Example sentences of "[coord] [modal v] lead [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , in some cases it can be fatal , or may lead to permanent handicap such as deafness or brain damage . |
| 2 | Subject to obtaining a magistrate 's warrant , police officers may also enter premises forcibly to look for evidence of a serious arrestable offence ( ranging from murder and rape to any act which has led or might lead to public disorder , or , vaguer still , acts which might interfere with the effective administration of justice ) . |
| 3 | They point to statistics which show that salt intake is ‘ far in excess of need ’ and may lead to raised blood pressure in susceptible adults , and that if everyone reduced salt intake by half a teaspoon a day , it could save 40,000 premature deaths per year . |
| 4 | At present there are people who choose to display a green learner plate for a period of time after they have passed their test , but this is only optional and may lead to other coloured learner plates being sold which then may not be taken seriously . |
| 5 | ‘ Until this issue is resolved … at the individual level there is concern that charges could be used to limit demand for services and may lead to major problems of access to services between authorities , with health authorities perhaps having to provide services in inappropriate settings … ’ |
| 6 | Distribution of the ‘ pan residue ’ fraction from sieving among a specified number of phi classes ‘ to permit application of moment methods ’ is not good practise and may lead to misleading , if not meaningless , results being obtained . |
| 7 | Choosing a tall , thin tank is likely to bring fish into unnaturally close contact and may lead to serious territorial disputes as the more dominant species try to establish their ‘ piece of the reef ’ . |
| 8 | For a ramped acceleration/deceleration control the task of excitation timing is particularly arduous and may lead to excessive storage requirements , cause the length of each step during acceleration and deceleration occupies a separate storage location . |
| 9 | There is fierce competition in this lucrative market , with polytechnics and universities mounting recruitment drives in the middle and far east using high-powered sales techniques , some of which are not wholly appropriate and may lead to unrealistic expectations on the part of prospective students . |
| 10 | Among possible factors are human activities ( notably grazing and deforestation ) , which promote desertification and may lead to local climate change , and changes in sea surface temperatures in the southern hemisphere , which may themselves be linked to global warming and/or the increasing incidence of ocean current changes such as the El Niño effect . |
| 11 | In addition , the role of the numerous growth factors and their control in platelets , macrophages and endothelium needs to be explored in diabetes and should lead to new insights in the development of diabetic vascular complications . |
| 12 | But there have been warnings against this — both from black parents and from the conservative popular press — and these are helping teachers to re-evaluate multicultural education and to consider much more fully why it is of benefit for all children and should lead to increased achievement and awareness amongst our pupils . |
| 13 | Chairman Alan Brooker believes the company 's increased size has put it in a better position to win larger , long-term contracts , in line with DCM 's stated policy , and should lead to improved margins and faster growth . |
| 14 | The legendary Scottish mountaineer , Hamish McInnes , said he felt the work of the expedition was important , and could lead to possible breakthroughs in the treatment of mountain sickness . |
| 15 | A ROW over a million tons of cooking oil seeds threatens thousands of British jobs and could lead to spiralling price rises on our High Streets . |
| 16 | The general answer is that you may copy a sound cassette or a video tape or disc for private use , but if it is copied again and again for commercial gain it is a clear breach of copyright and could lead to legal action . |
| 17 | Some practitioners complained that it was to difficult to estimate in advance and could lead to aggressive underpricing which may affect the quality of the work . |
| 18 | This may require additional information to be recorded on requisition forms etc , or involve setting up new registers , all of which will demand extra staff time , and could lead to some resistance . |
| 19 | He said the increase to £4.25 would affect about half the population and could lead to some hard-up patients being forced to go without certain treatments . |
| 20 | The figures came after a tough warning from Mr Major that plans for constitutional change backed by Labour and the Liberal Democrats threatened to sap Britain 's strength and would lead to weak , indecisive government . |
| 21 | I think that to support this motion would be extremely unfortunate and would lead to potential disaster , not for the county council but indeed for the Highfields community . |
| 22 | The removal of these would have a small but direct effect by increasing trade between EC countries and would lead to secondary effects of lower prices and incentives to increase investment . |
| 23 | Hailing the decision as a major breakthrough , campaigners say it signifies that the tuna-dolphin issue is being taken seriously by British industry and will lead to other negotiations between industry and environmentalists . |
| 24 | But the timing of some tax payments is not known with certainty and can lead to substantial changes in this component of the money market cash position during the course of the day . |
| 25 | Elsewhere , the enthusiasm for protecting everything ‘ natural ’ is too often misplaced and can lead to unnecessary confusion in the minds of a large population of consumers who actually owe their lives , their health and an enviable standard of nutrition to the responsible use of pesticides , medicines , preservatives and other ‘ artificial ’ chemicals . |
| 26 | Because changes in church services arouse strong emotions and can lead to serious divisions , the Commission believes that it is sensible for a parish to have a worship committee or group . |
| 27 | If children record and graph each other 's ideas comparisons are easier and can lead to fruitful discussions about where the ideas came from . |
| 28 | Hence although a larger corpus will alleviate the problem of insufficient data it will not cure it and can lead to other problems . |
| 29 | ABOVE Re-enactments of battles and the use of replicas of the armour and weapons of past armies for displays is a popular pursuit , and can lead to new ideas about equipment and methods of warfare . |
| 30 | According to COSLA officials , it can result in a potential loss of houses at prices which provide unduly favourable discount entitlements to individual purchases and can lead to unredeemed debt charges having to be met by remaining tenants . |