Example sentences of "and [vb past] to a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Roosevelt 's New Deal programme was an exercise in regulatory government and led to a major growth in regulation by administrative agencies . |
| 2 | This impaired breeding activity and led to a complete ban on artificial feeding . |
| 3 | The failure of the Law Society to act effectively in dealing with complaints against a solicitor and respected member of the Council of The Law Society , Mr Glanville Davies , attracted enormous publicity and led to a complete breakdown of public confidence in the Law Society 's ability to regulate professional conduct . |
| 4 | Imports fell from December 's record £5.44 billion last month , but at £5.32 billion were still well ahead of exports and led to a visible trade deficit of £1.02 billion , the third-biggest ever . |
| 5 | This indirectly inspired the Victoria and Albert dockers to discuss setting up a rival organization to Tillett 's and led to a united campaign against the employers later in the month . |
| 6 | The re-emergence of feminism , which began as a flash of vision , and continued with an examination of the evils and gross distortions of patriarchy , and led to a whole variety of campaigns on behalf of women , now needs to concentrate on the differences between us as women which have divided us under patriarchy and which can not be allowed to divide us as feminists . |
| 7 | Also , the traumas of the Vietnam War and civil liberties clashes caused a crisis of confidence and led to a questioning frame of mind , which was ready for the idiosyncratic and difficult to interpret images made by Friedlander and his contemporaries . |
| 8 | The proximity of Tribschen to Basle obviously made contact easier , but it was undoubtedly Nietzsche 's new professional eminence that made it particularly welcome to Wagner and led to a rapid development of the relationship between the two . |
| 9 | Successful high-profile appeals of the Guildford Four , Birmingham Six , the Maguire family and the Tottenham Three have traumatised the criminal justice system and led to a Royal Commission , but they have not stopped the complaints . |
| 10 | They rose steeply and led to a fair-sized landing with a bedroom at each end , with a wash basin in each — bliss ! |
| 11 | She said action had already been taken under the new chief executive , Martin Gorham , which had dramatically improved call ringing times and led to a steady improvement in ambulance response times . |
| 12 | It sharpened body swerve , movement and anticipation , and led to an immediate improvement in results . |
| 13 | Though in the statement it was mentioned that statistics from other countries were too unreliable to say that pro-divorce legislation increased the instability of marriages and led to an ever-increasing number of breakdowns , Archbishop McNamara was already preaching by 6 May that divorce ‘ makes stable and permanent marriages more difficult for everyone ’ ( Irish Times , 7 May 1986 ) . |
| 14 | The case had received massive publicity and became symbolic of the institutionalized racism and brutality alleged by many to exist within the LAPD [ see pp. 38091 ; 38139 ] , and led to an independent commission of inquiry [ see pp. 38329-30 ] . |
| 15 | Play eventually restarted , after what seemed like an age , and meandered to an early finish , but the freak accident served to relegate other matters — the remaining overs , a protracted row involving the England players and team manager and a cameraman attempting to capture the stretcher scene on film , and even the imminence of both countries announcing their World Cup squads — to items of secondary importance . |
| 16 | The upheaval in China 's 3m-strong People 's Liberation Army ( the PLA confusingly includes China 's air force and navy , too ) started in October , at the Communist Party 's 14th congress , and amounted to a political purge of the senior ranks . |
| 17 | Some of the information was unreliable and amounted to a considerable wastage in air dropped ordnance and flying hours by launching bombing and strafing missions over ‘ dead ’ jungle . |
| 18 | He parked the machine and announced to a stunned crowd that he had just retired . |
| 19 | He introduced the Bill on 4th March , 1859 ; it was given a Second Reading on 18th March and passed to a Select Committee which besides himself included Hall and Stirling . |
| 20 | After 27 years at Sywell Airport , the Barnstormers Flying Circus have packed their tent and moved to a new home at Spanhoe Airfield , near RAF Wittering in the north of Northamptonshire . |
| 21 | But when she married and moved to a distant part of the country , I decided it was the moment for me to change my life too . |
| 22 | They left the house in Chertsey and moved to a quiet cottage in the country , taking Oliver with them . |
| 23 | ‘ When Agnes disappeared , ’ replied Monks , ‘ her father changed his name and moved to a lonely place in Wales , where no one would know about the family shame . |
| 24 | Her mother married housing manager John Moluf four years ago and moved to a big house in neighbouring Malta . |
| 25 | After a pause , while she knitted and changed to a new ball of wool , she surprisingly said , ‘ Oh dear . ’ |
| 26 | Shocked Andria raised the alarm then jumped in her own car and drove to a local beauty spot in Runnymede , Surrey . |
| 27 | There was the sound of crunching metal as it hit one of the trees a glancing blow and came to a rocking halt . |
| 28 | She dug in her heels and came to a grinding halt . |
| 29 | I nodded , told Emil I 'd be back , and followed Zak down the Great Hall and round a comer or two and came to a buzzing gathering of people in an area like an airport departure lounge . |
| 30 | But at that moment their creaking conveyance gave a sudden fearsome jerk and came to a dead stop . |