According to this self-imposed credo, the consequences of his decisions could flow either way, there seldom being any difference in the spelling of the name of their ultimate beneficiary.

The evidence is clear ... We are reaching that point where serious consequences must flow.

Where mistakes are made or the letter of the law is not followed, consequences must flow.

Even food webs - the consequences of predator-prey relationships as energy from food flows through an ecosystem - tend to be simplified.

The question for the justices was what consequences should flow from the violation.

It is reasonable, indeed usual, to hope that several consequences will flow from a chosen course of action.

The consequence has been an explosion of FDI flows among the developed countries, as we noted in chapter 1.

Well then, two consequences inevitably flow from this.

My group endorses it and I sincerely hope that positive consequences will indeed flow from it.

"They no longer actively engaged him in a dialogue about options and about what possibilities and what consequences might flow from certain policy decisions," he said.