Example sentences of "likely to lead [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since Yugoslav support for the Soviet navy is based less on coordination in security policy than on commercial interest it is not regarded by Belgrade as likely to lead towards a form of alignment with Moscow . |
| 2 | The current expansion and urban growth in the Southern population has also affected the protestant community , and the increased pressure on schools in urban areas , such as Dublin , is likely to lead to a diminution of the protestant-catholic character of most protestant schools , unless deliberate decisions are taken to preserve the balance . |
| 3 | ‘ We would n't want to do anything likely to lead to a breach of the peace , would we ? ’ |
| 4 | John Douglas found himself charged with behaviour likely to lead to a breach of the peace as a result of some remarks he is said to have made at a meeting in Rathfriland . |
| 5 | Nothing could be vaguer or more likely to lead to a greater increase in the powers and competences of the Community than wording of this kind . |
| 6 | In one sense a later decision is more convenient , because it allows all useful information to be collated , and is more likely to lead to a considered expenditure of funds . |
| 7 | That quality , at least initially when combined with other innovation being imposed on the school system , is likely to lead to a distraction of the teachers ' time from the sort of effortless teaching strategies , hard won over decades , as they are drawn into the steep learning curve of the unfamiliar new language of the National Curriculum and its assessment . |
| 8 | The basic education law passed in 1949 gave the responsibility to local , state governments in accordance with the general principle of the government of post-war reconstruction — that decentralised government was less likely to lead to a re-run of the Nazi regime . |
| 9 | That may be more difficult , but it is ultimately more likely to lead to a cleaner world . |
| 10 | It was a prosperous community : going to America was a big step to take , and one that would not be taken by people with prospects at the top of English society unless they were going out to fill a government post , but for anyone else it was likely to lead to a higher standard of living than could reasonably be expected in Britain . |
| 11 | The separation of these various powers between three officers has been criticised as likely to lead to a confusion of managerial authority ( Leach 1989:118 ) , and certainly it represents a move away from the chief executive model advocated in the Bains Report . |
| 12 | In sum , any relaxation of marital constraints on women is likely to lead to a rise in the divorce-rate , whether these constraints are ones of tradition or custom or finance . |
| 13 | The Government 's reform of local authority finance is therefore likely to lead to a deterioration in local authority services , be they health , education or welfare . |
| 14 | Our concern is that the availability of data from the new census , together with the increase in access to computers since the last census , is likely to lead to a veritable orgy of statistical analysis , and , if the past is a reliable guide to the future , this analysis will obscure rather than illuminate fundamental issues in resource allocation . |
| 15 | They will be affected for the rest of their lives by the kind of diet which is condemned by nutritionists all over the world as likely to lead to a whole variety of illnesses in later life . |
| 16 | He agreed to preside over a public meeting of the inhabitants of Dundee to be held on 10 November 1819 to protest against ‘ the unprovoked , cruel and cowardly attack made on the people of Manchester ’ and ‘ to suggest the means most likely to lead to a reform of abuses ’ . |
| 17 | Refusal to change your outward ‘ device ’ is likely to lead to a permanent rest . |
| 18 | Given that the firm will not undertake work in this area that is likely to lead to a contested bid , the majority of such ‘ friendly ’ transactions will involve the seeking of irrevocable undertakings from directors ( who would normally be recommending the offer ) and possibly from other shareholders . |
| 19 | The use of e-mail , rationalisation of collection points , concentration of staff in the Inverleith Row premises , and reduction in the frequency of collections are likely to lead to a requirement for fewer staff to be deployed on Messenger duties . |
| 20 | Any grant of papal support or protection , as Alexander II 's support of William the Conqueror 's invasion of England in 1066 , was likely to lead to a request for a quid pro quo or a reminder of a payment due . |
| 21 | One intent of the review , says Nancy Maynard , an assistant director at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy , is to eliminate duplication but it is not likely to lead to a wholesale restructuring of agency missions . |
| 22 | " Original " is liberally interpreted in copyright law ; however , the requirement that the topography is not commonplace is likely to lead to a much narrower interpretation ( see the discussion of C & H Engineering v F Klucznik & Sons Ltd. in the previous Chapter ) . |
| 23 | A currency union is likely to lead to a reduction in member countries ' natural rate of unemployment . |
| 24 | Not only were the sites of their cancer much more significant compared to their ‘ matched ’ counterparts , but they had also arrived at Bristol when their disease was already worse and therefore more likely to lead to an earlier death . |
| 25 | By the 1690s the northern colonies were spreading north and west in a way that was quite likely to lead to an eventual conflict with New France , though the distance between the English and the French colonies was still too great for a full-scale conflict to be possible . |
| 26 | The level of logical rigour is initially very low and is thus likely to lead to an unsuccessful solution . |
| 27 | Experience suggests , however , that attempting to tackle such problems sympathetically may be more likely to lead to an embittered and protracted dispute ( perhaps because it is seen as an admission that there may be doubt as to whether expulsion is really justified ) than acting decisively and impersonally , refusing to be drawn into arguments with the partner whose expulsion is sought . |
| 28 | The third criticism is that the medical basis of the Infanticide Act 1938 is now discredited : the reference to the effect of lactation is without foundation , and it is acknowledged that the social pressures consequent upon the arrival of a new child ( such as financial demands , unsuitable housing , effects on family relationships ) may be just as likely to lead to the mental disturbance manifest in these cases as any condition linked specifically with the event of giving birth . |
| 29 | But it may yield an agreement to establish a constitutional framework most likely to lead to the pursuit of well-founded ideals , given the information available at any given time . |
| 30 | This kind of administrative structure may be regarded as likely to lead to the implementation of policies that are at variance with those favoured by elected local councils . |