Example sentences of "[vb mod] result in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If causing death is to be regarded as the most serious harm that can be inflicted , it would seem to follow that the most blameworthy form of homicide should result in the highest sentences imposed by the courts . |
| 2 | Your study should result in the active absorption into your mind of accumulated and recorded knowledge . |
| 3 | That is not to say that it is enough to do deliberate actions which , in fact , obstruct ; there must be an intention that those actions should result in the further state of affairs to which I have been referring . ’ |
| 4 | If severe , this may result in the diabetic lipaemia that is particularly seen in poorly controlled or newly diagnosed diabetics ( Bagdade et al , 1967 ) . |
| 5 | Failure to do so may result in the Regional Council reclaiming up to 100% of the registration , course and examination fees paid . |
| 6 | If they voice this concern to the general practitioner or health visitor this may result in the first step being taken in the identification of a visual problem , but unfortunately there can be instances in which the defective vision is not detected until the child has a pre-school medical . |
| 7 | On the one hand , variations in the supply of heroin resulting from police crackdowns on dealers or occasional droughts may result in the short-term increase of take-up of detoxification facilities as users try to ‘ top up ’ the shortfall in street supplies . |
| 8 | The congestion in the nose may result in the normal breathing pattern stopping entirely during sleep ( sleep apnoea ) . |
| 9 | But equally , the buried incestuous temptation invoked by the seductive mother may result in the same man being profoundly moved and sexually attracted to distressed women for whom he has no emotional responsibility . |
| 10 | This may result in the reduced borrowing of irrelevant theses on the one hand , but on the other hand , information on the existence of relevant theses could result in their increased use in the communication process . |
| 11 | This may result in the offlined modules being stored on a single , immediately available , large optical disk and ten magnetic disks . |
| 12 | Such an event might result in the new government being unwilling or unable to service external debt , including bank loans , i.e. nonpayment of interest and/or the principal sum loaned . |
| 13 | The exclusion of parts of the centre " let or constructed or adapted for letting " is fair and reasonable , but quite often an exclusion will relate only to parts of the centre " not let on the same terms as this lease " which could result in the occupying tenants paying part of the service charges for unlet premises . |
| 14 | All the authorities have twenty eight days to appeal that could result in the final cap being higher , lower or staying the same . |
| 15 | Free elections , which could result in the Communist Party being reduced to playing a junior role , are seen as the only realistic way forward to end East Germany 's political and economic crisis . |
| 16 | After all , every creature is entitled to some form of recreation and though Shep 's hobby could result in the occasional heart failure it was , after all , his thing and part of him . |
| 17 | Any delay could result in the ultimate catastrophe . |
| 18 | The Finnish Parliament 's Wilderness Act , which includes plans to log some of the county 's most ancient forests , has come under attack from environmentalists who claim that it could result in the permanent destruction of the wilderness . |
| 19 | The risk that failure to agree terms could result in the outgoing partner seeking a formal dissolution of the firm on peremptory notice is one which is not worth running . |
| 20 | This could result in the blind and pleats falling at an angle to the window . |
| 21 | The THES added in an editorial that the withdrawal of CNAA recognition could result in the grave consequence of the closure of an institution in the largest conurbation in Europe without a university : |
| 22 | Sealink disagreed with the MMC's findings that reduced choice , higher fares and a poorer quality service would result in the pooled operation before the tunnel 's opening . |
| 23 | A value of 255 would result in the corresponding phosphor dot on the screen receiving maximum illumination while it would be at half brightness if the value were 127 . |
| 24 | The case of the flutes and oboes requires a little more judgement , for , if the chord were high-placed , dovetailing would result in the 1st oboe playing in its thinnest and least effective register , e.g. . |
| 25 | Failure to comply with these instructions would result in the immediate death of the victim . |
| 26 | it would result in the unnecessary loss of prime quality agricultural land and |
| 27 | A large-scale labour mobility programme , it is argued , would result in the economic and social degeneration of the out-migration areas and would create economic and social costs to the in-migration areas . |
| 28 | Britain itself had escaped retribution ; Africa would assume its full role in the spread of Christian truth and the British example , awakening American emulation , would result in the two countries jointly shaming the rest of the world into ending bondage . |
| 29 | Before any options are granted to replace those which have already been exercised and which would result in the total value of options granted to an individual under the Scheme ( including options which have been exercised ) exceeding four times his annual remuneration , the Committee will satisfy itself that the grant of such options is justified by the performance of the Company in the previous two to three years . |
| 30 | Will he contrast that excellent achievement under Conservative trade union law with the undoubted industrial chaos that would result in the unlikely event of the Labour party 's returning to government ? |