Example sentences of "a [noun] [modal v] lead [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Failure to reach a settlement would lead to enormous problems for European agriculture as protectionism spreads . |
| 2 | The continual heating and cooling of a fireback can lead to eventual cracking . |
| 3 | ( One of the main findings of the pilot phase was that too detailed a specification could lead to impractical or excessive assessment regimes . ) |
| 4 | A user request for a system may lead to standard data processing work — procedural language solutions , high volumes of data to be processed , critical response times … and a long development time . |
| 5 | A second example of the importance of giving opportunities to other people comes from the type of head who , in pursuing the argument that good management of a school should lead to good learning by the child , watches pupils for signs that they do in some way match hopes about independence of mind , wholeness and honesty . |
| 6 | One might compare the difficulty with that of trying to write rules for how one might indicate to someone of the opposite sex that one finds them attractive ; while psychologists and biologists might make detailed observations and generalisations about how human beings of a particular culture behave in such a situation , most people would rightly feel that studying these generalisations would be no substitute for practical experience , and that relying on a text-book could lead to hilarious consequences . |
| 7 | Such an association will lead to organised cricket being played In Somerset . |
| 8 | If there is concern that the structure of an industry might lead to uncompetitive practices , then the following options are available : |