Example sentences of "lead [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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' . |
| 3 | Taking generalised formulations of legal theory seriously can often lead into the cul-de-sac of the unspoken assumption of that theory . |
| 4 | 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 ? |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | There were steps from one terrace to another but Susan could not yet see where they would lead in the end . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | He will certainly lead from the front and export promotion and a strong anti-monopoly stance will characterise his reign in the DTI . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 … |
| 11 | This would lead to the transfer of children 's day centres from social work to education and their possible future demise . |
| 12 | THE sudden popularity of the Portuguese escudo , which rose from obscurity to a position of strength inside the European exchange rate mechanism after it joined a week ago , could lead to the removal of restrictions on foreign investment earlier than planned . |
| 13 | The brushwood groynes 200 yards off-shore hold the sediment as the tide retreats through them and NRA officials hope it will lead to the development of new saltmarsh to reduce the impact of waves hitting the sea wall . |
| 14 | These are often a combination of personal and peer-group interests ; and pursuing them can lead to the development of a wide range of knowledge and skills . |
| 15 | This can also lead to the development of a wide range of knowledge and skills , as nearly all educational problems are multi-faceted and one problem inevitably leads on to another . |
| 16 | the study of management should then lead to the development of certain principles of good management , which will be of value when put into practice . |
| 17 | The establishment of a law centre may lead to the development of local legal aid solicitors ' practices , to some extent relying on referrals from the law centre . |
| 18 | This may well lead to the development of more effective drugs for schizophrenia . |
| 19 | In time this will lead to the development of faults . |
| 20 | Much of the research in parallel computing is carried out within the Research Division of the Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre which is investigating those fundamental aspects of parallel computing which can lead to the development of new and improved systems and user support tools . |
| 21 | This is an extremely valuable marker of significant biliary obstruction , which may lead to the development of hepatic damage and secondary biliary cirrhosis . |
| 22 | Defective gastric acid secretion predisposes to abnormal small intestinal bacterial overgrowth and recurrent enteric infections , both conditions that may lead to the development of persistent diarrhoea and malabsorption , resulting in malnutrition and growth failure . |
| 23 | There is general agreement that a better understanding of the mechanisms of invasion and metastasis will lead to the development of new and more successful treatment strategies . |
| 24 | In his Commons statement , Mr Heseltine also announced the go-ahead for three gas-fired stations which were awaiting approval when the review was ordered , including the PowerGen station at Connah 's Quay in north Wales , which will lead to the development of a group of offshore oil and gas finds in Liverpool Bay . |
| 25 | It is hoped the move will lead to the development of a combined service with the library — a kind of one-stop resource for information and learning . |
| 26 | Activation of one gene can lead to the synthesis of a protein which activates some genes and inhibits others , which in turn may control yet other genes . |
| 27 | It was so radical that in later centuries it did lead to the abolition of slavery in the Western world . |
| 28 | A settlement of the longstanding dispute could lead to the United Kingdom reducing its military commitment to the country , although Price had asked the UK to remain as a guarantor against possible Guatemalan aggression . |
| 29 | We need to look at assumptions , seeing whether we think they really are justified , and if so , do they really lead to the positions which we at the moment think they lead to . |
| 30 | However , while the fact that it does lead to the possibility of new tests makes an hypothesis worthy of investigation , it will not rank as an improvement on the problematic theory it is designed to replace until it has survived at least some of those tests . |