Example sentences of "[adj] can [verb] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | True enough , but how easily this can lead to the conclusion that anyone who attempts to deal with things that matter must be a bore , that rather than run the risk of talking nonsense one should play it safe and stick to charming trifles … . |
| 2 | If the under-development applies to renal rhythms then the production of urine at night might be considerably higher than in normal children and this can lead to the problem of bed-wetting . |
| 3 | If the water is maintained at 26–28°C and the eel breathes in cooler , free-moving air , this can lead to the loss of your fish in the same way as with Anabantids . |
| 4 | When the yarns are different colours , or different textures , this can lead to the knitting having a streaky appearance . |
| 5 | As in the heart , calcium entering neurons through voltage-operated channels can be amplified by CICR from internal pools and this can lead to the generation of repetitive calcium spikes . |
| 6 | This can lead to the mistaken assumption that the catalogue contains nothing relevant . |
| 7 | This can lead to the condemnation of biotechnology as a dangerous and frightening playground for " mad scientists " . |
| 8 | There is a danger of closed-belief systems emerging in the social sciences , but this can apply to the way in which a thinker is excluded from debates about human society as well as to the strict adherence to one thinker , or type of thinker , alone , as a safe source of authority . |
| 9 | This technique has the advantages that you do n't have to paint or draw anything ; nor is it necessary to tidy up the edges of the wall hanging as this can add to the haphazard effect . |
| 10 | The products can be trapped in an inert matrix by freezing the mixture of reactants , products and an inert carrier-gas such as N 2 or Ar on a window held at 10–20 K. The reaction of metal atoms with O 2 can lead to the formation of a number of small molecules , and in general more than one of these will be formed in any particular experiment . |
| 11 | If such a claim is made , the Commission may decide that there is no such distinct market ( in which case the member state concerned can appeal to the Court of First Instance ) or it may continue to deal with the merger itself , with particular reference to competition in the market concerned . |
| 12 | The former can point to the great difference between doubt and unbelief and the latter to the great similarity . |
| 13 | Foster , who won the international competition in 1984 , calls his a ‘ calm and classical building ’ which suggests ‘ ways in which the new can relate to the old , can pay respect but can also speak of its own age with integrity and without pastiche ’ . |
| 14 | Here , we see the state as an ardent suitor , suddenly aware of the rich dowry the multinational can bring to the national economy . |
| 15 | I mean , we 've got this , it 's been on , Mrs , I know , she has the same as I do , but but er the the these people who need such help , I mean , I 'm not being it it it just it just they 've just not included in the programme really , and er , we 've written I think from this committee over the years er made submissions over the years , and message still does n't seem to have got through , that that that that er this , and I think very valuable work , that can contribute to the quality of life for all of us , if we can improve the lot for these people . |
| 16 | It has been proposed that DNA supercoiling would act to change the DNA structure at the promoter facilitating or inhibiting the formation of a stable RNA polymerase-promoter complex , in which the initiation region is melted , and that can proceed to the promoter clearance step ( 25 ) . |
| 17 | We 're trying at the moment to get in non-conformist church records , or at least to get copies of them if the churches do n't want to let us have them , because they 're quite important for the nineteenth century history of East Sussex , and erm really any help that we can get from the general public who 've got old documents relating to their properties , minutes of any organisation that they 've been involved in , or that used to exist and that 's now collapsed , anything like that that can add to the history of the county we 're always very grateful to receive . |
| 18 | We 're trying at the moment to get in Nonconformist church records , or at least to get copies of them if the churches do n't want to let us have them , because they 're quite important for the nineteenth century history of East Sussex , and erm really any help that erm that we can get from the general public who 've got old documents relating to their properties , minutes of any organisations that they 've been involved in or that used to exist and that 's now collapsed , anything like that that can add to the history of the county , we 're always very grateful to receive . |