Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] to the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their discovery helped overthrow the medieval concept of the Solar System and a few decades later , by a method that I shall not describe , observations of Io led to the first determination of the speed of light , which until then was thought by many philosophers to be infinite . |
| 2 | The gravelled drive split into two ; one branch led to the front door , the other to the back of the house and , according to a finger post , to waiting room and surgery . |
| 3 | The coast ( or cliff-top ) walk from the hostel in the other direction led to the delightful settlement of Robin Hood 's Bay , where the slipway resembles a drawbridge let down from the towering sea walls . |
| 4 | The Albion board over-reacted to the whole situation . |
| 5 | Its activities led to the British Film Weeks of 1924 , which involved screening a programme of British pictures , accompanied by the sort of ballyhoo which left the public , according to critic Paul Rotha , ‘ hypnotized into readiness to applaud the worst picture in the world because it was British . ’ |
| 6 | The application of such skills led to the greater control of an army and , as a consequence , to its more effective use as a military arm . |
| 7 | Conspicuously absent was Mr Ruslan Khasbulatov , the abrasive and ambitious Speaker , whose manoeuvring led to the latest crisis . |
| 8 | Rain said , exasperated , that each route led to the same point and that meant back to the Tunisian . |
| 9 | Edward 's regular trail led to the nest-box area in the centre , where there were old trees and the open space with the big fallen mossy trunk on which he sat . |
| 10 | In addition there are also galleries devoted to the American Indian , the Pennsylvania Germans , the religious community of the Shakers , and the isolated Spanish colonists of New Mexico . |
| 11 | Only once was a jarring note struck , and that was when Roger referred to the long room leading out of the kitchen as the ‘ museum ’ . |
| 12 | The references to professors and their books led to the predictable conclusion : ‘ On the Black issue our verdict is based on the facts , we have judged the case on the evidence , fairly , and come to the only just conclusions . ’ |
| 13 | Such arms were generally apsidal in one or three apses and these designs led to the later development of the chevet , particularly seen in France ; also , in order to retain their privacy , the monks re-established the nave altars east of the crossing , so confirming the eastern altar position . |
| 14 | Much the same reasoning led to the steadfast refusal of the Unidroit Study Group to yield to pressures to extend the scope of the Convention on International Financial Leasing to cover general issues of priority of competing claims to leased equipment , though article 7 does contain provisions preserving the lessor 's real rights against the claims of the lessee 's trustee in bankruptcy and execution and other creditors . |
| 15 | Soering applied to the European Commission of Human Rights on the grounds that there was a serious likelihood that if he were extradited to the United States he would be executed . |
| 16 | After Mrs Wordingham 's death later in 1989 , Mr Wordingham applied to the High Court for rectification of the will under s 20(1) ( a ) of the Administration of Justice Act 1982 , which states that ‘ if the court is satisfied that a will is so expressed that it fails to carry out the testator 's intentions , in consequence — ( a ) of a clerical error … it may order that the will shall be rectified so as to carry out his intentions … ‘ . |
| 17 | Such considerations led to the general use of the term Down 's Syndrome to describe this association of physical features and mental characteristics . |
| 18 | The inedibility of the early land plants to animals and , apparently , fungi led to the great Coal Measures of the Carboniferous and thus to the fuel of the Industrial Revolution and thence the technology for the destruction of those forests ' successors . |
| 19 | Later , the introduction of pointes and the ‘ ballerina ’ skirt led to the dominant role of the ballerina at the expense of the male dancer and this brought further changes in the patterns . |
| 20 | From there , a quiet backstreet led to the rear entrance of her apartment block . |
| 21 | Today , there is a small octagonal chapel in the Beirut coastal suburb of Antelyas dedicated to the 1915 massacres . |
| 22 | It wo n't have escaped anybody 's attention that the Indian spinner Anil Kumble rose to the dizzy heights of No 3 in the world thanks to the vain attempts of Robin Smith and Co to fathom him out during the disastrous tour of the subcontinent . |
| 23 | The par-or-better rounds on Friday rose to the new heights of 54 and the average was further improved to 71.69 . |
| 24 | Doyle 's eyes flickered to the nearest table behind Rosie . |
| 25 | That any Petitioner whose Petition stands referred to the Select Committee shall , subject to the Rules and Orders of the House and to the Prayer of his Petition , be entitled to be heard by himself , his Counsel or Agents upon his Petition provided that it is prepared and signed in conformity with the Rules and Orders of the House , and the Member in charge of the Bill shall be entitled to be heard by his Counsel or Agents in favour of the Bill against that Petition . |
| 26 | Methodist Archives and Research Centre ( Manchester ) The collections are housed in the John Rylands Library and comprise documents and books devoted to the religious history of the denomination . |
| 27 | Maybe it will not provide much new material for the dedicated enthusiast because there are so many other books devoted to the early history of railways . |
| 28 | Their activities at the start of NEP are studied in the chapter devoted to the cultural capital , which was still Petrograd rather than Moscow in 1922 . |
| 29 | The vast amount of medical research devoted to the early detection and treatment of foetal abnormalities is witness to the fact that society would prefer that there were no retarded babies born . |
| 30 | Out of context , even readers devoted to the Victorian novel may have difficulty in identifying that house , for they take from the novel that contains it a very different impression , one that has less to do with idyllic life than with decay and death . |