Example sentences of "[adj] [vb mod] [adv] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the buyer indicates that he will nevertheless accept delivery in spite of the breach of condition , that may well amount to waiver ( see Rickards v. Oppenheim , paragraph 7–05 above ) . |
| 2 | That may still accrue to one of the main operators already mentioned . |
| 3 | The theory of the ‘ survival of the fittest ’ predicts that the old and weak must eventually succumb to the young and strong , and that this is necessary for the future vitality of the species . |
| 4 | This may eventually lead to iii Deliberate segregation within an integrated unit , where a policy decision is made to pay special attention to the needs of the dementing within a sub-unit iv Positive segregation . |
| 5 | If NSAIDs directly enhance leukotriene synthesis this may also contribute to mucosal injury . |
| 6 | This may also extend to corrective diets for certain unborn children who are potentially at risk . |
| 7 | The scientists warn that this may also apply to the agent which causes BSE ( or " mad cow disease " ) . |
| 8 | As a result , the inflamed duodenal mucosa may then become susceptible to acid and this may ultimately lead to ulceration . |
| 9 | This may lead to the destruction of further historic pubs which are considered redundant ; conversely , this may well lead to the further restoration and conservation of the best historic sites . |
| 10 | Moreover , if in practice the employees under some organizational forms are more powerful than those under other regimes ( e. g. unions have more representation in nationalized firms ) , then this may well lead to above normal earnings/employment conditions , and so higher costs ( see McDonald and Solow , 1981 ) . |
| 11 | If materials for different contracts are included on the same order this may well lead to the supplier repeating the presentation on the invoice , thus necessitating a split before costing . |
| 12 | This may well lead to the development of more effective drugs for schizophrenia . |
| 13 | This may well seem to be the most efficient way of utilising office time but when it comes to weighing up effectiveness the pro-forma is a non-starter as parents are antagonised by this bureaucratic and impersonal style of communication . |
| 14 | Very often the vagina and part of the uterus can be separated into two parts by a fibrous partition and this may only come to light after difficulty when intercourse first takes place , or sometimes at the onset of pregnancy . |
| 15 | This may actually apply to all of the grave-goods found , beads , brooches , buckles , weaponry and containers ; they may all be luxury items with little use-value . |
| 16 | ( 3 ) On the other hand , if the buyer says nothing about his future intentions this may merely serve to fuel rumours that a full bid is to be expected . |
| 17 | This should clearly demonstrate to employers that the G M B takes this issue seriously and negotiators at all levels should be encouraged to approach employers to purchase personal attack alarms for their employees at risk . |
| 18 | This should definitely appeal to runners looking to buy a well-cushioned shoe which is equally suitable for both racing and training . |
| 19 | This should obviously lead to an improvement in the situation but regardless of the size of the corpus there will always be some transitions that are not found . |
| 20 | You 're feeling decidedly neurotic and this might well lead to frustration where the fur may fly . |
| 21 | This might well come to be true in secondary schools in England and Wales through the formulation of a national curriculum and the defining of national criteria for GCSE and the so-called benchmarks . |
| 22 | This could also contribute to retention validation . |
| 23 | This could well relate to the design of the hospital bed which may not be at the same height as the one with which the patient is familiar . |
| 24 | This could again lead to increased production of the ‘ cancer-causing ’ protein , transforming the cell into a cancer cell . |
| 25 | There are no marks of modern tools on any part of the sculpture , which is carved from hard dolomitic Thasian marble , but this could again point to a very sophisticated forgery . |
| 26 | The trading employees in India were not paid salaries in the modern sense of income they could live on ; they got small retainers , starting at perhaps £5 a year , and it was taken for granted that they would supplement their retainers by trading , sometimes acting as agents buying the goods that would eventually be exported by the Company ( though this could easily lead to fraud ) , but more often dealing for their own account . |
| 27 | ‘ I think there 's something wrong with your hearing , ’ said Betty , in a hurry because speculation on this could easily lead to the sort of conversation that she did n't like . |
| 28 | ‘ I thought this could never happen to me — but now I know it already has . |
| 29 | If the gas is unable to escape from the bladder while additional amounts are being added , this could then lead to the swimbladder being blown up like a balloon . |
| 30 | Muggers who decided to phase out mugging by 1993 could hardly expect to be let off , yet the UK expected to go on breaking the law with impunity . |