Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb -s] [vb pp] to the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Preoccupation with Cd values has led to the boring shapes we have become all too familiar with . ’ |
| 2 | Conspicuous support for sporting and other activities has contributed to the rising public approval of the Quit campaign and of antismoking measures generally . |
| 3 | The interpretation of these patterns has led to the following significant observations : |
| 4 | Certainly there have been cases after Alladice , including the one in which these remarks were made , where infraction of the rules has led to the resultant evidence being declared inadmissible . |
| 5 | The absence of a written constitution similar to that of the United States and other nations has led to the British Constitution being described as unwritten , but such a description is misleading . |
| 6 | The farming community 's increasing concentration on monocultures , particularly wheat , over the past two decades has contributed to the dramatic falls in the populations of a number of native British birds , according to a report by the Agriculture and Food Research Council . |
| 7 | Although most have gained , half of the total giveaway in terms of benefits and tax reductions has gone to the richest 10 per cent of households . |
| 8 | Commencing in the sixteenth century , the intervention of successive parliaments has led to the present-day role of the district audit . |
| 9 | One other group of insects has taken to the colonial life on a scale that is comparable to the termites ; those with narrow waists , two pairs of transparent wings and powerful stings , the wasps , bees and ants . |
| 10 | This increase in the comparability of building society and bank deposits has meant that the aggressive competition for deposits which began in the wholesale markets has spread to the retail sector . |
| 11 | Second , in the NATO member states , the relative lack of formal restrictions has contributed to the public unease about defence policy , which is associated in people 's minds with threats of all-out nuclear war : far from assisting deterrence this situation is highly corrosive so far as effective defence and deterrence are concerned . |
| 12 | The persistent pattern of inequality in economic , social and educational services has contributed to the widening gaps between regions . |