Example sentences of "this [modal v] [verb] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If a fragment is stuck badly , a solvent should be used to loosen it again , but it is advisable not to use force for this may result in fresh breaks . |
| 2 | That this may lead to strange results can be illustrated as follows . |
| 3 | This may lead to huge bonuses being paid to the manager . |
| 4 | This may lead to catastrophic results in a few cases of late syphilis when the cardiovascular or nervous systems are involved . |
| 5 | For the project this may lead to suboptimal results and for the engineer to suboptimal progress in the company . |
| 6 | Computer technology spreads into all sorts of other technologies and this may lead to patentable inventions , even though the computer technology itself is not new , if the application of the technology is new . |
| 7 | This may range from small areas of earthworks within or at one end of a settlement , to large areas of earthworks with only a few farms and cottages in use today . |
| 8 | This may come from existing reserves , bank facilities , a rights issue or a cash underwritten alternative . |
| 9 | This may occur for various reasons ; the suspect may have died or be below the age of criminal responsibility , the victim may not wish to press charges or a witness may be unwilling , or unable , to give evidence or a person already in detention after conviction admits to further offences . |
| 10 | Speeds of 8 km/h ( 5 mile/h ) with waves 3 m ( lo ft ) high are normal , while speeds of double this may occur in severe storms . |
| 11 | Ridd ( 1973 ) showed from evidence obtained by surface mapping and shallow drilling that in the Poxwell anticline in Dorset the surface structure was offset to the north by accommodation in the incompetent Upper Jurassic clays ; this may apply to other examples . |
| 12 | This has been the most fastest growing part of the holiday taking in this country over the past two or three years and I 'm hoping it will continue and so does our industry — in other words the hotels and accommodation , the tourist attractions — all are hoping , you know , that people are going to continue to do this erm and I think this may apply to certain sectors of the community erm and we just hope that that will grow . |
| 13 | However heartless and unfair this may seem to human eyes , the end result is more likely to achieve the parent owl 's purpose of successfully launching a new generation . |
| 14 | Children have been subjected to tests and investigations by doctors , psychologists and teachers with the aim of pinpointing the nature of the problem and in the hope that this might lead to specific programmes of teaching and intervention . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Such value judgements must , however , be controlled and at the level of functions : this might lead to precise descriptions of particular skills appropriate to one or the other but would not justify the grandiose claims for ‘ logic ’ , ‘ objectivity ’ and ‘ culture-free neutrality ’ which we have been examining . |
| 17 | The greatest insecurity lingering in investors ' minds was the lack of effect the rate rises had on the dollar 's ascent and the inflationary implications this might have for European economies . |
| 18 | Such a restructuring of the education system is something that Warnock ( 1988 ) points to as being long overdue , but she makes only fleeting references to the implications that this might have for special needs . |
| 19 | Even then , some may gain more than others , and this could lead to other options being sought which do not produce gain for everyone . |
| 20 | There is a danger , according to Chubin and Hackett , that because peer review uses self-referential standards , this could lead to tautological definitions of quality . |
| 21 | ‘ That effort and expense however is sometimes wasted through poor design and maintenance of office equipment and furniture , which is a pity as potentially this could lead to declining standards of dress in the office . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ This could lead to interesting possibilities . ’ |
| 23 | It is n't hard to see where this could lead in choreographic terms . |
| 24 | The only alternative is to shut your dog in a separate room when there are guests , but this could result in other problems including whining and destructive behaviour . |
| 25 | This could conflict with organizational norms concerning the safety of employees in the workplace . |
| 26 | This would accord with basic notions of democracy and indeed with much of the work that has been done in user analysis . |
| 27 | But in fact it would be beneficial to all parties for the supplier to receive a lump sum in exchange for the input being priced at marginal cost , because this would lead to optimal proportions being used ( Vernon and Graham , 1971 have a demonstration ) . |
| 28 | This would lead to Russian reprisals , and sometimes to an escalation of conflict with which the sorely pressed garrisons in the wilderness were ill equipped to deal . |
| 29 | This would call for fresh instructions to staff , training , and endless negotiations with the civil service trade unions who opposed the creation of new specialists . |
| 30 | Questions arose as to whether the new regulatory system introduced by the Act would permit or require practices inconsistent with common law fiduciary duties , and , to the extent that it did , the impact this would have on fiduciary duties . |