Example sentences of "period [verb] up to the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Through the period leading up to the Second World War rural England too was subjected , according to C.E.M . |
| 2 | Production increased tenfold in the period leading up to the second world war . |
| 3 | For example , Ellen Ross 's ( 1983 ) discussion of the lifestyle of the working poor in the East End of London , in the period leading up to the First World War , contains evidence about financial relationships between young working adults and their parents , based partly on the surveys of Charles Booth ( 1892b ) . |
| 4 | In the period leading up to the actual fight , first-time fighters are suddenly stricken with nervous tension . |
| 5 | He analysed local government spending and labour-force figures in the post-war period leading up to the late 1970s . |