Example sentences of "[pron] led to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | May I draw my right hon. Friend 's attention to the delegation that I led to the Lord Chancellor to consider the problem of bail bandits and light sentencing by Crown courts , and to the concern in my constituency that the Hampshire police authority is short changing the Isle of Wight in terms of the number of constables on the beat ? |
| 2 | Craig Luxton , a New Zealand-born scrum-half on the England periphery , rubbed salt into the self-inflicted wounds with a series of tap-penalties and darting thrusts , one of which led to a 90-metre break-out and a second try for Gavin Thompson — one of the game 's few high points . |
| 3 | The colonists in North America were encouraged to partake of the new refreshment but were taxed on tea and other imports from 1765 onwards , which led to a trade in tea smuggling from Holland to avoid the taxes . |
| 4 | The Pier Head incident proved to be the turning point which led to a new period of industrial peace within the giant Vehicle Division , unfortunately too late to avoid the massive investment switch to the Continent which was already under way with the newly approved corporate plan . |
| 5 | Emily guided Mungo through a gate at the side which led to a long , overgrown garden with a large , unsteady-looking wooden shed at the bottom . |
| 6 | Investigator Ken Randall found Gooda Walker had made unorthodox use of ‘ time and distance ’ insurance policies , which led to a possible £10 million overstatement of profits for 1988 on one syndicate , 290 . |
| 7 | Since her trial a year ago , which led to a six-year jail sentence , Winnie Mandela has been at liberty on bail , pending an appeal . |
| 8 | In 1927–28 , Miss Green revived the ailing WEA branch there with a Terminal course , followed by a One-Year course in the following year which led to a Tutorial Class from 1929–32 . |
| 9 | There was an increase in the population of central and northern Italy which led to a rapid development of agriculture , a rise in general prosperity and a subsequent increase in merchant goods . |
| 10 | A controversial television documentary at the end of 1983 on timber-frame houses , which led to a tumble in share prices for leading house-builders , was itself attacked for being ‘ technically ill-informed and misleading ’ . |
| 11 | Attempts to mitigate what were recognized as disastrous divisions often took the form of a refusal to acknowledge the wide difference of ability that existed between pupils , which led to a style and content of teaching roughly directed to the middle band of children , the least and the most able being left to shift for themselves . |
| 12 | This had dropped to fewer than 200 animals in 1979 in spite of a conservation programme since 1976 , largely because of its relative similarity to the Blonde which led to a high degree of crossing . |
| 13 | The Reverend Kenneth Best conducted a mission in the autumn of 1988 which led to a deepening of the spiritual life for many and in June 1990 the present minister , the Reverend J Winston Good , was elected President-designate of the Methodist Church in Ireland and will take office as President in June 1991 . |
| 14 | In the early years of the euro-dollar market 's growth , the USA incurred an increasing external deficit which led to a considerable accumulation of dollar claims ( deposits ) by non-US residents . |
| 15 | In 1892 , with the appointment of McFadyean as dean ( he became Principal in 1894 ) there began , on the foundations laid by his predecessors , a second century showing a remarkable transformation which led to a marked expansion of the numbers of teaching staff , to a greater development of the staff 's research activities , and to the full incorporation of the College into the country 's university system . |
| 16 | Edinburgh was totally different from London ; a royal burgh , it was built according to some sort of plan : long narrow streets with timbered and stone houses on either side , some joined together , others separated by narrow runnels or alleyways which led to a small garden or croft behind each tenement . |
| 17 | But the jobs were invariably dead-end and , despite the Home Office call for ‘ real , training , wages were at subsistence level or below , which led to a succession of requests for small loans from the Movement . |
| 18 | It was much lighter than he had expected , largely because of a rear door , now open , which led to a glass extension giving a view of the headland . |
| 19 | The problem was compounded by the requirement of a voltage output range which led to a compromise over the values of certain components , particularly those in the filter section . |
| 20 | The defendant was there too which led to a row , ’ said Mr Crigman . |
| 21 | The new trial was reopened before the Juzgado Quinto de Primera Instancia Penal de Sentencia ( Fifth Criminal Sentencing Court of the First Instance ) , and new evidence admitted which led to a guilty verdict . |
| 22 | Relations between Becker and the rest of the German team would appear to have deteriorated after the incident in Melbourne when , within minutes of learning that Stich and Udo Riglewski had been nominated to represent Germany in the doubles , in Barcelona , he set in motion a chain of events which led to a quick re-think . |
| 23 | Edberg was buoyed up by the energetic and determined play of Anders Jarryd which led to a win over Connell and Glen Michibata . |
| 24 | Looking back into the past from the security of the present it is possible to pinpoint those elements which led to a change of viewpoint , the emergence of a new approach or a hasty retreat into well tried ways . |
| 25 | Their horses were fresher , and gradually closed on Sharpe who , to spare the mare 's strength , tried to avoid the worst hills , but he eventually found himself trapped in a long valley and was forced to put the mare at a steep grass slope which led to a bare skyline . |
| 26 | Which led to a fresh thought . |
| 27 | If the policy makers are willing to learn from some of the mistakes made in industry , where hasty changes were made which led to a dramatic brain drain subsequently , the unpalatable adjustments that will need to be made in London should create less harm than will otherwise be the case . |
| 28 | Rogers was well known to the police and she believes it was this fact which led to a court appearance for a minor offence . |
| 29 | These issues came to a head with the Crichel Down affair in the 1950s , which led to a general ‘ moral panic ’ about administrative power . |
| 30 | problems which led to a Change Request . |