Example sentences of "[subord] it lead to [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | It 's surprisingly wild in its upper reaches where it leads to Threshthwaite Mouth — one of the most distinctive though seldom used passes in the Lake District . |
2 | In 1976 in the Conservative Monthly News Lord Whitelaw was clearly of the opinion that ‘ Undoubtedly , economic mismanagement … where it leads to high levels of unemployment , especially amongst young people , also contributes considerably to increasing the number of those tempted into a criminal life . |
3 | Though the six counties initially refused an offer of separation from the rest of Ireland , that was the compromise eventually agreed on , although it led to civil war in the new Irish Free State , and remains the root cause of later violence . |
4 | Clearly it would be difficult to justify a dual system of justice if it led to certain types of people being more easily convicted , for the whole concept of the rule of law was to tip the balance of power away from the accusing state to the accused individual because it was rightly felt a too one-sided contest without such protection . |
5 | Because teachers are , on the whole , expected to have quiet , orderly classrooms they will be most likely to regard mathematics as relevant if it leads to good behaviour . |
6 | Similarly , the notion of social development through increasing differentiation and individuation has had a considerable place in later sociological theories , although its political implications have been judged in diverse ways ; from one aspect social differentiation may be seen as creating a mutual dependence of individuals and groups which is a fundamental element in a stable democratic system , while from another aspect ( as in Durkheim 's theory ) it may be regarded as a danger to the political order if it leads to excessive individualism , and then needs to be checked by a moral consensus embodied in the state . |
7 | Is it correct to claim , as Marsh does , that aggression is ‘ the inflicting of physical hurt ’ with its associated aim of ‘ subduing or achieving dominance over a rival ’ ( 1978 : 33 ) or should one follow Eibl-Eibesfeldt 's broader definition and classify behaviour as aggressive ‘ if it leads to another party 's being hurt ; this includes not just physical hurt ( injury or destruction ) but any kind of hurt , including annoyance , taunts or insults ’ ( 1978 : 29 ) ? |
8 | The first , by a Bank of England official , must be presumed to have been highly critical because it led to drastic reform of the island 's supervisory procedures . |
9 | This modified theory is not ad hoc because it leads to new tests . |
10 | Military expenditure is dysfunctional for the domestic economy in the long term because it leads to low investment , lowers overall growth performance and encourages high unemployment and balance of payments problems . |
11 | Many distributions show a peak in a particular age group mainly associated with taking on a large number of young people when the organisation was started or reorganised , this is not desirable because it leads to excessive competition for promotion at particular stages . |
12 | And so it considerably curtails the scope for morality , for it leads to such questions as : Why , if it is genetic factors that make people what they are , praise or blame them for what they do ? |