Example sentences of "lead [prep] [art] drop in [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Too many shops too quickly , judging by their losses , and the takeover by Cooper Vision , leading to a drop in share price .
2 The trend of devaluing knowledge went on , leading to a drop in numbers applying for postgraduate study in 1989 .
3 Table 13 outlines the actions farmers thought they would take in the event of political or economic change leading to a drop in farm returns .
4 As this will inevitably lead to a drop in prices , the group intends to defend its position by offering a product that can be sold in high volumes on a global scale .
5 In the North East the commissioning of treatment plants and other pollution control measures will lead to a drop in discharges .
6 The results so far suggest that although meters are expensive to install they do lead to a drop in consumption .
7 This could lead to a drop in temperature of between 5 and 10 degrees centigrade over the region , with the curtailment of the spring growing season and consequent losses of food production .
8 ‘ They will lead to a drop in wages for many of the two-and-a-half million people , four-fifths of whom are women . ’
9 Professor Chapman points out that this does not necessarily lead to a drop in standards of physical care , but stresses the apparent risk that patients may occasionally be made to feel ‘ merely an appendage to a machine ’ .
10 The reduction in output of volatile organic compounds ( VOCs ) coupled with a three-year community relations programme , has led to a drop in protests about solvent smells from the plant from more than 100 a year to one .
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