Example sentences of "lead [adv prt] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the Far East , the Azahari revolt broke out in Brunei in December 1962 ; and , although it was crushed relatively easily by British and Gurkha troops stationed in Malaya , it led on to the Indonesian ‘ Confrontation ’ , which began in a small way in April 1963 . |
| 2 | I led on to the subject of the probability of his having shortly to be released from his pain and suffering and hoped that his trust was in his Saviour and he replied , ‘ Oh yes , it is ! |
| 3 | In later stages , cottage and craft industries were moved into factories , which then led on to the development of ‘ machinofacture ’ ( mechanised production ) through technological innovation . |
| 4 | The great events of his administration were the return to the gold standard , the Treaty of Locarno , the General Strike , the Imperial Conference of 1926 which led on to the Statute of Westminster , and the measures originating in the Ministry of Health for the reform of local government and the extension of social security . |
| 5 | It required the outbreak of war and the threatened imminence of defeat to produce the power-sharing of 1940 , which led on to the power transference of 1945 . |
| 6 | Which led on to the obvious conclusion . ’ |
| 7 | He turned his back to her and walked off into the open-plan living-room , with its huge glass patio doors that led on to the front garden . |
| 8 | An hour later she was still happily chatting to the woman , finding out about the terrible Harry who had ‘ torn the heart ’ right out of her daughter and gone off with a woman from Cork , which naturally led on to the dreadful and often incomprehensible ways of men and the stupid way women always put up with it . |
| 9 | Steps led down to the banks of the river , and from the water 's edge , the ruins of the castle dominated the skyline . |
| 10 | I hurried down steep Flower Hill , a flowerless road of grey terraced houses and shops that led down to the bridge and the weir . |
| 11 | ‘ The front door ! ’ said Rose , mightily impressed , as they stood at the top of a flight of wide stone steps , flanked by funerary urns , which led down to the drive . |
| 12 | Beyond the tower a narrow path led down to the rocky shore below . |
| 13 | A gentle stroll through the gardens led down to the beautiful long , wide beach . |
| 14 | This gave him a view up one of the sidestreets which led down to the corner of the square . |
| 15 | A silver stairway on stage led down to the stalls . |
| 16 | I spent a lot of time discovering and browsing through the bookshops , and then reading on the lawns which led down to the river Cam from the backs of the colleges . |
| 17 | At the back of the hall a flight of stairs led down to the servants ' kitchen . |
| 18 | Kit Hegarty moved swiftly around her large house in a quiet road that led down to the sea . |
| 19 | For at that moment , directly below the steps that led down to the Moebius Strip , the float of dummy Capellans was purring serenely by . |
| 20 | So they turned their footsteps in the direction of the dropshaft which led down to the Solitorium . |
| 21 | From the square in front of the hotel , an avenue led down to the Corniche where people strolled arm iii arm along the Nile . |
| 22 | At dawn on the morning of his twelfth birthday — in the official court annals his thirteenth , for they accorded with ancient Han tradition in calling the day of the child 's birth its first ‘ birth day ’ — Li Yuan was woken by his father and , when he was dressed in the proper clothes , led down to the stables of the Tongjiang estate . |
| 23 | The boat house resembled a small chapel built into the sloping land that led down to the water 's edge , except that it was windowless and the bell in the tower no longer rang . |
| 24 | A short flight of stone steps led down to the entrance . |
| 25 | Beyond it fell a flight of stone steps which led down to the bank 's vault . |
| 26 | Eventually he was at the top of the slope that led down to the little towns of Streatley and Goring , separated , like their respective counties of Berkshire and Oxfordshire , by the River Thames . |
| 27 | Rachaela left the house and went to the steps which led down to the beach . |
| 28 | Luke Travis was standing at the top of the short flight of stone steps that led down to the garden . |
| 29 | Flat roofs are laid with a slight slope so that rainwater can be collected by conventional gutters and led down to the drains . |
| 30 | Turning her back on the sunset , she crossed the yard to where a track , wide enough to take a vehicle , led down to the river . |