"leads over time" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used to describe a gradual progression or development of something over a period of time. Example: The company's success was not immediate, but it steadily grew and leads over time to its current position as a global leader in the industry.
The quest for efficiency thus leads, over time, to complex supply chains in which participants are increasingly disassociated from the final customer transaction.
While the EAU is still only a customs union, the EU's experience suggests that a successful free-trade area leads over time to broader economic, monetary and eventually political integration.
Asked if he has hard-core social-conservative acquaintances, he answers simply: "No .GroupthinkBecause Americans are so mobile, even a mild preference for living with like-minded neighbours leads over time to severe segregation.
Any trickle-down should come about because the tax cuts lead to higher investment, which leads over time to a larger capital stock – and it's the increase in the capital stock, which may take many years, that leads to the wage rise.
When we burn fossil fuels we emit CO2 into the atmosphere, and this leads over time to potential harmful effects.
This leads, over time, to the large-scale structure in the Universe today, as well as the fluctuations in temperature observed in the CMB.
The weaknesses that surfaced led, over time, to discussions of an outright combination.
Curbing your food intake might lead over time to a shrunken appetite.
This led over time to a "substantial expansion of Russia's military presence", according to Harvard's Belfer Center.
The terms of autonomy were renegotiated at each election of a new hetman, and this led over time to a steady erosion of his prerogatives.
Enhanced voting in primaries, for example, would probably lead over time to fewer bomb-throwers and more problem solvers in state legislatures and in Congress.
