Example sentences of "it [modal v] lead [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may lead to a gap between the values of those most closely tied to the institutions of the labour movement and the unwaged . |
| 2 | It should lead to a reduction in the food costs themselves . |
| 3 | ‘ It is important to recall all this to memory , but above all , it should lead to a commitment to the continuing struggle for justice and for life . |
| 4 | ‘ It is important to recall all this to memory , but above all , it should lead to a commitment to the continuing struggle for justice and for life . |
| 5 | One of Rice 's reasons for accepting an invitation to join the board in the first place was his belief that it might lead to a rekindling of the old partnership . |
| 6 | ‘ And it might lead to an investigation of my own background . ’ |
| 7 | Michael Latham , an executive member of the 1922 Committee of Tory MPs and a former director of the Housebuilders ' Federation , condemned the rise as unnecessary and warned it could lead to a recession . |
| 8 | They say it could lead to a melt-down more serious than that at Three Mile Island in 1979 . |
| 9 | We think it could lead to a stalemate . |
| 10 | I rather suspect it could lead to a lot of foul-hooked fish , which is another thing I deplore when done deliberately . |
| 11 | But this strategy might not work out as the British government hoped ; the resultant ‘ unfreezing [ could ] release the political energies of the people ’ , and it could lead to a situation in which Protestant workers were weaned away from Orangeism and united with their Catholic fellow workers in the Labour movement : |
| 12 | There are always launderettes and it could lead to a career in pop music . ) |
| 13 | They 're undergoing trials with Swindon Town Football Club , each one hoping that it could lead to a career in first division football . |
| 14 | If it is too long it could lead to an explosion of potential interpretations . |
| 15 | President Gorbachev and other Politburo members have angrily , and at times desperately , appealed against such a move , for fear it would lead to a breakup of the Soviet Communist Party and , ultimately , of the Soviet Union . |
| 16 | The independence referendum had provoked warnings from Gorbachev that it would lead to a breakup of the Union and hence disaster . |
| 17 | Moi was opposed to a pluralist political system , on the grounds that it would lead to a resurgence of intertribal conflict . |
| 18 | While Mr Forte had reservations about the lengthy name of the congress , he hoped it would lead to a structure which should enable the industry to speak with a single voice on many issues . |
| 19 | The crime might not be serious , but at least it would lead to a line of enquiry . |
| 20 | The final hurdle was overcome on Dec. 18 , when the Ministers approved a directive on the question of solvency and capital adequacy for banks-an issue which had already caused deep disagreement , notably in West Germany , where fears had been expressed that it would lead to a dilution of the sector 's relatively high national standards . |
| 21 | This kind of teaching , it was argued , implicitly if not explicitly , was unacceptable because it would lead to an undermining of loyalty to the nation and government in minds too tender truly to comprehend the import of what was happening to them . |
| 22 | A proposal put forward by Mona Wilson , a feminist employed at the Ministry of Reconstruction during World War I , to make provision for all one-parent families outside the Poor Law , failed because , in the view of the Government Actuary , first it was too expensive and , secondly , by abandoning the principles of the 1834 Act , he feared that it would lead to an increase in illegitimacy . |
| 23 | Apart from issues of principle , perhaps the major practical objection put forward against charges is that it would lead to an increase in evasion ; the incentive to undertake development without applying for planning permission would rise in line with the rate of charge ( particularly for ‘ householder ’ types of development ) . |
| 24 | The original observation that an extract containing prostaglandins lowered blood pressure was a good reason for further investigation , but did not mean that it would lead to an agent for treating high blood pressure . |
| 25 | If the firm can expand its production it will lead to a reduction in average cost and hence a reduction in price , not only in the overseas market but also in the home market , which may lead to further domestic market expansion . |
| 26 | However , his finance director , James Kerr-Muir , revealed that it will lead to a £900 million goodwill write-off for Kingfisher and push gearing above 60 per cent . |
| 27 | Thank God that we do have regional diversity and differences , but if we are not careful , if we pursue regionalist policies it will lead to a break-up of England . |
| 28 | It will lead to a Certificate in Computer-Mediated Communication Systems . |
| 29 | Some fear that it will lead to a breakdown of the civic culture that Almond and Verba so admired in Britain . |
| 30 | Experts claim it will lead to a fares war . |