Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] lead to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is a marked concentration in the region of Sagittarius ( the Archer ) , and it was this which led to the discovery that we are having a lop-sided view of the Galaxy because we are not in the middle of it . |
| 2 | It was this which led to the appeal being re-argued before the Appellate Committee of seven which now reports to the House . |
| 3 | There is a paternalistic assumption lurking here , which reminds me of that which led to the disastrous council housing estates of the Sixties and early Seventies . |
| 4 | Half a century later , in 1969 , First Artists Productions , a new independent film company , was set up by Paul Newman , Sidney Poitier and Barbra Streisand , with a similar aim — a balance between mammon and idealism — to that which led to the formation of UA . |
| 5 | He says that Murray always tried to help others , and it was doing just that which led to the tragedy . |
| 6 | I walk down the broadest thoroughfare on the island , that which leads to the harbour . |
| 7 | It was his publication in 1763 of what the courts decided to be a seditious libel on George III which led to the judicial decision that general warrants were illegal ( see p. 136 ) . |
| 8 | Crawford Beveridge , SE 's chief executive , said the foundations for business had been laid by trade missions organised since the attempted coup in 1991 which led to the break up of the former Soviet Union . |
| 9 | Mr Sillars accused the leadership of unravelling ten years of work by party activists — a reference to the SNP decision to vote with the Tories to bring down the Labour government in 1979 which led to the taunt ‘ Tartan Tories ’ . |
| 10 | Indeed , it was the initial attempt to date these which led to the discovery of anomalous fading . |
| 11 | After the conclusion of the first hearing , it came to your Lordships ' attention that an examination of the proceedings in Parliament in 1976 which lead to the enactment of sections 61 and 63 might give a clear indication which of the two rival contentions represented the intention of Parliament in using the statutory words . |
| 12 | His theory required him to specify a reason why the human branch of the evolutionary tree had advanced so much further than those which led to the living apes . |
| 13 | The legislation aimed to prevent conflicts between the President and the government such as those which led to the dismissal in June of the short-lived government of Jan Olszewski in June [ see pp. 38972-73 ; 39016 ] . |
| 14 | The legislation aimed to prevent conflicts between the President and the government such as those which led to the dismissal in June of the short-lived government of Jan Olszewski in June [ see pp. 38972-73 ; 39016 ] . |
| 15 | The safety breaches were similar to those which led to the Chernobyl accident in 1986 . |
| 16 | Even in 1987 the brand new ship was suffering smells similar to those which led to the deaths of Katherine and James Tomlins . |
| 17 | Paris revolt of 1830 which led to the flight of Charles X ( 1757–1836 ) , foreseen by Jingle , whose reference to it occurred in 1827 , PP 2 . |
| 18 | If this is danced to 6/8 it leads to the very swift footwork needed fur Massine 's tarantella and Ashton 's version of the Italian pas de deux in Swan Lake , a miracle of timing and quick changes of éauiement . |
| 19 | It was James II 's use of the suspending power in respect of penal laws relating to religion in the Declarations of Indulgence 1687 and 1688 which led to the revolution of 1688 . |
| 20 | In this situation it seems to be a natural reaction to pull in back cyclic which leads to the model reversing away from you . |
| 21 | In January 1991 talks were held between Castro and a Mozambican delegation led by Mozambican Health Minister following rioting on Dec. 23 which led to the arrest of more than 700 Mozambican students and the death of one person . |
| 22 | As mentioned earlier , this type of arch was not new but its replacement of the round one led to the variations and complexities of Gothic vaulting . |
| 23 | At its best it leads to the best sort of poster — those for Guinness , Polo , Benson & Hedges — where hardly any words are needed . |
| 24 | The recreation of a Colorado militia cavalry unit 's massacre of Cheyenne Indians at Sand Creek in November 1864 that climaxed Ralph Nelson 's Soldier Blue ( 1970 ) was intended to be a direct reference to the infamous My Lai massacre of 1968 which led to the court-martial and imprisonment of Lt William Calley . |
| 25 | He had been unpopular in the city since an inquiry in 1321 which led to the curbing of the city 's liberties ; the citizens had probably helped Mortimer to escape from the Tower , and Froissart , who was a Hainaulter himself and may have written on good authority , said that even before Isabella landed she had received secret assurances of support from them . |