Example sentences of "[adv] lead [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shakespeare evidently shared Donne 's dissatisfaction with the extant convention , agreed with him that unfulfilled love was a trope that could only lead to a limited number of stereotyped situations . |
| 2 | This can only lead to a partial picture where lenders try to succeed within their own parameters , without all the facts on the likely borrower . |
| 3 | With a very shallow L curve ( as in Figure 18.3 ) , a rise in money supply from M to M' will only lead to a small fall in the rate of interest from r 1 to r 2 . |
| 4 | ‘ Halliwell said that these sexual experiments can only lead to a dead end . |
| 5 | Saturday 's name change was the sixth this century , and the previous alterations did not necessarily lead to a radical renewal . |
| 6 | It has been rightly pointed out that a quick ball from such a scrum does not necessarily lead to a running game and that the centre of the field , already bustling with activity due to the increased fitness and range of the modern player , would be clogged up with roaming loose forwards relieved of scrummage duties . |
| 7 | A bad swing can easily lead to a serious ground loop or even to cart-wheeling and a broken glider . |
| 8 | This can easily lead to a straightforward identification of Germany with Europe . |
| 9 | A degree in your fifties , sixties and seventies may not lead to a new career , but it will certainly result in a growing confidence and greater fulfilment . |
| 10 | This means that there is only one feasible solution satisfying and , therefore , adding further objectives can not lead to a new solution . |
| 11 | But the disappointment of pacifist hopes of winning the Labour party to a genuine democratic diplomacy did not lead to a new rupture in the Party . |
| 12 | The 1935 general election was a disappointment and it was a major part of Cripps 's case for the Labour Left that the election due in 1940 would not lead to a Labour victory either . |
| 13 | Being at risk of abuse , then , does not lead to a simple intervention strategy . |
| 14 | It will only serve to annoy the claimants ' advisers and will not lead to a conducive climate for ultimate settlement . |
| 15 | As my hon. Friend the Member for Bolsover said , the answer does not lie in a permanent military force in Yugoslavia , because that would not lead to a political resolution of the problem — as is the case in Northern Ireland . |
| 16 | G-7 leaders agreed that " it was for the people of Yugoslavia to decide on their future " and noted that " military force and bloodshed can not lead to a lasting settlement " . |
| 17 | It should not lead to a restricted curriculum , and its use was set in the context of a range of other methods which ‘ use pupils ’ own talk , interests and writing as the starting point for further work' ( NCC 1989a : 33 ) . |
| 18 | While scepticism may be present in such societies , it takes a personal , non-cumulative form ; it does not lead to a deliberate rejection and reinterpretation of social dogma so much as to a semi-automatic readjustment of belief . |
| 19 | Such deliberations on subject scope will normally lead to a preliminary list of significant ( especially the more general ) terms , with these terms collected into groups that reflect the relationships between them . |
| 20 | There are eight options on the colour pattern menu and , as with the shaping section , selecting any of these will usually lead to a sub menu . |
| 21 | White 's quiet opening may still lead to a slight edge for him if Black permits e4 . |
| 22 | A positive result may also lead to a great consciousness of the need to lead a healthier life and to seek medical advice where there is any indication of illness . |
| 23 | Insider trading may also lead to a significant loss of confidence in the Stock Exchange , particularly amongst small investors . |
| 24 | The author wrote that during reform , it was ‘ admirable ’ for students to do ‘ creative ’ things but the results were ‘ worrying ’ because , ‘ it will probably lead to a vicious circle of everybody doing business ’ . |
| 25 | Alcide de Gasperi was particularly interested in the EPC proposal which was initially vague but could eventually lead to a common parliament , a joint foreign policy and a full ‘ common market ’ . |
| 26 | The lower status of their own customs could then well lead to a general loss of interest in the arts and this could gradually spread throughout society . |
| 27 | It may well lead to a major exodus of general practitioners from the capital ; this would have an effect opposite to the one Mrs Bottomley claims to seek . |
| 28 | Unless the US , upon withdrawal , left sufficient indigenous military strength to enable south Korea to defend itself against any but an overt act of aggression , US withdrawal could be interpreted as a betrayal by the US of its friends and allies in the Far East and might well lead to a fundamental realignment of forces in favour of the Soviet Union throughout that part of the world . |
| 29 | This does not mean that all these methods should be banned : on the contrary — banning contraception might simply lead to a sudden rise in both abortion and childbirth , both of which are likely to be at least as dangerous for women 's health in a poor country . |
| 30 | The administrative time and cost involved in such an exercise will surely lead to a substantial increase in the numbers of practitioners using computerised versions of the return form . |