Example sentences of "could [adv] lead to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It i my Lord Mayor , it is indeed colossal cheek and pure hypocrisy on the part of the Tory Group , and particularly on the part of Councillor , to be putting forward the resolution congratulating schools on their success in responding to the introduction of Local Management , when they and the Government , between them impose such conditions that could only lead to chaos and disorder . |
| 2 | They must n't go down this road again , it could only lead to disaster . |
| 3 | The trading employees in India were not paid salaries in the modern sense of income they could live on ; they got small retainers , starting at perhaps £5 a year , and it was taken for granted that they would supplement their retainers by trading , sometimes acting as agents buying the goods that would eventually be exported by the Company ( though this could easily lead to fraud ) , but more often dealing for their own account . |
| 4 | Re-using needles in a medical setting , which still occurs in some developing countries , could also lead to transmission . |
| 5 | ‘ The setting of an arbitrary limit of 2,000 prescriptions per month before payment of the new allowances will adversely affect and could even lead to closure of up to one in five pharmacists in Cheshire . |
| 6 | Where such a transaction had taken place there were no problems , but naturally any forced seizures caused bitterness and could well lead to bloodshed . |
| 7 | Many treaties may be equally appropriately classified in a number of ways : having legal consequences flow from such a classification could well lead to incoherence and confusion rather than promoting certainty . |