Example sentences of "led to " in BNC.

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1 One job has led to another but I do remember a particular film audition which I walked out of , much to the concern of everyone , my agent , and the casting director .
2 This has sometimes led to disputes between religious and secular clergy , between orders and bishops .
3 No one knew what had first led to the rumour that soon images would die , nor how the rumour had grown into conviction and conviction into certainty .
4 As a result of the constant remodelling of premises through the period , most of the Victorian pub interiors which survive are late 19th century in date , and most attempts to create ‘ Victorian ’ interiors concentrate on the grander survivals ; this , combined with the common inability to create a sympathetic design , has led to a stereotype of the Victorian pub which is inaccurate .
5 The limited design vocabulary used in modern refurbishment and pub design has led to a proliferation of etched and ‘ stained ’ glass ; dark mahogany-stained bars ; marble-topped cast-iron tables ; shelves of unread books , bottles , plates and brasses ; deep-buttoned plush upholstery ; patterned carpets and wallpaper ; and brass ceiling fans .
6 The modern desire for open-plan has led to the removal of many bar-partitions , destroying the character of original interiors and distorting any attempt to create a truly ‘ Victorian ’ interior .
7 ‘ GA 's policy of working closely with Maxial customers to evolve enhancements has led to this highly effective facility , ’ said John Willson , GA hotel systems sales manager .
8 This imbalance has led to Eureka Audiovisual establishing the following priorities for its work ; the exchange and broadcasting of European works ; training , to encourage competition among European companies ; to assist countries with small production bases and minority languages ; to promote new technologies ; to create more networking opportunities for the industries of cinema and television .
9 And many of the objects my ex used to bring home were equally unwelcome and led to as much mess .
10 The historical progression that has led to this can , at the price of great oversimplification , be seen as follows .
11 And it has led to the introduction of new technologies for the direct investigation of the relationships between brain , behaviour and external events , the subject of the present chapter .
12 His degree in zoology from Bristol University has doubtless led to his strong feeling for the natural curves and shapes which are so predominant in his work
13 So far , many of the improvements they brought about have survived , and the fragmented bus industry has not yet led to a breakdown of the integrated ticketing that marked such a step forward in British practice .
14 This further split between train and station catering was rigidly enforced and led to some extremes of rivalry .
15 Many more recent innovations in costume have led to today 's all-over leotard and tights which has not only given dancers complete freedom of movement but has given choreographers freedom to design as they will without constricting rules and conventions .
16 These have led to the same stereotyping of characters as happens in classical ballet .
17 This has certainly led to a freeing of the body to give it a greater range of movement .
18 Over the years it has produced a wide-ranging series of reports on abuses of power by the national brewers , many of which have led to action by central government .
19 the increasing stranglehold of the big brewers has led to high prices , poor choice and pub closures ; and many new small breweries have been driven out of business .
20 Veronica Forrest-Thomson — a brilliant though unstable poet and critic , who died tragically young in 1975 — referred in a review to the work of Barthes , Foucault , and Derrida ‘ which has led to a literary revolution in France and will lead — at last — to revolution in our theory and practice of literature in this country . ’
21 Interestingly , Anthony Easthope acknowledges the distinction at one point in Poetry as Discourse : ‘ Failure to distinguish clearly between signified and referent , the object it may refer to , has led to serious confusion in some accounts of the ideogram . ’
22 Today , the pressure to make hay while the sun fitfully shines has led to a massive slump in both public and private standards .
23 When in Auckland A cultural misunderstanding has led to a young Cook Islander being fined £75 by a New Zealand judge for squeezing the buttocks of two white women in a Wellington street .
24 This is just as well because high interest rates have led to some of Wehmiller 's customers in the UK deferring capital purchases in the short term .
25 Furthermore , the fact that Haines must report to the Jockey Club Stewards and has no authority to act unilaterally has inevitably led to suggestions that his is merely a token appointment .
26 The state of the M25 has led to suggestions that bigger and better roads may lead only to worse jams .
27 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 .
28 Pressure on emergency services , rather than cash problems , has led to Whipps Cross Hospital in Waltham Forest closing for this week to all but the most urgent waiting-list cases .
29 BENEATH the hype , Mickey Mouse , the Magic Kingdom and the publicity that has led to more than 100,000 people already enquiring about Eurodisney shares in the UK alone , there remains a disconcerting truth about this international share offer .
30 This research influences the way volunteers work with victims but it is also passed on by Victim Support to other organisations that might find it useful : it provides an input into every police training course in Britain , and that has led to a potential new area of work .
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