Example sentences of "[adv] lead [adv] to the " in BNC.

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1 Bypassing the entrance to the huge living-room , which looked dim and shadowy in the faint glow from the circular night-lights sunk into the wooden-slat ceiling , she followed the passageway until she came to another flight of steps , which obviously led down to the lowest level of the house .
2 An hour later she was still happily chatting to the woman , finding out about the terrible Harry who had ‘ torn the heart ’ right out of her daughter and gone off with a woman from Cork , which naturally led on to the dreadful and often incomprehensible ways of men and the stupid way women always put up with it .
3 A second application of this technique only leads back to the original solution , apart from an arbitrary complex constant .
4 The trapdoor in the floor is intact and a set of stone steps below lead down to the basement , location 3a .
5 If capitalist development does not lead automatically to the formation of a united opposition class determined to ‘ expropriate the expropriators ’ , does it not at least lay the ‘ economic ’ foundations for socialism , constructing a system of socialised production in relation to which capitalist property becomes increasingly inappropriate ?
6 In themselves , they do not lead directly to the construction of a subject timetable ; but there is no doubt that , under the influence of HMI and some important academic writers on the curriculum , much teacher curriculum thinking has been considerably advanced in the decade since 1976 .
7 The use of the title ‘ Son of Man ’ does not lead naturally to the thought that Jesus is claiming to be Son of God . )
8 We are thus led back to the same problem as before ; although the fact of taking X as end does not justify the decision to do Y , the enjoyment of X which does complete the justification is itself merely a psychological fact .
9 These continue , needless to say , in the scene which follows the rise of the curtain , where Grimes 's behaviour once more leads directly to the death of his apprentice .
10 Imperceptibly leading away to the right from the right hand cairn is the High Level Route , but if it all looks too daunting simply ascend Pillar by keeping to the ridge ( 1 mile ) .
11 His venom against a country of 3 million people not only reinforced the Latin American image of the US as a bully , it also led directly to the Iran-contra scandal , the most serious political crisis of his administration .
12 It also led directly to the headsman ‘ s axe for Andrew Hardie of Glasgow and John Baird of Condoratt in the Parish of Cumbernauld .
13 The Stavanger house was on the south side of the square , nearest the river , and an alleyway beside the house probably led down to the docks .
14 For many , the scramble for enough cash to afford the free market prices inevitably leads back to the state shops , and specifically to beer .
15 Affluent if not always prudent strokeplayer , Greenfield was the first YTS graduate to sign for Sussex , and duly led then to the 2nd XI pennant in 1990 .
16 Even leading up to the filming , there were doubts about Adrian Maguire riding Cool Ground as he had a previous tie to Omerta .
17 The playschemes not surprisingly led on to the development of holiday and weekend breaks , but other social and leisure activities also came to the fore .
18 In later stages , cottage and craft industries were moved into factories , which then led on to the development of ‘ machinofacture ’ ( mechanised production ) through technological innovation .
19 How can viruses induce cells to enter the cycle of rapid multiplication that then leads on to the development of a tumour ?
20 Indeed , as we have already seen , normal science ultimately leads only to the recognition of anomalies and to crises .
21 From where she stood on the gravelled forecourt , she saw that the flight of steps ahead led up to the living accommodation at the higher level , no doubt to exploit the panoramic view , while below , built into the slope , were the garages and stores .
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