Example sentences of "this [vb mod] lead [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This may lead to personal collapse and destructive suffering , as noted by both Marris ( 1974 ) and Bettelheim ( 1970 ) . |
| 2 | If rates of sickness absence vary between individuals after taking account of the explanatory factors this may lead to extra variation ( overdispersion ) relative to that predicted from the Poisson model . |
| 3 | The sacral nerves which supply the genitalia are often involved in the disease process , and this may lead to sexual anaesthesia in the female and impotence in the male . |
| 4 | A second major source of infection for the very young animal is the reservoir of larvae in the tissues of their dams and this may lead to clinical strongyloidiasis in foals and piglets in the first weeks of life . |
| 5 | On the other hand , our log-power estimates have only approximately a gaussian distribution , and this might lead to incorrect calculation of the likelihood of local peaks . |
| 6 | Possibly , this could lead to increased demand . |
| 7 | If they were restricted to those matters for which the county was responsible in their areas then this could lead to differing party majorities for different services . |
| 8 | This could lead to different planning approaches being applied within the same area . |
| 9 | A habitat specificity of a pollinator would improve pollination success ; however it can be argued that in a dispersal agent this would lead to increased predation of seedlings . |
| 10 | Initially there was a response from some critics asserting that this would lead to structural unemployment . |
| 11 | A high proportion of them will be synonyms — if the file is 85 per cent packed , for example , 17 in every 20 would be expected to be synonyms — and this will lead to rapid deterioration of the file access speed . |
| 12 | Their view is that this will lead to clinical resistance and ultimately to a failure to implement . |
| 13 | There is concern that this will lead to uncompensated exploitation of the third world and decreasing choice and higher prices for consumers in the west . |
| 14 | The active participation of the learner should be encouraged as this will lead to improved confidence and a sense of responsibility . |
| 15 | This can lead to mutual anger and resentment and to a partner feeling worthless and depressed . |
| 16 | It is easy , with the credit now being offered , to get a house full of new furniture and a washing machine on HP , but this can lead to financial bondage . |
| 17 | This can lead to iatrogenic disease ( drug induced ) , a problem which may be far more wide-spread than is generally realised . |
| 18 | This can lead to unquestioning acceptance of what is really a hypothetical diagnosis . |
| 19 | Drastic dieting puts stress on the body , leaving less energy for synthesising non-essential proteins — such as hair — and this can lead to temporary hair thinning . |
| 20 | This can lead to considerable misunderstanding between members of different societies as the following example provided by Otto Klineberg shows . |
| 21 | Thus each extra code describes a block of several symbols , and with suitable data this can lead to considerable compression . |
| 22 | Encourage the puppy to allow you to have the toy on occasions right from the outset so that it does not become unduly possessive in later life , as this can lead to aggressive behaviour . |
| 23 | This can lead to fervent acceptance or rejection uninformed by understanding , the imposition of one mode of thinking on another . |
| 24 | In the extreme this can lead to intense fear , even to predicting ( their ) time of death . |