Example sentences of "had led [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 31 | The legislation followed the 1987 world stock market crash which had led to a controversial four-day closure of the Hong Kong stock exchange and the subsequent arrest of a number of officials on corruption charges [ see pp. 35742 ; 36764 ; and below ] . |
| 32 | The DKP had long been dependent on the East German Socialist Unity Party of Germany ( SED — ultimately renamed the Party of Democratic Socialism ( PDS ) in February 1990 — see p. 37260 ) and had suffered as a result of the changes in East Germany ; the ending of financial support from the SED had led to a scaling down of operations . |
| 33 | The West German financial community had claimed that the tax had led to a flight of capital out of the country , thus creating upward pressure on domestic interest rates . |
| 34 | Public concern about price liberalization had led to a wave of panic buying which had emptied shops in the last days of December . |
| 35 | The outbreak of war in January had led to a sharp reduction in oil supplies from Iraq . |
| 36 | Its allegations were the latest in a series of accusations of collaboration with the secret police which had surfaced since the revolution and had led to a number of resignations and arrests of politicians and officials [ see pp. 37382 ; 37464 ; 37542 ; 38018 ] . |
| 37 | The issue reminded many observers of the Recruit share trading scandal of late 1988 , which had led to the collapse of the government led by Noboru Takeshita [ see pp. 36463-64 ] , and which had led to a range of measures designed to tighten up on this kind of abuse . |
| 38 | In July 1990 the Sejm declared that " the actions of [ then Prime Minister and PUWP politburo member ] Mieczyslaw Rakowski 's government [ in 1988-1989 ] had led to a fundamental aggravation of the crisis of Poland 's economy " . |
| 39 | Longer-term factors which had led to a decline in the gold price were lack of demand because of the prolonged recession in the USA and the slowdown in activity in other major industrialized countries , a switch by investors from the gold market to financial markets , and a failure to limit production and thus reduce supplies ( particularly in South Africa , the world 's largest producer ) . |
| 40 | Pravda 's financial difficulties had led to a brief suspension in March [ see pp. 38825 ; 38874 ] , but its pro-communist line had changed little since its reappearance following a ban in August 1991 for alleged support for the attempted coup [ see pp. 38418 ] . |
| 41 | The victory by a pro-military coalition at the March 1992 general election , and the subsequent appointment of the leader of the outgoing military junta , Gen. Suchinda Kraprayoon , as Prime Minister , had led to a serious confrontation in Bangkok in May . |
| 42 | But the Labour leaders ' caution was understandable in the light of the amendments made to the party constitution after the break with Ramsay MacDonald in 1931 , the last leader to have favoured a coalition government , whose action had led to a split in the party and his expulsion from membership . |
| 43 | And , after the 1988 Education Reform Act , one question was whether that reform had led to a new education service in England and Wales . |
| 44 | Intensive farming techniques had led to a rapid decline in hare numbers during the 1960s and 70s , as traditional hare habitats were destroyed . |
| 45 | Professor Dodge said the advent of full-scale female employment in Ulster during World War II had led to a decline in breast-feeding in the generations since . |
| 46 | It was also claimed that Mr Deans had been responsible for the non-payment of police bills which had led to a threat of police cover being withdrawn for home matches . |
| 47 | Poultry had benefited from efficient , low-cost , intensive production systems which had led to a prize competitive product . |
| 48 | This is revealed in the latest figures from Barclays Bank , which said that sterling 's 15 per cent devaluation and the 4 per cent fall in interest rates following the UK 's withdrawal from the exchange rate mechanism in September 1992 had led to a sharp increase in business confidence in manufacturing in the first quarter of 1993 . |
| 49 | This had led in a good deal of theology and piety to a concentration of attention on a vaguely unitarian ‘ God ’ , loosely identified with the Father , and to increasing difficulties in connecting that up in any coherent way with either the Trinity or the incarnation . |
| 50 | Tamas had led in a first round of polling on Dec. 9 , but the result had been declared void because the turnout did not reach the necessary 50 per cent [ see p. 37130 ] . |