Example sentences of "have lead to the " in BNC.

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1 These have led to the same stereotyping of characters as happens in classical ballet .
2 POOR workmanship , inadequate supervision and slipshod design standards have led to the £400 million bill for extra repair and maintenance on roads and bridges .
3 For these mistakes have led to the belief that extension , the subject-matter of geometry , is infinitely divisible , a belief ‘ thought to have so inseparable and essential a connection with the principles and demonstrations in geometry , that mathematicians never … make the least question of it ’ .
4 Many countries have an offence of ‘ abuse of authority ’ to differentiate these crimes , in accord with the principle of fair labelling ( Chapter 3.3 ( 1 ) ) , but anxieties about the problem of listing the types of authority ( should it include persons undertaking voluntary responsibility , such as choirmasters and youth-club leaders ? ) have led to the continuation of the pragmatic all-encompassing provisions in England and Wales .
5 None the less there has been a quite open policy of dispersal as cutbacks have led to the closing of bases at home and abroad .
6 These findings have led to the suggestion that altered endothelial function without endothelial loss may be important in permitting platelet thrombus formation .
7 Apart from such aesthetic changes , involving the blanketing of large areas with uniform tree stands planted in regular rows , there is evidence to show that afforestation programmes have led to the alteration of other floral and faunal elements of these ecosystems .
8 This and other studies ( e.g. Cole and Fichtler 1983 , Stohlgren and Parsons 1986 ) have led to the conclusion that the most appropriate management strategy for such wilderness areas is to restrict camping to a few designated sites , where activity can be sustained without excessive damage .
9 Improvements in smallpox vaccination , starting with Jenner , have led to the complete , worldwide eradication of this disease .
10 First , better vacuum systems have led to the discharge being much cleaner — impurities in the discharge cause the plasma to radiate away more of its energy .
11 These serious problems have led to the concept of integrated pest management ( IPM ) which does not rely solely on pesticides .
12 The complexity of buildings constructed today , and the large proportion of the work involving services , have led to the need for specialist subcontractors who play a large and important role in the building process .
13 Wherever such arrangements have been attempted , they have led to the growing realisation that segregation does not provide a balanced solution for both traffic and environmental problems .
14 Differences in the patterns of performance observed on such tests — including reduction of the usual left hemisphere dominance in language , as well as intruding effects emanating from the right hemisphere — have led to the conclusion that in psychosis there may be enhanced communication between the two sides of the brain .
15 Advances in this area have led to the development of more realistic script recognition systems .
16 SOMALIA : Clan warfare and anarchic violence have led to the deaths of more than 10,000 people in Somalia over the past 18 months , according to an Amnesty International report , Somalia : A Human Rights Disaster , published on 5 August .
17 Just as the first two processes have led to the gradual expansion of the broadcasting scene , the last , and most critical , process is aimed at a complete reappraisal of the role of broadcasting , and the broadcasting organizations , in British society .
18 As it turned out , his skills on the job have led to the department trying to regrade him into a more demanding post .
19 Corporatism and post-Fordism have led to the control of industry , employment and markets from international centres which supervise the socio-economic development of continental trading communities .
20 The butchery of Clive Lloyd and Viv Richards may , for all we know , have led to the need to replace the Mound Stand at Lord 's after the fusillades of sixes .
21 Further sales will take place over the winter season and will mostly include works from the private apartments at Broadlands , Hampshire , Mountbatten 's home from 1939 to 1979 , where rising debts and decreasing visitor numbers have led to the sales .
22 This title is still the one in general use but the moves towards non-discriminatory , non-sexist language have led to the use of titles such as Chairperson , and the more neutral Chair .
23 It is more likely that the different reproductive roles of males and females have led to the divergence of size .
24 Today comparative studies of the whole sea squirt group , which is large and varied , have led to the belief that the second possibility is the correct one .
25 Later developments in quantum electrodynamics ( as the theory of the interaction of light and electrons is called ) have led to the calculation of effects , such as the Lamb shift in hydrogen , which agree with experiment to the limits of available accuracy of a few parts per million .
26 The main arguments which have led to the creation of the new tribunals with their own appellate tribunal have centred around the complexity of social security law , and yet there is no increased provision of funding for assistance through legal aid , law centres or welfare rights services .
27 This is illustrated by Goodwin 's ( 1986 : 2 ) identification of locality as being concerned with ‘ those processes that have led to the uneven development and local differentiation of social and economic change ’ , suggesting causal force as the strongest use of locality in both Greg son and Duncan 's terms .
28 In short , the evidence does not permit a concluded view on whether consummated mergers have led to the creation of more or less efficient enterprises .
29 Such combines are still common , in various forms , but further problems of capitalization , marketing and integration of production have led to the widespread appearance of the conglomerate , within which ownership and control of the means of cultural production become a sector within the wider ownership and control of a much wider ( non-cultural ) productive and financial area .
30 Wildlife changes are the final element in the landscape equation , and the changes outlined above ( in both uplands and lowlands , as a result of the increased use of machinery and also chemicals ) have led to the destruction of 95 per cent of herb-rich meadow , 80 per cent of lowland sheep walks , 40 per cent of lowland heaths , 30–50 per cent of ancient lowland woods and 50 per cent of lowland fens and mires since 1945 ( NCC , 1984 ) , and therefore the extinction or rapid decline of much flora and fauna .
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