Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The split led to Sankara 's assassination in October 1987 . |
| 2 | VETERAN rocker Rod Stewart got to grips with fatherhood at last yesterday . |
| 3 | ‘ We did n't get £28,000 which with 14 other bad debts amounted to £100,000 , ’ he said . |
| 4 | The profit for the year attributable to ordinary shareholders amounted to £20,618,000 . |
| 5 | Radical reshaping of the group 's operations away from retail outlets and into bakery operations led to write-offs last year , but this time there were no below-the-line expenses for store closures . |
| 6 | In the spring of 1990 particularly , trial runs of the assessment of 7-year-olds led to revelations about strain and frustration which led central government considerably to reduce its demands . |
| 7 | Discus queries got to STEVE DUDLEY of Euro-Discus . |
| 8 | As usually happens , the ‘ sponsorship role ’ of the Electricity Division led to Murray becoming not so much a controller of the industry as an honest broker between the BEA and the Whitehall machine in general . |
| 9 | In 1992 total cognac and spirits shipments amounted to FF 5,553 million . |
| 10 | Meanwhile , the Government was heading for more conflict after its confirmation of a 1.5 per cent public-sector pay rise led to protests from teachers and health workers . |
| 11 | There was however no detailed evidence of the employer 's turnover or size although it was not disputed that the profit under the contract amounted to $10.8 million . |
| 12 | The boy had been examined by a surgeon , Thomas Chapman , who found numerous wheals , bruises and lacerations , and his report to the guardians led to proceedings being taken against the tailor before the County magistrates ; he was convicted and fined £5 . |
| 13 | The net assets of the company before the purchase amounted to £320,000 ( £144,000/0.45 ) and the purchase caused the net assets to fall by £65,000 to £255,000 . |
| 14 | Jenkins admitted to ignorance , but covered himself by saying that the selectors did not know the team either . |
| 15 | Court Four of the Royal Courts of Justice in London was packed with judges and barristers to hear the support lent to Lord Lane , who announced in February that he was stepping down at the age of 73 , 18 months before the compulsory retirement age for judges . |
| 16 | Her reluctant pioneering activity in Huntingdonshire led to courses at Eaton Socon , St. Neots and the county town . |
| 17 | The pre-tax deficit amounted to £2.1 million , compared with a profit in 1991 of £441,000 . |
| 18 | Further violent demonstrations by mass pickets led to £525,000 additional fines being imposed . |
| 19 | One strategy involved tackling the profession on its own terms , refuting statistics and medical claims that the acts led to improvements in morality and public order through a mass of published tracts and pamphlets . |
| 20 | Cardiff clung to Rohmer 's gun hand . |
| 21 | Things have now finally reached the point which our Führer at the outbreak of this struggle prophesied to world Jewry in his great speech : ‘ … should Jewry once more succeed in again plunging the nations into a new world war , it would be the end of that race , and not ours . ’ |
| 22 | The Bank of England 's quarterly bulletin says 5% of disclosures from financial institutions led to prosecutions . |
| 23 | In 1655 an expedition was sent out to attack Hispaniola ( San Domingo ) ; this was the first time the English government had sent a naval expedition to seize the colonies of another European nation , and lack of experience led to lack of success . |
| 24 | Private sector funding amounted to £21 million . |
| 25 | Polythene had also been laid between carpets and solid , tiled , flooring which of course led to sweating and dampness and more black mould . |
| 26 | I whispered something to my mother and then Ma whispered to Dad . |
| 27 | Born in Sussex on June 13 , 1792 , he was a slowish bowler of great accuracy , only 5′ 4″ tall , and his persistence with ‘ roundarm ’ ( as opposed to underhand ) bowling led to legislation by MCC in 1835 permitting the bowling arm to be raised to shoulder height . |
| 28 | They estimated that the cost in terms of benefit paid amounted to £7.44 bn ; the cost in terms of lost taxes amounted to £7.27 bn ; and the cost in terms of lost national insurance contributions amounted to £5.20 bn . |
| 29 | Four claims filed against the firm in Tennessee amounted to $255m . |
| 30 | Pressures from the DES and what in some cases amounted to directives from local authorities , led the colleges concerned to move away from outright hostility to testing out what degree of autonomy and protection for art and design would be forthcoming within the polytechnic structure . |