Example sentences of "[modal v] lead [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you then discover that of your part families a high proportion consist of the wife in membership to the exclusion of the husband , this should lead to some questions being raised about your programme which is obviously proving more effective in one area than another . |
| 2 | Field studies suggest that there is a yield benefit , too , as reduced tractor wheelslip and soil compaction should lead to less damage to soil and crop . |
| 3 | It should lead to more understanding of language diversity , including multilingualism , and be closely related to pupils ' experience in their own communities , and therefore be treated with great sensitivity to pupils ' home backgrounds . |
| 4 | This must lead to some confusion in the perception of self for both girls and boys . |
| 5 | What is more , we can not even see the processes going on today that might lead to such extinctions . |
| 6 | They remark that this ‘ might lead to all rape cases being regarded less seriously . ’ |
| 7 | Although the techniques for these are not available at present , recent continuing advances in the field of molecular biology and tumour suppressor gene research might lead to some benefit with gene therapy in the future . |
| 8 | Better police equipment might lead to more offences being recorded , as might an increase in police numbers , and over the last few years there has been a recruitment drive by the police . |
| 9 | The trouble with this , of course , was that it might lead to another doctor , one more competent than Donald , examining their evening meal . |
| 10 | He also expressed the fear , however , that the very widespread and intense national feeling which the war had revealed might lead in some circumstances to what he called ‘ social imperialism ’ : the imperialism of a whole people . |
| 11 | But even if judges were to exercise leniency on these infrequent occasions , it is surely far-fetched to consider that this could lead to all rape cases being treated less seriously . |
| 12 | It noted the possibility that in theory the interests of the partners might be so separated that a blanket restriction on competition would be unreasonable but rejected the contention that the mere fact of administrative departmentalisation could lead to that result . |
| 13 | Given a particular failure , the method enables us to identify the various combinations and sequences of other failures that could lead to that failure . |
| 14 | An inconclusive result could lead to several days of uncertainty , with either Mr Major or Mr Kinnock seeking to put together a government . |
| 15 | Our firms which export to the US may have to raise their American prices , which could lead to fewer sales , cuts in production and ultimately job losses . |
| 16 | Most would like to see the auditor 's period away from the audit in question extended from the proposed two years ( which , as Touche Ross says , ‘ could lead to this guidance being perceived as a cosmetic exercise' ) , but can not agree over how long . |
| 17 | This may require additional information to be recorded on requisition forms etc , or involve setting up new registers , all of which will demand extra staff time , and could lead to some resistance . |
| 18 | In this event , the effect of greater delegation could lead to some enhancement of grades or levels of staff to recognise the increased responsibilities and workload associated with delegated budgets , personnel matters etc ; commercial activities could be enhanced to increase income where possible , but not in true recognition of actual resource needs . |
| 19 | Residents fear a relocation at Hydebank could lead to another attack with massive blast damage being caused to nearby homes . |
| 20 | They also wanted some data at higher current densities , , but were nervous that increasing the amount of current could lead to another disaster — the vaporised palladium block still haunted Fleischmann — so they decided to achieve this by keeping the total currents approximately unchanged but using rods that were only 1.25 cm long instead of 10 cm , the effect being to increase the current density eightfold . |
| 21 | But yesterday Independent councillor Tony Moore , who opposed the increase , warned it could lead to more hardship . |
| 22 | But Manweb warned that the imposition of VAT , at 8pc in 1994 and at the standard rate of 17.4pc 12 months later , could lead to more disconnections . |
| 23 | But Manweb warned that the imposition of VAT , at 8pc in 1994 and at the standard rate of 17.4pc 12 months later , could lead to more disconnections . |
| 24 | Providing collection bins might appear an easy step but this could lead to more problems than it solves ! |
| 25 | The loosening-up of regulations could lead to more hotels being developed in India . |
| 26 | It could lead to more schemes like the Trax project in Oxford , where young offenders get the chance to work on cars , as an alternative to stealing them . |
| 27 | ‘ The district council , however , is of the view that taking this case to court could lead to more damage to the area through adverse publicity and this would be against the interests of local people . |
| 28 | A lawyer whose client committed murder while on bail says he 's opposed to a new law which could lead to more people being remanded in custody . |
| 29 | Such measures could lead to more sales of euroissues in the US as well as enabling issuance to take place there . |
| 30 | A block of classification numbers usually appears to provide fairly precise demarcation lines ( though even here the inconsistencies of classification schemes may lead to some difficulties — undesirable elements turning up in an otherwise homogenous subject block ) . |