Example sentences of "[noun sg] has [verb] to [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile the closure has led to severe traffic congestion in the area . |
| 2 | The most substantial boost has gone to Antarctic research . |
| 3 | Almost every major evaluation study has led to minor adjustment or substantial change . |
| 4 | Peter Sands , editor of The Northern Echo has written to Conservative Party chairman Chris Patten to say that if letters of accreditation or normal Press cards were acceptable , then the paper would be happy to cover ministerial visits . |
| 5 | Most tropical forest aid has gone to industrial forestry and has done little to aid the poor or protect the environment . |
| 6 | ‘ Quite a lot of the unit 's work has related to co-ordinating teaching with requirements outside . |
| 7 | One Yukpa village has responded to repeated harassment by setting up a barricade to stop the company setting up mining equipment on their land . |
| 8 | In Britain this kind of attitude has led to considerable animosity between some supporters of teaching Christianity in schools and some supporters of a multi-faith approach . |
| 9 | AFGHANISTAN : Soviet withdrawal has led to vicious warfare between rival Mujahedin rebels . |
| 10 | According to Sami Yassa , of the Natural Resources Defense Council , excessive consumption has led to serious depletion of ground water . |
| 11 | Increased interest in using NHS geriatric beds for assessment and rehabilitation has led to increased turnover and shorter length of stay , with an expansion of acute beds and a decrease in the number of long stay beds . |
| 12 | The increase in skin cancer across the globe has led to growing awareness about the damaging effects of sunlight on skin . |
| 13 | The growing emphasis at both a national and institutional level on policies designed to widen and increase access to higher education has led to increased interest in recent years in the relative performance of students with non-traditional qualifications in higher education . |
| 14 | Recordings of gastric electrical control activity made from surface electrodes have been shown to correlate well with mucosal recordings , and this together with improvements in detection methods and their wider availability has led to increased use of surface electrogastrography in the investigation of gastrointestinal symptoms . |
| 15 | The setback has led to new speculation about a take-over or co-operative deal with BMW , Toyota , General Motors and others . |
| 16 | While in many ways the UK system is a homogeneous one , with centralized application procedures , common though varying admissions requirements , and a national system of student support through grants and now loans , its often decentralized and pragmatic mode of development has led to great variation in detail . |
| 17 | Most of the rest has gone to foreign-based switch suppliers such as Canada 's Northern Telecom , Japan 's NEC and Germany 's Siemens . |
| 18 | In recent years the rise in the crime rate has lead to increased concern on the part of both the police and the general public . |
| 19 | While shareholders continue to retain the ownership of the corporation , control and in particular the design of corporate policy has passed to professional management . |
| 20 | Pensioners have not fared better than other groups and targetting has led to massive poverty traps ’ . |
| 21 | Little or no lather is obtained , nor is any effective work done by the soap or detergent until all the hardness has turned to insoluble scum . |
| 22 | Whether one tries to illustrate subsidiarity by an upturned pyramid or a spiked helmet is irrelevant : Sir Christopher 's definition makes it clear that , far from being a guarantee for decentralisation , ‘ subsidiarity ’ is a blank cheque for more and more power to be transferred to Community level , just as the principle 's enshrinement in the German constitution has led to massive centralisation of power and expenditure in that country . |
| 23 | This in turn has led to increasing Government interference in matters relating to both the organisation and professional functions of medical groups . |
| 24 | This in turn has led to rapid evolution to fill the vacant or new ecological niches . |
| 25 | The failure to develop " Timbury Units " ( SHHD , 1979 ) for fully segregated care of those with dementia has led to continuing reliance on care by the local authority and hospitals . |
| 26 | A combination of air pollution and drought has led to rapid deterioration in the health of Britain 's trees , according to a recent UN survey . |
| 27 | The finite element method of finding numerical solutions to problems in elasticity , viscoelasticity , plasticity and fluid flow has risen to considerable prominence in the last 15 years . |
| 28 | Greater agricultural mechanisation has led to considerable modification of this landscape and larger arable fields now occur in the area . |
| 29 | Since becoming an Executive Agency in April 1991 , the increased local management and accountability arising from this status has led to considerable change in our structure , planning and management processes , financial systems and attitudes . |
| 30 | This different institutional and legal background has contributed to public sector auditing having different procedures , different responsibilities and a wider role . |