Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] lead to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The tidal braking would therefore be greatest around perihelion , and it is this that has presumably led to the partial synchronization observed . |
| 2 | This has made it difficult for Britain to compete on the world market , and this in turn has eventually led to a worse slump and level of unemployment than would otherwise have been the case had there been no political intervention in the working of the naturally self-regulating free economy of the market . |
| 3 | We have seen that the difficulty of obtaining the gratuitous services of suitable persons to act as trustees has necessarily led to the practice of reposing an ever wider range of discretion in those who can only thus be persuaded to act . |
| 4 | This has naturally led to a drop in the price receivers are able to get for a failed business , and thus a drop in the surpluses the receiver hands to the liquidator . |
| 5 | This has naturally led to the search for ways in which they can be relaxed . |
| 6 | Similarly , the attempt to remove barriers to investment has merely led to their redistribution , for instead of paying rates inside Enterprise Zones firms pay higher rents and property prices ( Erikson and Syms , 1986 ) . |
| 7 | Yet this interventionism has not led to the creation of anything approaching an Executive Office . |
| 8 | I also find it incredible that the demise of Aldershot has not led to a positive reaction to assist the smaller clubs . |
| 9 | This situation has not led to a decline in enrolments : except for a brief period at the beginning of the crisis , the demand for education has been sustained . |
| 10 | However , the preference for a ‘ local ’ authority has not led to local government control , considered appropriate for social services . |
| 11 | It should be noted that the existence of a published league table has not led to an automatic and immediate improvement in schools at the bottom of the table . |
| 12 | Similarly , a recent reduction in the West German prison population has not led to an increase in major crime or made the streets less safe ( Feest , 1999 ) . |
| 13 | One of the most notable developments in the Soviet Union , contrary to the confident expectations of Soviet and Western Marxists as well as modernisation theorists , is that rapid socio-economic development in the USSR has not led to any decrease in ethnic attachment among the minority nationalities . |
| 14 | Treatment with H 2 receptor antagonists , other anti-ulcer drugs , and triple therapy has not led to any symptomatic improvement , although gastric biopsies became negative for H pylori after triple therapy . |
| 15 | The Bank of England ( 1990 ) has concluded that the withdrawal of market participants has not led to a reduction in the quality of service or reduced liquidity or competitiveness in the market . |
| 16 | This has largely led to a reduction in overall-activity , but the control of mosquitoes by means of insecticide retains its prominence . |
| 17 | It has irked the Northern selectors that the talent drain has largely led to London , the side that has dominated the Divisional Championship in recent years . |
| 18 | The latest security report says installing cameras has finally led to a fall in car theft , but overall hospital crime rose 12.5% last year . |
| 19 | This has already led to stiffer competition among private banks . |
| 20 | They argued that existing maps and digitized files from them are unable to meet these needs at global or regional scale and only remote sensing could help in the short term : the availability of stereometric data from the French SPOT satellite has already led to proposals for automated creation of global digital elevation models with a spatial ( XY ) resolution of about 30 m ( Muller 1989 ) . |
| 21 | Whatever side is taken in this ongoing debate , however , it appears that knowledge of the ill effects of tobacco has already led to a modification in smoking behaviour among older men , particularly those in non-manual employment . |
| 22 | Hewlett Packard have a working agreement with Compugraphic which has already led to that company 's typesetters being able to understand PCL and HP 's printers being able to accept Compugraphic 's fonts — they also provide PostScript as an option . |
| 23 | It has already led to grief , but that is just a beginning . ’ |
| 24 | The Environmental Protection Act 1990 has already led to significant improvements in national pollution control , waste disposal , the control of litter and the reorganisation of bodies responsible for the countryside . |
| 25 | The system is said to be the most advanced in the world , and has already led to several arrests . |
| 26 | Precise details of what has been achieved by the liaison remain a closely guarded secret but it has involved developing new methods of using medicinal drugs in the body and has already led to a contract with a major pharmaceutical company . |
| 27 | This commitment , and the overall pacifist , pro-feminist , libertarian , green and non-exploitative ethos we espouse has generally led to our expressed opinions on the Pembroke Ranges issue being greeted with scepticism and distrust by the climbing establishment . |
| 28 | Similarly , the finding that class size affects performance , and ancillary evidence on the rate of increase in the frequency of large classes , has directly led to the provision of additional purpose-built accommodation for large classes . |
| 29 | Industrialisation has clearly led to economic growth . |
| 30 | This has repeatedly led to clashes over such questions as differentials , with ASLEF attempting to protect the elite status of its members . |