Example sentences of "would lead [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was deeply disturbed by this and quite convinced that it would lead to serious trouble . |
| 2 | Fears that this proposal would lead to Federal interference in this field brought a further defeat for the President . |
| 3 | Whether or not the testing of nuclear weapons in the early 1960s caused a significant decrease in stratospheric ozone may remain controversial , but it is generally agreed by researchers that a future large-scale nuclear exchange with detonations totalling 5000–10,000 million tonnes would lead to substantial depletion of stratospheric ozone . |
| 4 | He highlighted the different approaches being made by the regions , putting sufficient emphasis on the distinctions and duplications to enable the assembled company to draw their own conclusions : namely , that the international business was getting too big for the regions to handle , and that the variations would lead to unnecessary proliferation if they were n't effectively controlled and directed by Detroit . |
| 5 | Patent drug prices have been under intense scrutiny in Canada since 1987 when parliament approved an extension to the patent act that critics warned would lead to higher drug prices . |
| 6 | Ministers said their warnings that a Labour government would lead to higher interest rates were backed up by a business survey for today 's Financial Times . |
| 7 | Karl Otto Pohl , president of the West German Bundesbank , said that fears that German monetary union would lead to higher interest rates were exaggerated . |
| 8 | It was to this latter end that Wilson 's journeyings were largely devoted , while the emphasis of his argument was that acceptance of the union 's position , far from creating a tyranny of trade unionism , would lead to greater discrimination in recruitment and to higher standards of seamanship and greater efficiency which would be greatly to the advantage of the shipowners themselves . |
| 9 | Questions of office profitability would lead to greater centralisation , as firms such as KPMG and Touche recognise that it is more expensive to run their ‘ franchise ’ structures . |
| 10 | Increased acceptance of studies of sexual behaviour could indicate a change in the social acceptability of different lifestyles , which would lead to greater similarity between men and women in the interpretation of past behaviour . |
| 11 | In a school setting this would mean that differing objectives may be met and individual teachers supported , which would lead to overall harmony but not necessarily maximise purely educational outcomes . |
| 12 | On the one hand the approach I am proposing would lead the learners to realize ( in the sense of actualize ) grammatical potential in contexts of use , that is to say that it would lead to effective behaviour . |
| 13 | The Committee said grading by the Jury ‘ would lead to great inequality of judgment and administration ’ . |
| 14 | Some say the failed policy was really that of John Major , as shown by his devotion to the Maastricht Treaty which would lead to Monetary union . |
| 15 | A habitat specificity of a pollinator would improve pollination success ; however it can be argued that in a dispersal agent this would lead to increased predation of seedlings . |
| 16 | Dr Barry Bosworth , senior fellow at The Brooking Institution , Washington DC , warned that the decline in the US 's global economic hegemony , would lead to increased conflict between the major industrialised nations over trading issues and international financial relations . |
| 17 | He also maintained that increases in public expenditure would lead to increased taxation and higher unemployment . |
| 18 | Although people were endowed with different abilities and suffered varying degrees of misfortune , capitalism held out the promise that hard work and frugality would lead to increased prosperity for all those who wished to avail themselves of the opportunities it offered . |
| 19 | It expressed the hope that the concern for the implementation of UN resolutions would lead to increased pressure on Turkey to comply with resolutions calling for an end to the occupation . |
| 20 | The delegation 's visit had been arranged under UN auspices , as part of a process which Indonesia hoped would lead to international acceptance of its annexation , and Indonesian forces had reportedly intensified their anti-guerrilla activities in October in anticipation of its arrival . |
| 21 | Success in one area of integration would spill over into others , and eventually there would be a need to coordinate and collectively govern the hitherto separate economic organizations : so economic integration would lead to political integration . |
| 22 | Social scientists , the press , politicians and the general public all thought , in the early 1980s , that unemployment , if it continued to rise , would lead to political unrest . |
| 23 | Eliminating the ‘ barrier of speed ’ would lead to slower travel which is quieter , safer , takes up less space , greater ease of crossing the road , better air , less stress and less arrogance . |
| 24 | Third , more recently , local government auditors have been given powers of early intervention when a local authority has taken a decision which would involve unlawful expenditure or a course of action which would lead to unlawful loss . |
| 25 | Catherine , 23 — Mariette Larkin in TV 's The Darling Buds of May — hoped her US film debut would lead to universal fame and fortune . |
| 26 | It justified this decision by citing fears that the agreement would lead to more drug trafficking ( because of Holland 's liberal drug laws ) , more illegal immigrants and more terrorism ( because of leaky Italian and Greek frontiers ) . |
| 27 | Lady Thatcher , who has criticised the Prime Minister 's cautious stance on the war , said failure to make it clear that Serb aggression would not be allowed to succeed would lead to more bloodshed in Bosnia and possibly elsewhere . |
| 28 | He was however er reasonably clear as to the speed at which local authorities tend to deal with these matters , he said that it always takes a long time and getting any answer out of the local authority might well take somewhere between six months and up to two years , he thought that perhaps eighteen months was a reasonable guess before he would actually manage to get somebody if Paul were to move as er , it maybe well occur to here or a different local authority then of course the application would just go back to square one and that would lead to more delay . |
| 29 | We thought liberation would lead to more freedom but many of us are too scared to go out alone in daylight let alone after dark these days . |
| 30 | The Labour Party immediately criticised the proposals as an attack on councils they run and said the plans would lead to more centralisation and privatisation . |