Example sentences of "lead to [pron] [noun sg] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Within the antisocialist camp Liberalism occupied a subordinate position , forfeiting a tradition of Radical progressivism that had informed much of the alternative municipal discourse during the 1890s , and leading to its extinction as a force in local politics . |
| 2 | She had 91 days off work in 1990 which led to her qualification as a nurse being delayed . |
| 3 | Furthermore , although the first poll-tax was sufficiently successful as a fiscal measure for it to be repeated in 1379 and 1381 , the hostility shown to it in the Great Revolt of the latter year led to its abandonment as a form of taxation ; not until the sixteenth century do further governmental records become available which can be employed to estimate the size of the national population with even a modicum of confidence . |
| 4 | The failure of the common eligibility ruling led to its replace-ment by a limit of two solicitors per firm . |
| 5 | Another curious contradiction in his character led to his installation of a notorious coin-box and enamelled sign , ‘ Public Telephone ’ , for the use of his guests . |
| 6 | Jesus may not have supported a particular party line , but His criticism of the political-religious leaders of His day led to His crucifixion on a Roman gibbet . |
| 7 | His anonymous volume of pen portraits , The Whispering Gallery by an Ex-Diplomat ( 1926 ) , led to his arrest on a charge of ‘ obtaining or attempting to obtain money under false pretences ’ , but under cross-examination his engaging candour appealed to the jury which found him not guilty . |
| 8 | For it would encourage a reliance on schematic knowledge and a corresponding avoidance of an engagement with the systemic features of the foreign language , or at best a tactical use of them which would not lead to their internalization as a more general strategic resource . |
| 9 | Tans were becoming associated with the real Sharon territory which could lead to their demise as a coveted status symbol . |
| 10 | Their very idiosyncratic and undemocratic nature , which is part of their strength , can lead to their rule by a narrow and self-selecting group . |
| 11 | Other warriors will follow him in raids against neighbouring tribes and the success of these expeditions may lead to his appointment as a war chief . |
| 12 | His insatiable curiosity and desire for experiment had led to his election as a Fellow of the Royal Society . |
| 13 | He was led to his seat by a young woman dressed in a long green velvet skirt and a high-necked , white lace blouse with leg-of-mutton sleeves . |
| 14 | There were still — at the end of the enlightened eighteenth century , that Age of Reason which matched itself against Athens — old women in Lamplugh who were convinced that you could be led to your death by a will-o'-the-wisp or terrified out of life by the fairies . |