Example sentences of "lead to [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Whatever the nature of price adjustment costs , one important development in establishing the micro-foundations of Keynesian wage or price rigidity has emphasized that these costs need not be substantial to lead to rigidities which can have important macroeconomic consequences .
2 The continued addictive use of any substance or behaviour tends in time to lead to problems and to damaging consequences of use .
3 A working party concluded that the Resolution was unworkable if strictly construed and in any event so likely to lead to problems as to be impracticable .
4 Though a little patchy , there is more than enough to keep fans happy and several killer cuts that show Nirvana already distilling the heady brew of metal , punk and pop which was to lead to Smells Like Teen Spirit — the track critics have called the best rock song ever .
5 It was almost bound to lead to differences of opinion with almost all those around her who she viewed in an authoritative light .
6 They are also likely to lead to differences in the way brainstem structures work , since the cerebral cortex of mammals is one of the major sources of input to these areas .
7 Belief in one 's hypothesis has been found to lead to errors in observing and in recording the results of experiments .
8 Objects ought to lead to investigations about the society that produced them and the people who used them .
9 Indeed , problems in one area are likely to lead to difficulties in another .
10 The tax or expenditure is likely to lead to changes in endowments and may well affect the general equilibrium of the economy .
11 For example , differences in consumption patterns coupled with differences in excises are likely to lead to changes in ranking , as is the differential treatment under the income tax of different sources .
12 What comes to the fore through Gandhi 's strictures on the attitudes and methods of certain Christian missionaries is that it is possible for religious zeal and enthusiasm to lead to activities inconsistent with the religious and ethical ideals or values one might be seeking to promote .
13 Lloyd 's stood by as underwriters took on risks that were likely to lead to losses , largely because of its habit of management-by-agreement .
14 A circulation plan that interrupted movement through the imposition of frequent detours and culs-de-sac was seen to be stressful for drivers and likely to lead to detours through neighbouring streets .
15 by no means all species of raptors suffered in this way , but sufficient alarm was engendered to lead to demands that organo-chlorides be prohibited .
16 Sudden , over-ambitious expansion is certain to lead to disappointments all round .
17 Mr Mullett and his deputy , Simon Crawshaw , a former deputy assistant commissioner at Scotland Yard , hope to provide sufficient intelligence on major criminals to lead to prosecutions .
18 If the warren and burrow systems are first cleared in the autumn , subsequent work in the area on other systems is likely to lead to rabbits evicted from one set of burrows going to ground elsewhere .
19 But this is known to lead to results that differ from profit maximization in general .
20 Indeed , almost any investigation is likely to lead to results conditional on a range of alternative assumptions .
21 It is possibly this kind of teaching which is most likely to lead to situations such as those found in the Nottingham reading study ( Lunzer and Gardner , 1979 ) , where secondary-school children could explain how to use a contents page or an index perfectly well , but when observed in their work , did not actually use these things much at all .
22 Inevitably , it is going to lead to stocks that are narrower in range , but the benefits are already showing in additional use .
23 For everyone else , it really does n't matter , because the detective work is going to lead to applications for us today , as disciples who follow in the footsteps of Matthew the apostle and whoever it was who put together the first gospel of the New testament .
24 Leaving me seems to lead to embarrassments .
25 The intrusion of the bureaucratic considerations is likely to lead to solutions which differ in many cases from those an individual should have adopted if left to himself .
26 The integration of JobCentres and unemployment benefit offices is expected to lead to redundancies .
27 Remember , we said that increases in bank activity are likely to lead to increases in the supply of money because their liabilities , customers ' deposits , are included in official definitions of money .
28 For this reason , NCVQ and SCOTVEC do not approve training courses leading to NVQs and SVQs or the training materials supporting these courses .
29 Following widespread consultations with representatives from industry , C & g and HCIMA will ensure that companies will be able to offer their own training programmes leading to NVQs and will receive full support from C & G and HCIMA staff .
30 Recent trends , especially following the announcement of the introduction of the GCSE , are leading to changes in emphasis on a number of features of assessment : for example , what is being assessed ; how assessments are carried out ; how achievement is recorded ; the balance between school-based and externally set assessments ; and the different purposes of assessment are also under review .
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