Example sentences of "which lead [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Half a mile or so along the valley bottom , the path converged with another which led down the hill from the village .
2 Of the machines clustering about the bench , I gained no clear idea , except that , by the head , a tank of a red liquid stood above it , dripping its contents down a tube which led under the sheet .
3 Leaving the cottage , Melissa climbed the stile and made her way along the footpath which led past the church to the village .
4 Ted Morgan 's car was parked high above the town about five yards down a narrow can-track which led off the road between two steeply sloping fields .
5 ‘ There 's something else you have n't seen , ’ Luke said , unlocking a door which led off the studio into a small gallery .
6 He had the choice of half-a-dozen alleys which led off the main street and climbed to the terraces .
7 In 1964 she completed the Keep Fit Association 's teacher training course , which led on the Medau teacher training .
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 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 .
11 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 .
12 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 .
13 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 .
14 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 .
15 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 .
16 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 ’ .
17 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 .
18 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 .
19 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 .
20 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 .
21 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 .
22 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 .
23 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 .
24 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 .
25 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 .
26 The defendant was there too which led to a row , ’ said Mr Crigman .
27 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 .
28 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 .
29 Edberg was buoyed up by the energetic and determined play of Anders Jarryd which led to a win over Connell and Glen Michibata .
30 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 .
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