Example sentences of "[noun] has led [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The establishment of sickle cell centres in many cities has led to increased awareness of the condition and greatly improved care for sufferers , and much of the credit for this must go to the dedicated nurses , health visitors and counsellors involved . |
| 2 | Meanwhile the closure has led to severe traffic congestion in the area . |
| 3 | Almost every major evaluation study has led to minor adjustment or substantial change . |
| 4 | A long history of water surpluses over much of the area of the Outer Hebrides has led to severe leaching of many Hebridean soils , and to the formation of peaty podzols , gleys and peaty gleys and ultimately peat itself ( Hudson et al . |
| 5 | In Britain this kind of attitude has led to considerable animosity between some supporters of teaching Christianity in schools and some supporters of a multi-faith approach . |
| 6 | As the record shows , the preference given to large companies and the support they receive from their bankers has led to rapid growth in output with consequent effects on the profits of banks and their leading customers . |
| 7 | AFGHANISTAN : Soviet withdrawal has led to vicious warfare between rival Mujahedin rebels . |
| 8 | According to Sami Yassa , of the Natural Resources Defense Council , excessive consumption has led to serious depletion of ground water . |
| 9 | Increased interest in using NHS geriatric beds for assessment and rehabilitation has led to increased turnover and shorter length of stay , with an expansion of acute beds and a decrease in the number of long stay beds . |
| 10 | The increase in skin cancer across the globe has led to growing awareness about the damaging effects of sunlight on skin . |
| 11 | PANAMA is the latest in a series of rogue regimes , the menacing state of whose internal affairs has led to armed intervention by other countries — and to an unresolved international tangle about the legality of such action . |
| 12 | The growing emphasis at both a national and institutional level on policies designed to widen and increase access to higher education has led to increased interest in recent years in the relative performance of students with non-traditional qualifications in higher education . |
| 13 | Recordings of gastric electrical control activity made from surface electrodes have been shown to correlate well with mucosal recordings , and this together with improvements in detection methods and their wider availability has led to increased use of surface electrogastrography in the investigation of gastrointestinal symptoms . |
| 14 | The setback has led to new speculation about a take-over or co-operative deal with BMW , Toyota , General Motors and others . |
| 15 | While in many ways the UK system is a homogeneous one , with centralized application procedures , common though varying admissions requirements , and a national system of student support through grants and now loans , its often decentralized and pragmatic mode of development has led to great variation in detail . |
| 16 | Pensioners have not fared better than other groups and targetting has led to massive poverty traps ’ . |
| 17 | Whether one tries to illustrate subsidiarity by an upturned pyramid or a spiked helmet is irrelevant : Sir Christopher 's definition makes it clear that , far from being a guarantee for decentralisation , ‘ subsidiarity ’ is a blank cheque for more and more power to be transferred to Community level , just as the principle 's enshrinement in the German constitution has led to massive centralisation of power and expenditure in that country . |
| 18 | This in turn has led to increasing Government interference in matters relating to both the organisation and professional functions of medical groups . |
| 19 | This in turn has led to rapid evolution to fill the vacant or new ecological niches . |
| 20 | The failure to develop " Timbury Units " ( SHHD , 1979 ) for fully segregated care of those with dementia has led to continuing reliance on care by the local authority and hospitals . |
| 21 | A combination of air pollution and drought has led to rapid deterioration in the health of Britain 's trees , according to a recent UN survey . |
| 22 | Greater agricultural mechanisation has led to considerable modification of this landscape and larger arable fields now occur in the area . |
| 23 | Since becoming an Executive Agency in April 1991 , the increased local management and accountability arising from this status has led to considerable change in our structure , planning and management processes , financial systems and attitudes . |
| 24 | The employment situation has led to early retirement becoming common practice , while some younger men have come to believe they are unemployable . |
| 25 | Over the last thirty years large-scale investment in cattle production in the province has led to increased concentration of land and major losses in agricultural employment , both of which have prompted widespread out-migration of the rural poor . |
| 26 | Population pressure on land has led to increasing competition of less sensitive rotations which maximise the production of food crops with beneficial rotations which include nitrogen-fixing crops and forage crops . |
| 27 | First , dispersal of shareholdings has led to effective control over the company being ceded to management . |
| 28 | The practice of cutting wood for cooking fires has led to substantial deforestation and resultant soil erosion . |