Example sentences of "may lead [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Modules at this stage have minimal pre entry recommendations and offer opportunities to develop a wide range of skills , some of which may lead to vocational competence . |
| 2 | The most important general example is the use of modified historic-cost accounting in Britain and Australia which systematically overstates profits by understating the value of real capital , and this in turn may lead to inadequate retention of operating surpluses and the winding down of the assets of the business . |
| 3 | Once the day care centre is no longer suitable we may introduce the sitter service ; link in with the local day hospital or it may lead to long term care . |
| 4 | Given the inescapable rescue and control functions of social work agencies , client status may lead to increasing interference in their lives , particularly in situations of risk and vulnerability . |
| 5 | PERSONAL stereos given as Christmas presents may lead to terrible hearing problems , a charity warned today . |
| 6 | The carrier state may lead to chronic liver disease including chronic active hepatitis , cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma ( Brookbanks & Hampstead , 1987 ) . |
| 7 | Circumstances which may lead to chronic grief or clinging , for instance , included a previous ambivalent relationship with the deceased or a previous relationship in which the survivor felt either inferior or insecure . |
| 8 | The secretion of HCO 3 - is of clinical importance as the high amount of HCO 3 - in cholera stools may lead to metabolic acidosis when diarrhoea continues for several days . |
| 9 | The inevitable consequences in terms of the frequency of pollen deposition on stigmas , the numbers of grains and the ‘ quality ’ of those grains from the ‘ point of view ’ of the maternal genotype may lead to selective abortion of embryos . |
| 10 | The plasminogen activating activity of alcohol ascites may lead to primary fibrinolysis after peritoneovenous shunting . |
| 11 | Research seems to indicate that normal karate training may lead to joint injury given that when you kick hard against the empty air , there is nothing to stop the movement of the foot except the limits of the joint . |
| 12 | High welfare benefits may attract electoral support from the recipients , but the high taxes to pay for them may lead to electoral unpopularity with the wider population ; balancing the two is a difficult political act . |
| 13 | So far , the evidence is not encouraging , and I suspect that new knowledge may lead to new oppression . |
| 14 | This may lead to personal collapse and destructive suffering , as noted by both Marris ( 1974 ) and Bettelheim ( 1970 ) . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The condition may lead to coronary heart disease ( CHD ) ( see Fact Sheet no. 5 ) or arterial disease affecting the legs or the brain . |
| 17 | Asymptomatic bacteriuria in pregnancy may lead to acute pyelonephritis , and treatment reduces the risk of this and subsequent prematurity . |
| 18 | Dereliction of duty may lead to disciplinary action — but this is conducted exclusivelyby the barristerstuemselves . |
| 19 | Failure to do so may lead to disciplinary action being taken against the member in accordance with Bye-laws 56–71 . |
| 20 | Should the entry qualification be to do with difficult behaviour rather than severity , or is required level of care the most important factor ? iii Low expectations and reduced social stimulation from other residents may lead to impaired performance in dementia , hastening the decline iv Segregated units may become stigmatized , and be unattractive to prospective residents and relatives v Staff recruitment may be more difficult , and staff turnover may be higher vi A unit may find itself looking after an increasingly disabled group In response to the increasing numbers of dementia sufferers in every type of service for the elderly , we saw five different ways of dealing with the integration/segregation issue . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | As just suggested , take-overs may lead to increased market dominance and hence the consequences of the market for control on competition must also be taken into account in any overall assessment . |
| 23 | Myocardial infarction may lead to increased secretion of counter-regulatory hormones , catecholamines and cortisol which antagonise the actions of insulin and cause a deterioration in the metabolic environment . |
| 24 | Greater involvement may lead to increased job satisfaction and security for all staff , but it also follows that as support staff become more aware of the value of their contribution to the school economy , they acquire a more powerful bargaining position . |
| 25 | Staff of private establishments in 1990 may have overestimated the actual disability of their residents , or the methods of care in these homes may lead to increased dependency . |
| 26 | The price of ‘ success ’ may involve constant anxiety about potential weight-gain , may lead to serious damage to our health , even to death . |
| 27 | In cases where a tumour suppressor gene is inactivated , repetitive cellular repair may lead to uncontrolled cell division and malignant transformation ; a putative tumour suppressor gene has been described on the long arm of chromosome 17 . |
| 28 | The lack of sensory feedback may lead to severe arthritis in the joints involved , called , after the nineteenth-century French physician who described the changes , Charcot 's arthropathy . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | The authority has no duty to implement any proposals for redress but clearly refusal to do so may lead to unwelcome publicity . |