Example sentences of "led to a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This sort of nonsense could have been fairly innocuous had it not been for the fact that under Napoleon I , the frequent employment of courtiers in great and influential offices of state had led to a gradual isolation of the Emperor , which in turn gave too much power to those close to the throne , many of whom , it should be noted , actively worked against him in the last years of the reign . |
| 2 | But Saunders ’ somewhat volatile displays have led to a gradual disenchantment . |
| 3 | This has made it difficult for Britain to compete on the world market , and this in turn has eventually led to a worse slump and level of unemployment than would otherwise have been the case had there been no political intervention in the working of the naturally self-regulating free economy of the market . |
| 4 | Rowntree 's later study in York ( Rowntree , 1941 ) suggested that the introduction of widow 's benefits had led to a substantial decrease in the extent of poverty among lone mothers . |
| 5 | The difficulties inherent in the ‘ rational ’ approach to public policy-making and administration have led to a renewed interest in ‘ incrementalism ’ in local authorities . |
| 6 | Modernisation , socio-economic exploitation by money-lenders and landlords , and the loss of previously communally-owned property , such as forests , have led to a collective loss of identity . |
| 7 | This has led to a closer working relationship with the adoption of coterminus boundaries between health and social work departments in many areas . |
| 8 | The agreement that bodies such as The Scottish Roads Directorate should fund the archaeological work required by their developments has also led to a closer liaison on survey and excavation . |
| 9 | X-PLOR and Hendrickson-Konnert least-squares restrained refinement has led to a final R -factor of 18.7% at 2.4Å , with an r.m.s. bond-length deviation of 0.021Å . |
| 10 | Some years later , Crook and Elliot ( 1980 ) conducted a similar review and came to similar conclusions , suggesting that social class is a confounding variable that has led to a spurious association in some studies between loss and depression . |
| 11 | This , if implemented , would have led to a still more impersonal service . |
| 12 | Spanish workers voted heavily Socialist in the European parliamentary elections even though Mr Gonzalez 's tight economic policies has led to a 17.3 per cent jobless rate and running battles with the trade unions . |
| 13 | International interest in the sue of the plutonium from irradiated nuclear fuel has led to a joint venture with BNFL . |
| 14 | Savings resulting from the Energy Efficiency Office 's programmes alone have led to a current annual energy saving worth more than £500 million a year . |
| 15 | So the extension of insurance provision has led to a greater likelihood of the reporting of many crimes . |
| 16 | It has certainly not led to a greater family stability . |
| 17 | The study of patients with FAP has led to a greater awareness of the importance of family history in apparently sporadic colorectal cancer . |
| 18 | The legislation followed the 1987 world stock market crash which had led to a controversial four-day closure of the Hong Kong stock exchange and the subsequent arrest of a number of officials on corruption charges [ see pp. 35742 ; 36764 ; and below ] . |
| 19 | This concentration , upon the value aspects , can be misleading , and in fact has led to a certain neglect by many Marxists of the material , use-value , aspects of reproduction and the centrality of this use-value in the reproduction schema . |
| 20 | It could have led to a certain amount of resentment , particularly when the material benefits flowed in for Hannah . |
| 21 | Originally this state must have led to a great deal of contradictory and ambivalent behaviour , with the bird being tugged in opposite directions by its opposing moods . |
| 22 | For this we have to thank those dedicated collectors whose affection and care for the once ‘ ordinary ’ 78s has led to a great deal of pleasure for all of us today . |
| 23 | The failure of church growth thinking , at least in its early formulations , to differentiate between Church and Kingdom has led to a great deal of misunderstanding and criticism . |
| 24 | The deregulation of buses has led to a great diminution in the service , especially at weekends and at night when people in rural and city areas feel isolated . |
| 25 | This realization has led to a great deal of debate and , although it can not be said that a general consensus has been reached on how best to define development , a good deal of light has been shed on the processes involved in different types of development . |
| 26 | Over the last few years , the impact of new technology on the printing industry has led to a great diversification of products and services offered by many printers , and this includes the quick print and copy outlets . |
| 27 | This controversial decision has led to a great deal of difficulty ; but the decision demonstrates the current trend in arbitration which , like references to experts , is another form of machinery for resolving disputes outside the court . |
| 28 | However , the fact that many new systems use relational database storage for spatial and non-spatial data has led to a wide interest in the adaptation of the structured query language ( SQL ) for spatially-related query operations in GIS . |
| 29 | For Scottish couple Annie and Lachlan Stewart , what started off as a fun Christmas exhibition in their London home has led to a flourishing tartan ceramics business and the relocation of their company , ANTA , to the north of Scotland . |
| 30 | The deregulation of long-distance coach services has led to a major expansion in reliable and cheap services . |