Example sentences of "be leading to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet this love , so compelling , so fascinating as it grew despite everything , had been leading to destruction . |
| 2 | Already in 1946 the highly secret talks between the British and American air chiefs were leading to agreement that bases should be built in East Anglia for the use of American bombers in the event of an emergency . |
| 3 | LAST WEEK 'S announcement that a gigantic cloud of dark gas has been found in space is leading to speculation about an ‘ invisible mass ’ hidden within it . |
| 4 | A scan of the literature concerned with early Anglo-Saxon archaeology over the last 25 years has hardly reflected this change until very recently when there have been definite signs that dissatisfaction is leading to experimentation ; otherwise the Sutton Hoo harp has been played while the archaeological world burned . |
| 5 | One or two of the hotel 's regular visitors and local residents who use the hotel frequently have told Winter privately that they think it is a mistake and that it is leading to friction and a lowering of standards . |
| 6 | The growing demand for this material is leading to development pressures , and the Circular gives advice on how to reconcile the conflict between the pressure for extraction and agricultural , amenity and other countryside interests . |
| 7 | He said the erosion of Sunday opening regulations is leading to traffic increases in towns , along with noise and disturbance . |
| 8 | The Agriculture Departments should more actively enforce the provisions of the HLCA regulations in cases where overgrazing is leading to vegetation erosion by withholding payments above an agreed , appropriate stocking density , taking conservation advice . |
| 9 | Second , governments became increasingly convinced that the commitment to meet any residual losses was leading to sloppiness and a failure to minimize costs . |