Example sentences of "this [vb mod] [verb] to " in BNC.
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1 | The critic may choose to write about common features in the work of the artists exhibiting ; this may lead to generalisations about the group which take little account of the individual qualities of the artists . |
2 | This may lead to the destruction of further historic pubs which are considered redundant ; conversely , this may well lead to the further restoration and conservation of the best historic sites . |
3 | As just one example , agricultural goods are generally priced lower in relation to industrial products in developing countries than in industrial countries , and this may lead to an exaggeration of the apparent differences in per capita income . |
4 | The sacral nerves which supply the genitalia are often involved in the disease process , and this may lead to sexual anaesthesia in the female and impotence in the male . |
5 | This may lead to catastrophic results in a few cases of late syphilis when the cardiovascular or nervous systems are involved . |
6 | Hopefully this may lead to publicity for these benefactors . |
7 | Nevertheless the idea of ‘ readiness ’ for a test must be one where the teacher has to be the ultimate judge ; and this may lead to a certain amount of tension between parents and teachers . |
8 | But if you can arrange for experienced selectors to be present then this may lead to a more objective assessment of the candidates than if you act alone . |
9 | While this may lead to more ‘ successful ’ management at local level , it will also make ‘ failure ’ more visible , with local communities suffering some of the consequences , as some health care facilities go ‘ out of business ’ . |
10 | This may lead to the feeling of being a social outcast , depression and hopelessness . |
11 | As we grow older , it takes longer for faeces to travel through the digestive tract and this may lead to constipation . |
12 | Indeed , discouraging technological progress within a particular country would make the country 's goods less competitive in world markets and this may lead to an even greater increase in unemployment . |
13 | This may lead to a party claiming : |
14 | Insects can also lose heat by evaporation from their spiracles , but this may lead to desiccation . |
15 | In the context of taking opportunities to improve communication and coordination the Green Paper states that : ‘ this may lead to the establishment of a means of coordinating all aspects of the auditing profession , for example a single over-arching body for audit governance . ’ |
16 | This may lead to a cycle of dependency , from which it is hard to break loose . |
17 | Nissel and Bonnerjea acutely observe that all this may lead to ‘ a lack of perspective on the situation ’ so that they may find it difficult to accept appropriate help or place limits on their involvement . |
18 | This may lead to personal collapse and destructive suffering , as noted by both Marris ( 1974 ) and Bettelheim ( 1970 ) . |
19 | The large scales are very easily dislodged or damaged against the cover glass , and this may lead to infection or distress at the very least . |
20 | In fact it is best not to think of ethical positivism as a theory of natural law because this may lead to consequences which are directly contrary to those sought , namely , the appeal to ‘ higher ’ laws as a basis for disobeying positive law , and the pursuit of an external validation for the devices of positive law which posits the existence of metaphysical rules to be discovered by a process of moral inspection . |
21 | This may lead to problems with regard to business efficiency . |
22 | This may lead to problems in the future as a consequence . |
23 | All this may lead to a spate of private ‘ gold rush ’ excavations which may well damage whatever remains of this ancient culture underground . |
24 | Boyden worldwide has become stronger , with revenues of $34.6m. earned from 1150 searches by 100 consultants ; this may lead to an increased presence in the British market . |
25 | This may lead to an increasingly varied and complex network of ‘ family ’ relationships . |
26 | This may lead to either regular repetitive cycles or more complex fluctuations . |
27 | If rates of sickness absence vary between individuals after taking account of the explanatory factors this may lead to extra variation ( overdispersion ) relative to that predicted from the Poisson model . |
28 | That this may lead to strange results can be illustrated as follows . |
29 | just as policy has to be interpreted by local authorities and individual schools , so ideologies have to be translated into specific policies and practices , and this may lead to inconsisten-cies . |
30 | This may lead to the whole group moving , tugged along by a complex web of bonds . |