Example sentences of "[vb -s] result in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Continued deference to the principle of judicial independence has resulted in the virtual abdication of responsibility for sentencing policy by successive English governments , even though this must be one of the most important components of a coherent penal strategy . |
| 2 | Engineers are often most concerned with the attainments of a high level or technical competence which has resulted in the gradual erosion of the general level of social awareness and perspective necessary for an engineer to serve his community usefully … |
| 3 | This has resulted in the gradual piling up of the Himalayas . |
| 4 | This in turn has resulted in the downward trend in the value of her currency . |
| 5 | The reason for this , not surprisingly , is that the sale of the better properties , and the partial freezing of capital derived from such sales , has resulted in the continued decline , in both quality and quantity , of the remaining housing stock . |
| 6 | One of the biggest issues is likely to be the running down of the coal industry which has resulted in the recent closure of Dawdon and Murton collieries , near Seaham , with the loss of hundreds of jobs . |
| 7 | Other changes arise from mechanisation which , amongst other things , has resulted in the complete disappearance of the corn rick and its attendant chaff heap . |
| 8 | This guidance may appear to be rather imprecise but one particular application of it has resulted in the following list of parameters in two different groups . |
| 9 | Some local authorities have taken action under s.100 of the Public Health Act 1936 which has resulted in the eventual closure of premises involved in the animal by-product industry . |
| 10 | Differential erosion of the rocks has resulted in the hard rocks being left as peaks separated by deeply eroded valleys and ravines . |
| 11 | It has traditionally been assumed that a gradual decrease in intensity of Hercynian folding has resulted in the stratigraphic relationships observed within the late Carboniferous . |
| 12 | Erm you know but he 's saying the developments of the peasant movement has resulted in the rapid rise in their cultural level erm you know so on the one hand he 's , I mean in a way he 's , he 's trying to re-educate the whole peasant class erm and , and change their way of thinking which previously has obviously been going on , you know , since Confucian |
| 13 | Unlike North America the involvement of government in economic life has been through the increased regulation of the private sector ; in the U K it has resulted in the public ownership of the industries or utilities concerned . |