Example sentences of "lead [adv prt] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the Far East , the Azahari revolt broke out in Brunei in December 1962 ; and , although it was crushed relatively easily by British and Gurkha troops stationed in Malaya , it led on to the Indonesian ‘ Confrontation ’ , which began in a small way in April 1963 . |
| 2 | I led on to the subject of the probability of his having shortly to be released from his pain and suffering and hoped that his trust was in his Saviour and he replied , ‘ Oh yes , it is ! |
| 3 | A beautifully open and controlled solo from Andrew Coy ( clarinet ) led on to an expansive string sound and a rollicking dance . |
| 4 | His first one-man show was at The Artists Gallery 1941 and he showed with Peggy Guggenheim 's Art of this Century in 1944 which led on to a one man-show at the Guggenheim in 1947 . |
| 5 | It was painted while and there was an untidy hedge in front of it , divided by a rickety gate which led on to a short path to the front door . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The great events of his administration were the return to the gold standard , the Treaty of Locarno , the General Strike , the Imperial Conference of 1926 which led on to the Statute of Westminster , and the measures originating in the Ministry of Health for the reform of local government and the extension of social security . |
| 8 | It required the outbreak of war and the threatened imminence of defeat to produce the power-sharing of 1940 , which led on to the power transference of 1945 . |
| 9 | At first they talked easily about David 's chances of demobilisation , and the kind of law he would practise when he eventually got back to London , and his prospects of fighting a reasonably safe seat at the next General Election , but inevitably that led on to Julia 's plans . |
| 10 | This led on to contracts for shipping grain to Flanders . |
| 11 | Which led on to the obvious conclusion . ’ |
| 12 | He turned his back to her and walked off into the open-plan living-room , with its huge glass patio doors that led on to the front garden . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | This led on to many of our older members recalling their experiences too . |
| 15 | But what kind of battle ? she wondered apprehensively , discovering an exit from this bedroom which led on to a terrace , with an archway framing a velvety night sky filled with bright silver stars . |
| 16 | Below , uneven steps carved out of the cliff led down to a small sandy cove . |
| 17 | Steps led down to the banks of the river , and from the water 's edge , the ruins of the castle dominated the skyline . |
| 18 | I hurried down steep Flower Hill , a flowerless road of grey terraced houses and shops that led down to the bridge and the weir . |
| 19 | ‘ The front door ! ’ said Rose , mightily impressed , as they stood at the top of a flight of wide stone steps , flanked by funerary urns , which led down to the drive . |
| 20 | Beyond the tower a narrow path led down to the rocky shore below . |
| 21 | A gentle stroll through the gardens led down to the beautiful long , wide beach . |
| 22 | This gave him a view up one of the sidestreets which led down to the corner of the square . |
| 23 | A silver stairway on stage led down to the stalls . |
| 24 | I spent a lot of time discovering and browsing through the bookshops , and then reading on the lawns which led down to the river Cam from the backs of the colleges . |
| 25 | A trail of ash led down to a ragged , greasy jacket , buttoned with extreme strain over two pullovers which reached to just above the knee of oiled and dusty denims . |
| 26 | Nell glanced towards Delaney , feeling the unease rise in her like a fanned fire ; the feeling that the white , ordinary-looking corridor with its strip lighting and featureless walls led down to … what ? |
| 27 | But there was hardly any left , only the long empty expanse from the last container to the door in the super-structure that led down to Nell . |
| 28 | At the back of the hall a flight of stairs led down to the servants ' kitchen . |
| 29 | Kit Hegarty moved swiftly around her large house in a quiet road that led down to the sea . |
| 30 | For at that moment , directly below the steps that led down to the Moebius Strip , the float of dummy Capellans was purring serenely by . |