Example sentences of "which lead up to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( First Edition ) DRAMATIC evidence of the First Century AD Jewish revolt against Rome , which led up to the famous siege and mass suicide of Masada , has been unearthed by Israeli archaeologists in the desert to the east of Jerusalem . |
| 2 | Shakespeare and Racine — or rather the developments which led up to them — each found his own reason . |
| 3 | Again , there was no direct reference to Hitler 's ‘ prophecy ’ about the destruction of European Jewry , though the whole section of the report was placed under a quotation from the speech which led up to the passage on the Jews : that in the light of the suffering of the Germans at the hands of others , people should ‘ keep well away from us with their humanitarianism ’ . |
| 4 | Unknown even to the operators , some of the rods of uranium fuel which were supposed to fall from the back of the reactor into a storage pond had instead tumbled into the channel which led up to the tall chimney . |
| 5 | This region played a relatively small part in the struggles which led up to the Sandinista revolution . |
| 6 | Kelly walked up the steps into the hall of the Garrick towards the wide staircase which led up to the bar , then hesitated . |
| 7 | Detailed Description : the steps which led up to the problem and any messages or codes that were included . |
| 8 | These are constitutive luck — the kind of person one is ; contemporary circumstantial luck — the kind of circumstances in which one is placed ; antecedent circumstantial luck — the kind of circumstances which led up to the situation one faces ; and consequential luck — the way things turn out . |
| 9 | There was nothing democratic about either the way in which the decision was taken or the process which led up to It . |
| 10 | She stood at the foot of the staircase which led up to the tower but even Jacqueline , so well known for her early rising that her grandfather called her the Dawn Patrol , was silent . |
| 11 | This appeal concerns the four younger children , although the two elder boys played a part in the events which led up to the present situation . |
| 12 | But there are other even more fundamental reasons for allowing this appeal , and they are concerned with the judge 's actions and decisions which led up to his discharge of the jury . |
| 13 | The orange light resolved itself into four roadwork lanterns — and then he saw the cordon and roadblock with its black-and-white wooden pole which had been set up ahead , blocking off the entrance road which led up to the office-block frontage and car park . |
| 14 | He turned off along one of the dimly-lit back streets and , making the most of his bump of direction , arrived at the foot of the steep slope which led up to The Brigantine , the pub where Tony had taken him . |
| 15 | They cite the provisions under which the measure concerned has been adopted , as well as any proposals , opinions , or consultations which led up to their adoption . |
| 16 | On 19 March the Assembly started a series of debates on a motion to reject Sunningdale and the constitutional arrangements which led up to the conference , and there built up a demand from Loyalists that new elections should be held for the Assembly . |
| 17 | He pulled up in fourth gear at the foot of the balustraded stone steps which led up to the solicitor 's office : Totteridge , Spruce and Hardnut , Commissioners for Oaths , said the brass plate . |
| 18 | There was a small garden in front of the house , and she hurried along the crazy-paving path which led up to the gabled front porch . |
| 19 | Indeed , even at the time of the negotiations which led up to the SEA the European Communities ( EC ) Commission ( the Civil Service which administers the communities from Brussels ) estimated that in excess of 300 measures remained to be adopted before the problem of what came to be called ‘ non-Europe ’ could be said to have been fully addressed . |
| 20 | Notwithstanding the constitutional changes which led up to the general election of July [ see p. 37603 ] , the Habré government had remained an alliance of faction leaders lacking any real popular support . |
| 21 | It asked the officers to reflect on the discussions which led up to , and followed the issue of , Partnership in Validation , and subsequently accepted the advice offered in an officers ' paper to set up a working party to pursue the discussion further and report back in May 1978 , after consulting the Council 's committees and boards . |
| 22 | The British presence was much more persistent and important during the long negotiations which led up to the Partial Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty of 1963 . |
| 23 | After Canhas there is a road to the right — which it is very easy to miss — which leads up to Paúl da Serra and one of the alternative routes through to Porto do Moniz . |
| 24 | Turn left on the road and walk for around 900 yards before turning right onto a path which leads up to the old railway and joins a road up to Castle Bolton Village . |
| 25 | The Castle can be approached either via a narrow path leading up the mountainside which approaches the gates directly , or by a safer and wider path which leads up to the mountain peak and a pair of half-derelict mountain gates . |
| 26 | Note that the view assumes that the adventurers are approaching the Castle along the lower path , which leads up to the Castle . |
| 27 | As well as being simpler , this allows us to follow a historical sequence which leads up to serialism . |
| 28 | This is a length of pipe , with a gentle bend in it , which leads up to the surface where it is fitted with a removable cover . |
| 29 | It is intended that a teacher choose and teach a topic which leads up to formal rule or formula . |
| 30 | Often a child will not be able to explain the particular frustrations which lead up to his/her temper explosion . |