Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] lead [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | High welfare benefits may attract electoral support from the recipients , but the high taxes to pay for them may lead to electoral unpopularity with the wider population ; balancing the two is a difficult political act . |
| 2 | Both sides agree that these behaviours lead to much if not most of the premature mortality as well as chronic morbidity of adults today , and that a reduction in them would lead to reduced mortality and an enhanced quality of life . |
| 3 | The NUWSS on the other hand warned that though the bill deserved general support , the clauses extending police powers needed careful monitoring , ‘ lest they should lead to further harrying of the unfortunate women ’ . |
| 4 | My provisional settlement proposals were met by some criticisms that they could lead to substantial increases in council tax levels , increases as high as fifteen percent were suggested . |
| 5 | They could lead to valuable advances in the whole attitude towards the care of mentally ill people , including areas where the law can not always enter . |
| 6 | These restrictions were contrary to the wishes of the broadcasters , who feared that they would lead to monotonous and unimaginative presentation , and were condemned by most commentators , including many MPs . |
| 7 | Does he think they will lead to further unemployment and does he think they 'll have enough the effect of increasing unemployment in my part of the United Kingdom ? |
| 8 | It does not always work like that , for they can lead to real difficulties in study , and sometimes to pastoral problems . |
| 9 | Valuations are an important part of the range of services offered by MAS , especially since they can lead to further work within the department , eg handling a disposal based on a valuation provided by us . |
| 10 | They can backfire they can lead to some injustices but what they are is a signal that other methods of getting a better representation of women in parliament , in local councils has really not worked . |
| 11 | Once the day care centre is no longer suitable we may introduce the sitter service ; link in with the local day hospital or it may lead to long term care . |
| 12 | it may lead to new techniques for the prospecting of minerals . |
| 13 | If this trend is allowed to continue unchecked it may lead to more solicitors finding criminal defences unprofitable and yet another field of work will be lost to the solicitors ' branch of the profession generally . |
| 14 | This may simply mean a better understanding of historical sites , including those abroad in this age of mass foreign travel ; it may lead to active participation of an archaeological nature ; it may mean a better guide by which to judge or understand the paperback or so-called " historical novel " or the historical play on television . |
| 15 | If he was involved in competitive sports before , aiming from the start at tournaments and championships places a lot of pressure on the patient , and it may lead to bitter frustration when he can not reach his previous standards as quickly as he might hope . |
| 16 | There are obvious advantages of the information which could include better costing , better cash flow , improved customer relations , and it should lead to better decisions being made by management , but it is difficult to put a monetary value on all this . |
| 17 | It should lead to more understanding of language diversity , including multilingualism , and be closely related to pupils ' experience in their own communities , and therefore be treated with great sensitivity to pupils ' home backgrounds . |
| 18 | The second factor is important because it should lead to improved productivity of application developers , as it is no longer necessary for them to know diverse languages , environments and command sequences . |
| 19 | Well that 's it , it might lead to better things might n't it , I say it might do them good to be away from each other for a week any way , might n't it ? |
| 20 | Aside from the fact that I use this place for a specific purpose — a purpose that requires privacy , peace and quiet — it might lead to considerable misunderstandings . |
| 21 | The trouble with this , of course , was that it might lead to another doctor , one more competent than Donald , examining their evening meal . |
| 22 | It was an inconsequential remark but she hoped it might lead to some interesting revelation on Ianthe 's part , that Bishop Heber had been an ancestor or that she loved Victorian poetry , for , looking at the bookshelves , she was sure that she did . |
| 23 | To the last it raised no objection but it did point out that it might lead to long-serving drivers being made redundant whilst drivers with shorter service at other quarries were retained . |
| 24 | Interest is not just academic for it could lead to better industrial catalysts that mildly and selectively oxygenate organic compounds — normally an energy intensive process that is quite difficult to control . |
| 25 | Construction of a massive hydro-electric project on one of Tibet 's largest freshwater lakes is proceeding at speed despite fears that it could lead to ecological disaster . |
| 26 | Who knows — it could lead to other offers . |
| 27 | It would be against our interests to adopt a more protectionist and interventionist policy in aerospace , because it could lead to other countries adopting the same approach . |
| 28 | We 're following up much of the documentation that we found and hope it could lead to other things which I can not reveal . |
| 29 | We 're following up much of the documentation that we found and hope it could lead to other things which I can not reveal . |
| 30 | It could lead to many awkward questions being asked . ’ |