Example sentences of "led [adv prt] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Straight ahead big doors led on to the wings and stage itself ; up one flight the star dressing-rooms 1 and 2 . |
| 2 | Sin , pain and death were linked together ; all three belonged inescapably to our transitory existence in an imperfect world , and each link in the chain led on to the next one . |
| 3 | The playschemes not surprisingly led on to the development of holiday and weekend breaks , but other social and leisure activities also came to the fore . |
| 4 | The importance of this discovery can not be over-estimated , for through it I was led on to the further discovery of the Primary Control of the workings of all the mechanisms of the human organisms , and this marked the first important stage of my investigation . |
| 5 | These led on to the further issues of the relation between Christianity and other religions in general , and of the impact of the critical study of religions on Christian theology ; for that study too had made huge strides through the nineteenth century . |
| 6 | The encouragement of joint planning at area/regional level has brought together inter-agency groups for the elderly , though only in some areas has this led on to the formation of specialist sub-groups to consider the needs of dementia sufferers . |
| 7 | Lady Selvedge allowed herself to be led on to the platform and was introduced in a short speech by Mark , who found himself unable to think of very much to say about her , confused as he was by the talk of ‘ high principles ’ , cocktail parties , and her former husband 's misdeeds which he remembered having with Sophia and Penelope . |
| 8 | He hesitated , uncertain , then realized that the archway at the end led on to the balcony above the great hall . |
| 9 | When the last goodbyes and blessings on him had been murmured by the ladies , two dimmed lanterns were provided by Mrs Prynn the housekeeper , and the priest was led down to the kitchens and into the stables , under the floor of which a tunnel led steeply down to the shore . |
| 10 | The Stavanger house was on the south side of the square , nearest the river , and an alleyway beside the house probably led down to the docks . |
| 11 | Sir John bellowed back , and continued up the wide thoroughfare , past a group of nightbirds , whores and petty felons now manacled together and being led down to the great iron cage on top of the Conduit . |
| 12 | Engulfed by a sea of media correspondents , I shuttled back and forth , hardly saying hello to family and friends , before being led over to the bandstand . |
| 13 | Emma allowed herself to be led over to the sofa . |
| 14 | It is easy to picture how it looked , for the steps and ball-topped garden gate piers to the left of it would have led up to the front door , and there would have been an exact replica of this wing to the far left . |
| 15 | The questions led up to the cross and even beyond it . |
| 16 | A winding flagged path led up to the door . |
| 17 | I had now turned right across the width of the mill where another staircase led up to the top floor . |
| 18 | The next two years led up to the Civil War . |
| 19 | And I remember four stone steps led up to the front door , and we 'd what they called a parlour then . |
| 20 | The work that began for me then , with friends all over South Africa , led up to the Pretoria Conference last Easter , 1974 . |
| 21 | From the gates a long , dark road led up to the house , with the black shapes of old trees on each side of it . |
| 22 | From where she stood on the gravelled forecourt , she saw that the flight of steps ahead led up to the living accommodation at the higher level , no doubt to exploit the panoramic view , while below , built into the slope , were the garages and stores . |
| 23 | Cathy went into the shop and Wycliffe let himself out into the little hall from which stairs led up to the flat . |
| 24 | Several steps led up to the door which she unlocked . |
| 25 | Many descriptions in the novel begin with an item which is only mildly deviant , or a dead metaphor , and then reinvest it with metaphorical value , as in this example : " the slope led up to the gap and the mountain rose before them . |
| 26 | Ahead of them stairs led up to the main part of the palazzo , where most of the interior had been renovated and the air smelt strongly of paint and plaster and sawdust . |
| 27 | ‘ They did , Michael , but they also liked the fact that our cellars connected with next door , which connected with next door to that , which I believe led out to the East River . ’ |
| 28 | We are thus led back to the same problem as before ; although the fact of taking X as end does not justify the decision to do Y , the enjoyment of X which does complete the justification is itself merely a psychological fact . |
| 29 | To answer this question we are led back to the idea of big gassy planets like Jupiter spitting out small rocky ones like Venus , which then play a sort of cosmic billiards before settling down . |