Example sentences of "[modal v] lead [prep] [adj] problems " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although it could have been a genuine geographical variation , the fear was that staff were failing to record them because they thought this might lead to unresolvable problems which would jeopardise planning . |
| 2 | ‘ Until this issue is resolved … at the individual level there is concern that charges could be used to limit demand for services and may lead to major problems of access to services between authorities , with health authorities perhaps having to provide services in inappropriate settings … ’ |
| 3 | The report , produced by a working party drawn from all sectors of the tourist industry , predicted that " tourist blight " would lead to environmental problems . |
| 4 | Failure to reach a settlement would lead to enormous problems for European agriculture as protectionism spreads . |
| 5 | Make sure it is n't hooded ( top ) or taken too much inside ( above ) , as this will lead to major problems . |
| 6 | ‘ It is feared that such dumping will lead to considerable problems with pollution , disease , vermin , noise levels and methane gas , and will threaten the safety and well-being of the community . |
| 7 | The report cites various cases by which over-emphasis on free trade can lead to environmental problems , including the recent controversy over the US import ban on Mexican tuna [ see ED no. 55 ] . |
| 8 | Though most women take some sort of weird maternal joy in this , being a single parent or the main money-earner in the family can lead to financial problems when she has to stop work . |
| 9 | The strain and tension created by constant difficulties can lead to other problems and it can be hard to sort out which came first ; it is all too easy to blame the surface symptoms of child neglect or indebtedness on irresponsible parenthood rather than on an unjust social system . |
| 10 | Hence although a larger corpus will alleviate the problem of insufficient data it will not cure it and can lead to other problems . |
| 11 | Unfortunately , a great deal of our flying is done by habit and this can lead to serious problems if anything goes wrong on the first flight in a strange machine . |
| 12 | They are right to do so , because it can lead to serious problems if it persists . |
| 13 | This can lead to occasional problems over who has priority . |
| 14 | This can lead to clinical problems including the deformation of the bonded cusps of teeth ( Fig. 2 ) or to interfacial debonding and the production of microscopic gaps between restorative material and natural tooth tissue , and thus the development of dental monomers with zero polymerisation contraction would represent a significant advance . |
| 15 | ‘ The problem is that once you make a mistake in deciding the child needs testing it can set up a chain of events that can lead to severe problems for the child , ’ he says . |