Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The split led to Sankara 's assassination in October 1987 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The pre-tax deficit amounted to £2.1 million , compared with a profit in 1991 of £441,000 . |
| 8 | 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 . ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Private sector funding amounted to £21 million . |
| 11 | Polythene had also been laid between carpets and solid , tiled , flooring which of course led to sweating and dampness and more black mould . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | This concession led to Cripps and Laski joining D. N. Pritt as " Unity " supporters on the Labour NEC . |
| 14 | The decision led to demonstrations and angry protests outside government buildings and parliament in Dublin . |
| 15 | As this example suggests the use of the courts is highly controversial : the 1981 decision led to accusations that an ‘ undemocratic ’ court ruling had substituted the views of judges for those of councillors whose policies had been endorsed by the local electorate . |
| 16 | In 1987 , total central government income amounted to £155,308 million , and local authorities , in addition to receiving £23,297 million in grants from central government , raised a further £24,727 million in rates , rent and borrowing . |
| 17 | The movement was also the best example of the ‘ spirit of the times ’ working within Nonconformity ; if evolutionary progress led to Lord Rosebery 's ‘ Efficiency ’ , a decline in unnecessary competition and a new emphasis on cooperation and order as opposed to unregulated competition , then the twentieth century demanded a better organized Nonconformity to assume the place hitherto occupied by the Church of England . |
| 18 | At the same time the severity of the recession led to demands for much greater state intervention in industry . |
| 19 | A month ago its chairman Paul Torday , a former Northern CBI chairman , disclosed that the cost of its defence amounted to £653,000 . |
| 20 | The attempted creation of such an immense building led to problems . |
| 21 | Even if the invisible foot led to efficiency , it might also lead to inequity . |
| 22 | It was over forty years before a trail led to Whitewright , Texas , where they were being offered for sale by the descendants of Joe Tom Meador , the lieutenant in question , who had died in 1980 . |
| 23 | The ban led to New Zealand 's suspension from ANZUS , the trilateral defence treaty signed in 1951 , and an effective freezing of relations with the USA , including an end to the exchange of intelligence information and the holding of joint military exercises . |
| 24 | The Treuhandanstalt would guarantee creditors against losing money lent to businesses unsuccessfully attempting to adapt to unification . |
| 25 | Asbestos led to death of worker |
| 26 | The young Denknetzeyan fled to Moscow , once more following the backwoods routes . |
| 27 | Our commitment is that there should be a steady increase in the share of national income devoted to education and training over the lifetime of a Government . |
| 28 | Between 1960 and 1980 the total acreage devoted to food production in Africa increased from about 70 million hectares to about 100 million , or about 2.5 per cent per year , sufficient to sustain a population increase of about 2.7 per cent . |
| 29 | Net income rose to $11.2m . |
| 30 | The eventual income rose to £40 6 0d on the accession of certain additional property in Wood Street by Sir John Shaa . |