Example sentences of "[modal v] lead [adv] to a " in BNC.

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1 [ music ] There is a corollary to this in the curious offset notes and phrases of the vocal melody which lend a kind of speech colour to the basically simple tonal language , while giving mobility to the harmony ( a change of direction in an unaccompanied vocal figure may lead unceremoniously to a change of key ) .
2 Similarly , conflict may not occur overtly , and after the deliberation phase ( forming ) the trust phase ( norming ) may lead straight to a solution ( reinforcement of group membership ) .
3 Is life the countervailing force , now pitiably weak but always improving from its lowly origins , which may lead eventually to a future beyond even the imagination of men like Boltzmann ?
4 and they developed a sense of distance that would lead ultimately to a complete transformation of the brain .
5 At the same time , the fresh unrest heightened fears that the turmoil in Kashmir would lead inexorably to a serious clash between Indian and Pakistani troops facing each other across the Line of Actual Control ( LAC ) .
6 In an impassioned speech to the Congress of People 's Deputies , Mr Dmitri Likhachev , who since the death of Andrei Sakharov has emerged as the conscience of the nation , argued that if President Gorbachev had to give up his party post ( as some radicals have demanded ) this ‘ will lead again to a civil war ’ .
7 When either the supply or the demand curve for a good or service is very inelastic , the imposition of a tax will lead only to a small change in quantity .
8 From the point of view of social and economic policy I believe we face a choice : either we accept the present trends which will lead inevitably to a decline in individual freedom and responsibility and the restriction of opportunities for our children and grandchildren or else we face the seemingly impossible task of dismantling the corporate state .
9 That can lead only to a number of results .
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