Example sentences of "may lead to [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | just as policy has to be interpreted by local authorities and individual schools , so ideologies have to be translated into specific policies and practices , and this may lead to inconsisten-cies . |
| 2 | In fact it is best not to think of ethical positivism as a theory of natural law because this may lead to consequences which are directly contrary to those sought , namely , the appeal to ‘ higher ’ laws as a basis for disobeying positive law , and the pursuit of an external validation for the devices of positive law which posits the existence of metaphysical rules to be discovered by a process of moral inspection . |
| 3 | Their status as a witness , however , may lead to requests for their exclusion . |
| 4 | Such dismissals may lead to claims for unfair dismissal and/or redundancy payments . |
| 5 | There are fashions among professionals that may lead to decisions lay people would justifiably avoid . |
| 6 | Self-assessment may lead to difficulties . |
| 7 | Offences committed by groups may well occasion greater fear than offences committed by individuals , and it may also be true that groups have a tendency to do things which individuals might not do : there is a group bravado , a group pressure , which may lead to excesses . |
| 8 | Research is showing that diets which appear perfectly all right in other respects may lead to processes occurring within the gut that could increase the production or the concentration of cancer-inducing substances carcinogens . |
| 9 | These hazards may lead to complications with regard to insurance . |
| 10 | Some aspects of the present situation such as urban unemployment and the evolution of communication and educational technology are important because they may lead to changes in educational systems which would coincidentally lead to changes in development . |
| 11 | This has shown how boys demand , and receive , a greater proportion of the teacher 's attention than do girls , and may lead to changes in policy and practice ( Bousted 1989 ) . |
| 12 | The discussions within Ashdown School may lead to changes in organisation , management and approaches which will involve a greater say for the students . |
| 13 | Furthermore , the study of wild animals may lead to insights into our own behaviour and biology . |
| 14 | The deal may lead to others , although nothing has been signed yet in the UK or the US . |
| 15 | But some reports have suggested that low zinc levels may lead to problems in pregnancy , from difficult labour to congenital malformations in children . |
| 16 | This may lead to problems with regard to business efficiency . |
| 17 | This may lead to problems in the future as a consequence . |
| 18 | for a work-space which is used full-time very slight departures from the optimum may lead to problems in the long term , for example in strained ligaments , tendons and muscles . |
| 19 | It is very important to distinguish the first from the subsequent bleeding episodes because associated mortality is different and this may lead to biases in studies when pooling the two types of episodes . |
| 20 | The undermining of self-esteem may lead to assumptions about the reactions of others that are unjustified . |
| 21 | In these situations , the partner 's involvement may lead to variations in the operational aspects of the quality assurance of these awards . |
| 22 | Such links within pure text may lead to illustrations , definitions , references or further notes , for instance . |
| 23 | In addition , the breakdown of inner-city consensus may lead to patterns of usage that are less predictable by linguistic rule or by sociolinguistic pattern . |
| 24 | On 7 January 1785 the society set out its principal objectives : to promote the good of the community by encouragement of industry and ingenuity ; to excite a spirit of enquiry which may lead to improvements not yet known ; and to fix knowledge and art upon the certain test of accurate experiment . |
| 25 | The grass roots practitioner can play a major part in the process , by identifying phenomena whose investigation may lead to improvements in teaching and learning , and which may otherwise go unnoticed . |
| 26 | Is the Financial Secretary aware that , in some instances , greater competition may lead to improvements in quality , but that that does not automatically follow ? |
| 27 | Departmental research programmes , with several researchers working on different aspects of a single large problem , may lead to improvements in efficiency through sharing the costs of overheads , and should also decrease each researcher 's isolation by improving internal communication . |
| 28 | Loneliness and isolation may lead to ulcers dominating patients ' lifestyle . |
| 29 | Dangerous wiring may lead to fires . |
| 30 | Rejection of a complaint by the Commission may lead to proceedings before the European Court by the complainant , where the complainant alleges a direct and adverse effect on its market position as a result of the state subsidy of which complaint is made . |