Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] lead to " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the contrary , it is possible that greater training in counselling skills may lead to a more skilfully directed and efficient interview . |
| 2 | Mergers may lead to economies of scale and increasing economic efficiency as well as creating business units of the necessary size and strength to compete on equal terms with the largest companies outside the Community . |
| 3 | Such links within pure text may lead to illustrations , definitions , references or further notes , for instance . |
| 4 | Under no circumstances should frequent elevator movements be made with the object of maintaining a constant indicated airspeed , height or rate-of-climb , as this technique may lead to severe low frequency oscillation in pitch . |
| 5 | This consideration of the events and operations may lead to a tuning of the model , an adjustment of the entitles and the attributes . |
| 6 | Their stubbornness may lead to a heightened sense of mischievousness and humour untainted by cruelty or spite . |
| 7 | A feast fit for a prawn : Revolutionary food capsules may lead to bigger and better harvests of shellfish . |
| 8 | Press and television reports on the adverse consequences of the centre 's decision may lead to the decision being reconsidered . |
| 9 | The Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady , a level headed figure , warned that the imbroglio may lead to higher interest costs for the taxpayer . |
| 10 | The two-year course may lead to A levels ; but other courses may lead to a variety of qualifications : BTEC , City and Guilds , GCSE , or the Certificate of Pre-vocational Education . |
| 11 | Diarrhoea , kidney disease and taking a diuretic drug may lead to potassium deficiency which can result in depression , weak muscles and mental confusion . |
| 12 | Napier 's principal , Professor William Turmeau , said the budget may lead to the most difficult financial year it has ever experienced . |
| 13 | Conversely , exposure of samples to the high vacuum within the XPS spectrometer may lead to surface alteration , especially loss of water from hydrated samples . |
| 14 | Infringement of European rules may lead to substantial fines and adverse publicity . |
| 15 | On the other hand , if greater visibility should lead to prisoners being better treated ( for fear of abuse being exposed ) then visibility rather than secrecy could help to defuse the crisis . |
| 16 | In another sense , however , the research could be interpreted as pointing to the necessity to ensure that , once crossed , the threshold of removal should lead to a particular , compensatory form of care in recognition of the child 's maternal loss . |
| 17 | In 1969 NATO had agreed that progress in Germany should lead to a conference on European security which Moscow had wanted since the 1950s . |
| 18 | If we pursue the doctrine of the orogeny/regression couple , then we must also expect the corollary that the wearing down of mountain ranges and the spread of continents by marginal sedimentation must lead to widespread transgressions . |
| 19 | Production from these new projects should lead to an increasing production profile from the North Sea by the mid 1990's . |
| 20 | Such jealousies may lead to valued career-move expatriates and/or fixed-term contract workers failing in their postings or result in local industrial unrest . |
| 21 | The undermining of self-esteem may lead to assumptions about the reactions of others that are unjustified . |
| 22 | Rejection of harmonisation may lead to distortions of the competitive market , may fail to protect vulnerable groups , and sustain regional decline — as low prices are accompanied by low social provision and low productivity . |
| 23 | The plasminogen activating activity of alcohol ascites may lead to primary fibrinolysis after peritoneovenous shunting . |
| 24 | The increasing availability of pulse oximetry in intensive care units may lead to a false interpretation of oxygen transport capacity in cases of CO poisoning , especially if SpO is between 91% and 98% . |
| 25 | They may be few and far between , but they cause worry to elderly people who fear that the gap may lead to them being put in the same position . |
| 26 | Vertical movement along a fault may lead to the impoundment of streams if they are flowing towards the uplifted block , whereas if they are flowing towards the down-thrown side they will rapidly cut down through the fault scarp . |
| 27 | A general fall in aggregate investment may lead to a rise in unemployment and so contribute to the phenomenon of ‘ stagflation ’ . |
| 28 | The condition may lead to coronary heart disease ( CHD ) ( see Fact Sheet no. 5 ) or arterial disease affecting the legs or the brain . |
| 29 | Further studies with a defined glucose polymer where electrolyte composition is constant but osmolality and substrate concentration is varied with a range of monomer and polymer concentrations may lead to be a better understanding of these phenomena . |
| 30 | Undoubtedly , vaginal penetration with a penis may lead to pregnancy which can not be said of the other forms of sexual assault at issue . |