Example sentences of "lead [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Activities that would lead towards the objective of writing a short story might be , ‘ clear the spare room out and set up a desk ’ , ‘ enrol on a weekend workshop on creative writing ’ , ‘ set aside the next four Sunday afternoons for writing ’ , ‘ arrange to visit a friend in six weeks ’ time with a completed first draft' . |
| 2 | The company is hoping that the work could also lead towards the protection of plants from pests more common in Britain , some of which show poor response to traditional pesticides . |
| 3 | Taking generalised formulations of legal theory seriously can often lead into the cul-de-sac of the unspoken assumption of that theory . |
| 4 | True , it is an altruism grounded in selfishness , but that need not bother us ( it can only lead into the usual teenage casuistry about altruism always being ultimately selfish ) . |
| 5 | The door did not lead into the shop as Wycliffe had expected but into a minute hall with the shop door on the right , and stairs leading up . |
| 6 | Reconstructivist Post Modernism which is based on a feminine way of thinking and working will lead into the 90s . |
| 7 | Proper heading , quality logo paper , hook , statistics , something which would lead into the thing , more friendly language , it was very bureaucratic , was n't it , in a sense ? |
| 8 | There were steps from one terrace to another but Susan could not yet see where they would lead in the end . |
| 9 | It would therefore be possible for a young school-leaver to begin acquiring qualifications that could lead in the end to gaining a technical degree qualification . |
| 10 | He will certainly lead from the front and export promotion and a strong anti-monopoly stance will characterise his reign in the DTI . |
| 11 | Bareheaded , kitted in their lighter padded armour , three squads of Marine Scouts also hailed the elevated figure of Commander Pugh — who would be no distant eminence once the crusade was launched , but would lead from the forefront of the vanguard … |
| 12 | One worm should lead from the feeding compartment to one of the other compartments . |
| 13 | Team captain Linford Christie will lead from the front as he goes for an unprecedented fourth successive 100m crown , while Colin Jackson ( 110m hurdles ) and Eamonn Martin ( 10,000m ) are also selected as defending champions . |
| 14 | This may lead to the destruction of further historic pubs which are considered redundant ; conversely , this may well lead to the further restoration and conservation of the best historic sites . |
| 15 | This may lead to the destruction of further historic pubs which are considered redundant ; conversely , this may well lead to the further restoration and conservation of the best historic sites . |
| 16 | A The received wisdom indicates that to restrain timber across its width will lead to the fracture of either the glue line of the lateral end piece , or the splitting of the board itself . |
| 17 | This is particularly important in a three-act ballet where any temptation to display dance ‘ for its own sake ’ can lead to the introduction of divertissements merely to fill in time or show off all the dancers in the company , but is not concerned with the unfolding of the story . |
| 18 | A glance at a short section of a DXF file , see Fig. 2 , might lead to the conclusion that whoever designed the format either had shares in a paper manufacturing company , or a grudge against rain forests . |
| 19 | True enough , but how easily this can lead to the conclusion that anyone who attempts to deal with things that matter must be a bore , that rather than run the risk of talking nonsense one should play it safe and stick to charming trifles … . |
| 20 | ‘ These problems are what lead to that sense of being left out , of isolation and despair , which in turn can lead to the symptoms we are familiar with — drug and alcohol abuse , crime and vandalism , debt and family break-up . ’ |
| 21 | Colleagues believed Cleveland would lead to the issue being ‘ swept under the carpet ’ . |
| 22 | Mr Pienaar 's spokesman said : ‘ The Administrator-General is very disturbed that with the evidence at our disposal we realise that a situation could be building up which could lead to the ultimate defeat of the aims and objectives of Resolution 435 . ’ |
| 23 | Arguments over the Tanzanian resolution could lead to the resignation of the secretary-general of CITES , Eugene Lapointe . |
| 24 | The reorganization was recommended by an engineer in the pages of a leading Petrograd journal , since he thought it would lead to the dissemination of experts . |
| 25 | The partial reaction against it in the Tory 1950s — ‘ setting the people free ’ — did not lead to the contraction of the government service . |
| 26 | Also , uncertainty on your part can lead to the risk of you surrendering all control over the session to the engineer , who will be more than happy to move into the producer 's chair . |
| 27 | Convinced that the danger of the end of Christian society was at hand and that this would lead to the collapse of civilization , Eliot viewed London more in terms that contemporary Christians used to view Africa . |
| 28 | As the city state continues to develop , private ownership becomes more and more concentrated in the hands of some of the citizens , but the division this give rise to does not lead to the formation of classes among the freemen because they remain united against the slaves . |
| 29 | That Asian children are teased about their food may not seem very important in itself , but it does rather lead to the thought — if people eat food which is thought of as disgusting and unclean what are these people like ? |
| 30 | If the under-development applies to renal rhythms then the production of urine at night might be considerably higher than in normal children and this can lead to the problem of bed-wetting . |