Example sentences of "led [prep] an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The resultant outcry led to an internal inquiry which exonerated those involved and stated that the police officers had been issued with sledgehammers and crowbars ‘ to effect speedy entry ’ . |
| 2 | This marked the only occasion when a sequel won a Best Picture Academy Award and led to an ill-advised third instalment in 1991 . |
| 3 | The combination of ranitidine with cisapride further diminished the acid reflux found with ranitidine — that is , cisapride led to an additional reduction of total reflux ( from 6.4 ( 1.2- 22.8 ) % to 3.7 ( 1.0–12.7 ) % , p<0.01 ) , supine reflux ( p<0.05 ) , and postprandial reflux ( p<0.05 ) . |
| 4 | By contrast , after the 1720s a levelling off of population growth and the increasing economic problems of the ruling élite led to an absolute decline in the population of many towns and cities . |
| 5 | In the 1880s , the expanding population of Liverpool led to an increased demand for water . |
| 6 | Further , the post-war boom at the height of Fordism led to an increased demand for labour . |
| 7 | She 'd get an even bigger kick if they led to an intimate tête à tête with the Dane . |
| 8 | A late nineteenth-century Hepplewhite revival led to an 1897 reprint of the Guide by Batsford , and a modest myth grew up around George Hepplewhite , who was stated to have been apprenticed to Gillows of Lancaster and London ; in 1801 , however , they wrote ‘ We have not Hebbelthwaite 's Publication . ’ |
| 9 | The growing barbarization of the war , especially following the invasion of the Soviet Union , led to an increasing dehumanization of the abstract image of the ‘ Jew ’ and a corresponding ‘ internalization ’ of the justification of the need to search for a radical solution to the ‘ Jewish Question ’ . |
| 10 | In the long term the crowning of Charles by Leo III led to an increasing papal claim to power over the imperial ruler of the West , but short-term benefits to Charles were clear . |
| 11 | But , as we shall see , the death or Edward I led to an increasing alienation of Amanieu VII from the Plantagenet regime , which was to culminate in his desertion of Edward II for Charles IV of France during the War of St Sardos . |
| 12 | Sano 's book on food in Nigeria demonstrates how a government 's attempt to cut its food imports by stimulating domestic production led to an increasing dependency on imports of farm inputs , especially fertilizer and machinery . |
| 13 | This led to an occasional resetting of my settings when I may have been distracted . |
| 14 | This led to an early invention of annealing , whereby the metal might be softened by sudden heating and quenching . |
| 15 | Collaboration with the RTPI led to an agreed statement on design control which was published by the DoE as an annex to revised Planning Policy Guidance Note 1 . |
| 16 | At the top of the road , two flights of ten steps each ( symbolizing " the ten Commandments , or the ascent to moral perfection inspired by faith " ) led to 30,600 square metres of paved esplanade , in the shape of a cross , which , in turn , led to an arched doorway , flanked by an arched colonnade . |
| 17 | The arithmetic form of the phi scaling also potentially simplifies statistical analysis of grain size data , but confusion concerning the properties of the phi scale dimensions led to an accepted redefinition in which where d o , is the diameter of a 1 mm grain . |
| 18 | The repeated frustration of his attempts to introduce changes led to an impassioned plea in the Sunday Express for more freedom of action at club level : ‘ I appeal to the authorities to release the brake which they seem to delight in jamming on new ideas … as if wisdom is only to be found in the council chamber … |
| 19 | Hostess work in some of the clubs involved little more than chiselling money out of tourists for fake champagne , and the money that changed hands for street assignations almost invariably led to an instant disappearance with no follow-through . |
| 20 | facilitator Sandra Wootton said : ‘ Not only was the process time consuming , it also led to an unhealthy creation of excess dust and posed the possible hazard of a band snapping . ’ |
| 21 | They also found that an error of eight weeks in the date of payment led to an average error in the proportionate mispricing of only 0.01% . |
| 22 | It sharpened body swerve , movement and anticipation , and led to an immediate improvement in results . |
| 23 | Although the meeting led to an immediate increase in recruitment , the BUF lost the propaganda war concerning responsibility for the violence associated with the occasion , and in retrospect it marked the turning-point in the fortunes of the movement . |
| 24 | Atropine given during intravenous infusion led to an immediate fall in acid output . |
| 25 | Okay , that led to an immediate rise in the use of ear defenders to ninety percent , okay ? |
| 26 | This led to an estimated total of 1154 anal cancers ( 422 men and 732 women ) diagnosed in Denmark during 1943–87 . |
| 27 | It led to an upset with a girlfriend , too , I gather . |
| 28 | Swing-doors on either side of the box-office in the small foyer led to an inner foyer , carpeted and dimly lit . |
| 29 | Ruth went down the stone stairs that curved to the ground floor and followed the archways that led to an inner courtyard that might have been uncomfortably hot but was tempered by a cool fountain that arced water over a frolicking marble dolphin and child below . |
| 30 | His housemaster wrote to Lord Baldwin asking for help , which led to an extra £150 per annum towards Georg 's keep . |