Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb mod] lead [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 On the contrary , it is possible that greater training in counselling skills may lead to a more skilfully directed and efficient interview .
2 This consideration of the events and operations may lead to a tuning of the model , an adjustment of the entitles and the attributes .
3 Production from these new projects should lead to an increasing production profile from the North Sea by the mid 1990's .
4 The increasing availability of pulse oximetry in intensive care units may lead to a false interpretation of oxygen transport capacity in cases of CO poisoning , especially if SpO is between 91% and 98% .
5 In addition , a progressive increase in the size of the waves should lead to the movement seawards of the bar , while a diminution should lead to a landward movement , both being caused fundamentally by the movement of the break point .
6 Something told her that the glint in Charles 's eyes might lead to a follow-up of his recce .
7 Health officials are warning that so-called rave parties could lead to a drug epidemic .
8 As I have explained , in such a case the adoption of the literal meaning of the statutory words would lead to a result whereby the taxpayer is assessed at an amount greater than that charged by the employer to the public for the same service .
9 Motor Racing : Michael Horst , vice-president of corporate affairs , Philip Morris [ Marlboro ] , is reported to ‘ admit that the removal of corporate or brand images would lead to an enforced evacuation from sport in general , and the Philip Morris subsidiary , General Foods , incorporating Kraft and Jacobs-Suchard , could decide part of the vacuum was worth filling ’ [ Glasgow Herald , 20.1.91 ]
10 An Oxford don says a return to Victorian manners would lead to a better , more considerate society .
11 Changes in the curriculum in schools will lead to an increase in the number of language graduates recruited into teacher training .
12 Pretty gardens will surround the Hotel Miramare and numerous steps will lead to the pleasant swimming pool and tennis courts for the energetic .
13 It 's warned that in the event of any Gulf war , religious ties will lead to an alliance between Iraq and Iran against the west .
14 An extensive use of these relationships will lead to an excess of spellings which are phonologically acceptable but orthographically incorrect .
15 At the time of writing it is too early to determine whether the IEBPC 's Frankfurt seminars , presentations and cocktail parties will lead to a significant international force stimulating a vigorous wave of Data Discman publishing .
16 Unless Yugoslav commanders receive some clear indication that we mean business in Austria their infiltration tactics will lead to an impossible situation . "
17 Failure to use these words can lead to a lot of confusion , and provide opportunities for awkward parties to obstruct a reference by questioning the procedure used to arrive at a result which they expect to be unfavourable .
18 However , the danger with relying upon such a model is that the necessity to summarize and simplify the more relevant economic relationships can lead to the omission or misrepresentation of some important features .
19 Just to be dubbed a ‘ best buy ’ in a range of rival tumble driers , answering machines or camcorders can lead to a rush to the store by discerning customers .
20 The weather forecast was not too bad , either , except that the heavy recent downpours might lead to the cracking of some water , or even gas , mains .
21 While the exercise about to be described was a theoretical model , not an empirical test , its results indicate that positive NPV opportunities probably do exist in some ‘ cash cows ’ and that an integration of DCF and portfolio-grid analyses may lead to a more careful and sophisticated use of portfolio grids .
22 Expansion of the money supply in these circumstances may lead to no additional expenditure , only additional idle balances .
23 Together the SR and GR effects should lead to a time delay variation of amplitude of about 4 ms over one orbit .
24 ( Note that administrative errors could lead to an investigation by the Local Ombudsman . )
25 She was fined £1,000 and warned that further offences could lead to a ban on keeping sheep .
26 The removal of these barriers would lead to a direct lowering of costs by reducing the price of imported goods and services .
27 Congregation at feeding sites would lead to a rapid exhaustion of local supplies .
28 Like the Shawnee prophet Tenskwatawa in 1805 , and the Paiute Ghost Dance shaman Wovoka in 1890 , Smohalla predicted that a return to traditional life among the Indians would lead to the demise of the white men .
29 De-differentiation of what elsewhere are more likely to be imperatively co-ordinated functions will lead to a lessening of the degree of specialization of functions subordinated to the missions and goals of an organization .
30 Labour believes the errors will lead to a flood of appeals .
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