Example sentences of "and [vb mod] lead [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They point to statistics which show that salt intake is ‘ far in excess of need ’ and may lead to raised blood pressure in susceptible adults , and that if everyone reduced salt intake by half a teaspoon a day , it could save 40,000 premature deaths per year . |
| 2 | For a ramped acceleration/deceleration control the task of excitation timing is particularly arduous and may lead to excessive storage requirements , cause the length of each step during acceleration and deceleration occupies a separate storage location . |
| 3 | Among possible factors are human activities ( notably grazing and deforestation ) , which promote desertification and may lead to local climate change , and changes in sea surface temperatures in the southern hemisphere , which may themselves be linked to global warming and/or the increasing incidence of ocean current changes such as the El Niño effect . |
| 4 | But there have been warnings against this — both from black parents and from the conservative popular press — and these are helping teachers to re-evaluate multicultural education and to consider much more fully why it is of benefit for all children and should lead to increased achievement and awareness amongst our pupils . |
| 5 | A ROW over a million tons of cooking oil seeds threatens thousands of British jobs and could lead to spiralling price rises on our High Streets . |
| 6 | The general answer is that you may copy a sound cassette or a video tape or disc for private use , but if it is copied again and again for commercial gain it is a clear breach of copyright and could lead to legal action . |
| 7 | Some practitioners complained that it was to difficult to estimate in advance and could lead to aggressive underpricing which may affect the quality of the work . |
| 8 | I think that to support this motion would be extremely unfortunate and would lead to potential disaster , not for the county council but indeed for the Highfields community . |
| 9 | Elsewhere , the enthusiasm for protecting everything ‘ natural ’ is too often misplaced and can lead to unnecessary confusion in the minds of a large population of consumers who actually owe their lives , their health and an enviable standard of nutrition to the responsible use of pesticides , medicines , preservatives and other ‘ artificial ’ chemicals . |
| 10 | According to COSLA officials , it can result in a potential loss of houses at prices which provide unduly favourable discount entitlements to individual purchases and can lead to unredeemed debt charges having to be met by remaining tenants . |
| 11 | Five or six in use at one time is usually too many and can lead to distorted work . |
| 12 | FIVE OR SIX PIGMENTS IN USE AT ONE TIME IS USUALLY TOO MANY AND CAN LEAD TO DISTORTED WORK . |
| 13 | ‘ Struggles ’ are between collectivities — as supports of heterodoxy versus orthodoxy — and can lead to socio-cultural change . |
| 14 | Another theory is he was suffering from a rare viral infection which enlarges the heart , and can lead to sudden heart failure . |
| 15 | The Methane produced on landfill sites is very explosive and can lead to severe illness if inhaled to a great extent . |