Example sentences of "lead [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You are to discuss a proposition , offering and evaluating arguments with appropriate illustration on different sides ; the arguments should lead towards a conclusion which ( 1 ) follows the arguments you have offered , and ( 2 ) matches the balance of possibilities which you argued for in your essay . |
| 2 | The company is hoping that the work could also lead towards the protection of plants from pests more common in Britain , some of which show poor response to traditional pesticides . |
| 3 | Activities that would lead towards the objective of writing a short story might be , ‘ clear the spare room out and set up a desk ’ , ‘ enrol on a weekend workshop on creative writing ’ , ‘ set aside the next four Sunday afternoons for writing ’ , ‘ arrange to visit a friend in six weeks ’ time with a completed first draft' . |
| 4 | One aspect of the infant 's early mentality is its belief in its own omnipotence , which may lead towards an attempt simply to deny the existence of the bad object , thus safeguarding the presence of the good object , and projecting both as idealized forms . |
| 5 | It increases the pressure on volunteers and on the phone lines dramatically , because whereas any other sort of information call may take a minute or two , an AIDS call can take half an hour or more because the information may lead into a discussion of the caller 's lifestyle , moral attitudes and emotional needs . |
| 6 | This will lead into a discussion of the Nixon presidency including Watergate and the repercussions that followed , such as the widespread decline in public trust and a vigorous reassertion of congressional power . |
| 7 | Taking generalised formulations of legal theory seriously can often lead into the cul-de-sac of the unspoken assumption of that theory . |
| 8 | Proper heading , quality logo paper , hook , statistics , something which would lead into the thing , more friendly language , it was very bureaucratic , was n't it , in a sense ? |
| 9 | The door did not lead into the shop as Wycliffe had expected but into a minute hall with the shop door on the right , and stairs leading up . |
| 10 | This optimism is keyed to the possibility that the US might lead in a field in which superiority is not a national goal . |
| 11 | A celebration of the Queen 's passion for the Turf , gun dogs and racing pigeons — one imagines in that order — comes as a welcome relief and makes one hope fervently that she will one day lead in a Derby winner . |
| 12 | There were steps from one terrace to another but Susan could not yet see where they would lead in the end . |
| 13 | It would therefore be possible for a young school-leaver to begin acquiring qualifications that could lead in the end to gaining a technical degree qualification . |
| 14 | He will certainly lead from the front and export promotion and a strong anti-monopoly stance will characterise his reign in the DTI . |
| 15 | Team captain Linford Christie will lead from the front as he goes for an unprecedented fourth successive 100m crown , while Colin Jackson ( 110m hurdles ) and Eamonn Martin ( 10,000m ) are also selected as defending champions . |
| 16 | Bareheaded , kitted in their lighter padded armour , three squads of Marine Scouts also hailed the elevated figure of Commander Pugh — who would be no distant eminence once the crusade was launched , but would lead from the forefront of the vanguard … |
| 17 | President Gorbachev and other Politburo members have angrily , and at times desperately , appealed against such a move , for fear it would lead to a breakup of the Soviet Communist Party and , ultimately , of the Soviet Union . |
| 18 | The independence referendum had provoked warnings from Gorbachev that it would lead to a breakup of the Union and hence disaster . |
| 19 | On the one hand , driving interest rates down would predictably lead to a dollar outflow . |
| 20 | Conservationists had protested that Mr Ridley 's plans for broadening economic activity on farmland could lead to a rash of theme parks , shopping developments and housing estates . |
| 21 | This was implied by the Cambridge Economic Policy Group ( CEPG ) , who used an accounting identity ( see Ch. 27 ) to demonstrate that a higher PSBR must lead to a deterioration in the balance of payments . |
| 22 | Here is a case where digitisation , which has so much to offer the historian , could actually lead to a deterioration in the nature of the source material available . |
| 23 | The ‘ short-sighted ’ award would simply lead to a deterioration in morale , cause difficulties implementing the Government 's patient 's charter and lead to more staff leaving the health service , she said . |
| 24 | Interruption denies the buyer the kind of respect he is entitled to receive and may lead to a misunderstanding of the real substance behind the objection . |
| 25 | This life style may be unsuitable for some women and boredom can lead to a couple 's failure to complete an assignment , even to breakdown of their marriage . |
| 26 | Where A demands money from B in retum for not disclosing B 's wrongdoing , A will usually be guilty of blackmail contrary to section 21 of the Theft Act 1968 and , if ‘ the offer ’ constitutes a crime , it dearly can not lead to a contract ; but what if B , without any demand , express or implied by A , offers A money not to disclose B's wrongdoing , and A accepts ? |
| 27 | The Business is constantly engaged in negotiations which may or may not lead to a contract . |
| 28 | It is done on a 12-week cycle and will lead to a reduction in the cost for a producer with , say , 60 hens , to about £24 over the laying period . |
| 29 | It would be reasonable to expect that the extension and development of community psychiatric services would lead to a reduction in the rate of suicide and attempted suicide , but there is little evidence that this is so . |
| 30 | Sale et al. ( 1975 ) have suggested that increased public education about the facts of attempted suicide , as opposed to commonly held beliefs , might contribute to the development of less favourable attitudes , which in turn might lead to a reduction in suicide attempts . |