Ambiguous or Obscure , or Leads to an Absurdity |
| 9 | The clear implication of Pepper v. Hart is that reference to parliamentary material is only permissible where the legislative text is obscure , ambiguous , or leads to an absurdity . |
| 10 | I do not think that is unfair or leads to an unfairness in the trial . |
| 11 | ‘ The court must take a broad view of the decision and not allow itself to be bogged down in minutiae , or led into the error of taking over the role of a fact finding tribunal . |
| 12 | The work of local authorities was ‘ fragmented between too many separate departments , and these [ were ] seldom coherently organised or led by the Clerk . |
| 13 | The issues about which respondents expressed concern included the use made of the results by , variously , the police authorities and the IRA , and the associated question of whether the field-worker was a spy for the authorities or the Republican paramilitaries ( on researchers as spies see Hunt 1984 : 288–9 ; Manning 1972 : 248 ) ; the obtrusiveness of the ethnographer 's ubiquitous notepad ; sensitivity to how the research might compromise their personal security or lead to a transfer , and worthies over the field-worker 's religion ; and the whole focus and topic of the investigation . |
| 14 | The demolition of a building does not of itself constitute development , though , of course , it may form part of a building operation , or lead to the making of a material change in the use of the land upon which it stood . |
| 15 | As they set off she realized they were n't driving back towards the restaurants of the town centre and Willi 's beloved Franz Joseph hotel , but up to the mountain road that led over the pass and into the next valley . |
| 16 | If anything disturbed that natural covering , the vegetation would follow a pattern of development that led through a series of recognizable stages to the mature climax once again : |
| 17 | He was on a road that led through a swamp , and then coming towards him was the rough figure of a shepherd , the jostling oval shapes of the animals . |
| 18 | They took a winding dirt alley that led through the back of the village between houses and outhouses . |
| 19 | Bores Hole was used as an air raid shelter , or rather the tunnel that led under the road was , and many tales could be told of nights spent under there during the air raids . |
| 20 | Creed told him to take a right turn , down a narrow track that led towards the ocean . |
| 21 | Doreen and Silas were still where she had left them , making two shadowy figures in the moonlight , and , even as she watched , they moved in the direction of the road that led towards the highway . |
| 22 | A short time later they were making their way along the road that led beyond the property , and had not travelled far before Silas turned the minibus along a side-road that led towards the boundary . |
| 23 | We were now on the glossy blacktop that led towards the army laundry , Rosa 's old creche . |
| 24 | Cutting round to the right and following the track northeastwards , I came down a path that led towards the Occupation Road via the Megger Stones . |
| 25 | A short time later they were making their way along the road that led beyond the property , and had not travelled far before Silas turned the minibus along a side-road that led towards the boundary . |
| 26 | They drove in from the west , on the 243 through Gunzerode , and along the cracked road that led past the IFA Motorenwerk where they once made bicycles and now were being upgraded to motor bikes . |
| 27 | He beat a red light and turned right again , on to the parkway that led along the river to the bridge . |
| 28 | Gesturing that she was to follow him , he began to march along the path that led down the hill , and was quickly out of sight . |
| 29 | He let the car forwards , down the hill , and on to the white road that led across the lake bed . |
| 30 | And that led to a day of fury and counter-claims by the Pakistan team bosses who insisted : ‘ We are not cheats and we intend spending our last rupee proving so . ’ |