Example sentences of "led [adv] to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a masterpiece of international cinema which brought Korda all the financial backing he could need and a dream deal with United Artists that led eventually to a partnership in the American company . |
| 2 | The decline of around 35 per cent in the number of births between 1964 and 1977 led rightly to a review of the provision of educational places . |
| 3 | With the funds available , Florey collaborated with Chain , whose work on lysozyme , already mentioned , led naturally to a study of a wider range of antibacterial agents . |
| 4 | Apollinaire and Hourcade added that this conceptual or intellectual approach led naturally to a selection of simple geometric forms . |
| 5 | The debate about overseas government expenditure may be seen as in one sense straightforward — an unsurprising clash of departmental interests , which , given the political weight of the participants , led only to a gradual though cumulative reduction in commitments . |
| 6 | The lane near our cottage led only to a farm , the youth hostel poised on the edge of the cliff and a monument to a Welsh poet , put there by his friends . |
| 7 | Further negotiations led finally to a series of agreements , signed in Geneva in April 1988 , providing for the withdrawal of Soviet forces . |
| 8 | Other centrally sponsored events , including a Film Premier and the Battle of Britain Ball , raised substantial sums for the Appeal and the Association 's links with the Rugby League led directly to a donation to the Appeal by the League of £10,000 at the Rugby League 1990 Challenge Cup Final at Wembley . |
| 9 | But the inherent political weaknesses of the struggles , the chronic inability to attract support from other sections of labour , and the social composition of the unemployed led directly to a collapse of militancy after state intervention . |
| 10 | The destruction of the temples and the towns round them led directly to a rebuilding programme . |
| 11 | The work involved in compiling the Register — in particular tracking down current addresses — led directly to a Grand Reunion of past pupils and staff , which took place on Saturday 26th June . |
| 12 | Since there was a higher population and a greater surplus of output people had a higher disposable income ; this led directly to a desire for more than just food and a demand for material commodities for the household ( pottery , cutlery , more and better clothing in cotton and wool ) . |
| 13 | The ‘ epidemic delusion ’ of Pantisocratic brotherhood had perhaps never been more powerful than at that moment , life on the banks of the Susquehannah never a more siren prospect , and a conversation which began by Coleridge asking Sarah if she would write to him when he returned to Cambridge led quickly to a proposal of marriage , which she accepted . |
| 14 | A theoretical stress upon biblical study , an active laity , the reunion of Christians , and a positive commitment to the service of the world in its cultural , social and economic needs , coupled with an absence of guidance as to how all this was to be done and how far one could go in these various directions , led both to a state of real popular enthusiasm but also , almost inevitably , to tension and conflict . |
| 15 | Boot wide and solid , the crack led upwards to a commodious stance with a ledge running rightwards across an awesome drop . |
| 16 | Sometimes , when they crossed a run that led upwards to a hole , he could hear the rain outside , still falling in the night . |
| 17 | From this a spiral staircase led upwards to a similar-sized room with windows on all sides , and Sabine realised she must be in the tower she 'd noticed on the way in . |
| 18 | The exaggeration or over-simplification of the notion of commonality within the gens as regards ownership of property is also apparent in the discussion of kinship and this led equally to a fundamental misunderstanding . |
| 19 | A plain , functional heavy-duty carpet led across to a large and uncluttered teak desk . |
| 20 | The problem revealed by the Unemployment Insurance Statutory Committee led unquestionably to a view of family allowances as incentives to work rather than an encouragement to depend unduly on unemployment benefit . |
| 21 | In this perspective , it was industrialization and urbanization which triggered those processes and which led ultimately to a weakening of family ties , and especially ties with kin outside the so-called ‘ conjugal family ’ composed of a couple and their immature children ( Morgan , 1975 , ch. 2 ; Harris , 1983 , chs. 6–8 ) . |
| 22 | It was the beginning of our curiosity about each other which led ultimately to a mutual understanding and respect upon which our friendship became firmly based . |
| 23 | Good humour helped to see Victor through his prolonged ill health , caused by a lung complaint which led ultimately to a transplant operation from which he did not recover . |
| 24 | These conditions , difficult to sustain , led occasionally to a great deal of embarrassment , mixed always with a compensationary dose of fun and good humour , and sometimes followed by the communication of useful information which was none the less pleasant because of the piquancy incident to a little merriment and unexpected light of knowledge . ’ |