Example sentences of "[noun prp] led [prep] the " 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 | Moodie led from the start and never looked like being caught even though late in the race Joey Dunlop put in a spurt and was in second place with one lap to go . |
| 3 | June : A visit by French President Mitterrand led to the announcement that France had accepted Madagascar 's claim , supported by a UN vote in 1980 , to the islands of Les Glorieuses , Juan de Nova , Europa and Bassas de India , which had been under French control since 1882 . |
| 4 | Some of the least attractive features of Liverpool society emerged in May 1985 , when a riot of Liverpool football supporters at the Heysel football stadium in Brussels led to the death of many Italian football fans at the European Cup Final between Liverpool and Juventus of Turin . |
| 5 | This time Paisley led from the front . |
| 6 | The NUS paper presented to Whitley led to the Group 's decision to allocate two re-assigned Model 30s for student computing use , as per item ( 2 ) above . |
| 7 | In the 43rd minute United took the lead when involvement by Aaron Gardiner and Brian Devereux led to the ball being pulled across from the left to the far corner of the penalty area . |
| 8 | Iraq 's invasion of Kuwait led to the abandonment by the UAE of a traditional policy of neutrality and to a welcome for the deployment of the military forces of the US-led coalition in the region . |
| 9 | It has to do with Italy 's terrifying national public deficit , estimated at L 34,000 billion , which on 26 May led to the money voted by Parliament at the end of January being frozen until October ; this means , for example , that Venice , Italy 's most fragile urban and artistic organism , which was to have had L450 billion spent on its infrastructure this year , is once again unable , for example , to dredge its canals , essential if the city is to avoid being flooded next time there is a high tide . |
| 10 | Sympathy for Castro declined in the USA after a series of televised political trials in Cuba led to the execution of former supporters of Batista . |
| 11 | In the 1960s , the Soviet Union rapidly discovered that its connection with Cuba led to the complication and distortion of its relations with other Latin American nations at the same time as it presented them with new opportunities in the region . |
| 12 | The case of Karamjit Singh Chahal led to the High Court last December ordering the former Home Secretary , Kenneth Baker , to reconsider his decision to deport the man . |
| 13 | The admission of Britain , Denmark and Ireland led to the setting up of an effective system of Community ‘ own resources ’ , independent from the finance of the Member States . |
| 14 | In the autumn , however , the Japanese recaptured the airstrips , and an argument between Stilwell and Chiang led to the former being relieved of his command . |
| 15 | ‘ Graham led from the first lap to the 97th at Monaco , and then ran out of oil . |
| 16 | Andrew Gallagher started uncertainly and two poor passes under pressure to McGarry led to the Instonians try , the only one in a somewhat disappointing game . |
| 17 | In 1743 an attack on Bezrukovo near the Ishim led to the deaths of two people , the imprisonment of twenty-six more and the loss of eighty horses . |
| 18 | Martin Caulfield led from the front in a steady day 's play that ended in triumph . |
| 19 | An example can be seen at the Didcot Railway Centre With the fine locomotives designed by Daniel Gooch , the GWR 's broad gauge trains formed the first real expresses and indeed the inaugural train from London to Bristol led to the comment that this must be the only time on record that an engineer had exceeded his promises ! |
| 20 | Information from Fuchs led to the arrest , and in 1953 , the execution of the Americans Julius and Ethel Rosenberg . |
| 21 | Finally , as everyone knows , Jewish faith in the one God who alone was fit to govern Israel led to the Great Revolt of A.D. 66–70 . |
| 22 | Quick replies by Kelly Shelford and Mark Elia led to the suspicion that New Zealand could score at will and were easing themselves into their stride , but doubts arose early in the second half with a succession of missed chances . |
| 23 | Although Il Moro led for the first two legs , New Zealand showed her fearsome ability to climb to windward when she squeezed up from underneath Il Moro to take the lead at the third mark . |
| 24 | KEPLER WESSELS led from the front again yesterday as South Africa cruised to a 39-run victory over India — their fifth success in the seven-match one-day series . |
| 25 | Having saved the sports car company and turned himself in at the end of series one , Clive Owen led off the second series in 1991 completing the last days of a prison sentence and abandoning the city slicker lifestyle for a battle to save a bankrupt stately home . |
| 26 | The growing discontent over EDC led to the replacement of foreign minister Schuman by the more nationalist Georges Bidault at the end of 1952 . |
| 27 | Teesside led after the foursomes 31/2 , 21/2 and the match was squared when Ian Liddle lost the top singles to Bradford 's match play champion Mark Cook . |
| 28 | Iraq 's invasion and annexation of Kuwait in August led to the outbreak of a war less than six months later between Iraq and United States-led multinational forces . |
| 29 | It has been claimed the computer failure on October 26 and 27 and again on Wednesday led to the deaths of some patients . |
| 30 | As he did on his two appearances as England 's rugby captain , Cranmer led from the front . |