Example sentences of "[noun pl] lead up [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A dim lamp swung over the entrance where three steps led up into the foyer . |
| 2 | Mrs M. parked the car in a street of stone houses , where steps led up to the tower . |
| 3 | Steps led up from the stone paving to a wide veranda , which was adorned with hanging plants and tubs full of flowers . |
| 4 | A fine flight of stone steps leads up to the gallery . |
| 5 | A flight of steps leads up from the courtyard and there is entry also from the house end . |
| 6 | I was looking forward to the chance to meet ‘ our ’ health visitor and find out what would be expected of me in the months leading up to the birth . |
| 7 | However , statements from Ministers and interpretations in the press in the months leading up to the publication of Working for patients appear to describe a rather different concept of the ‘ internal market ’ — a patient-led system . |
| 8 | However , statements from Ministers and interpretations in the press in the months leading up to the publication of the White Paper appear to describe a rather different concept of the ‘ Internal Market ’ — a patient-led system . |
| 9 | In the months leading up to the Stock Exchange 's damning findings , the DTI 's lack of concrete action was probably forgiveable . |
| 10 | The U.S. Open Champion is one of seven golfers who earned in excess of $1 million in the 12 months leading up to the World Series of Golf at the end of August . |
| 11 | The move was seen to be a response to the average daily INRO market price indicator being below the " may buy " levels in the six months leading up to the review . |
| 12 | In the months leading up to the Prague autumn , The Slavia played elegant host to a more accurate cross-section of Czech society — punks , housewives , artists , students , writers , weary shoppers — than probably existed anywhere in the country until the rallies in Wenceslas Square . |
| 13 | It was market day and the wide curving flight of steps leading up to the centre was lined with flimsy tables covered in kitchenware and watches and clothing and tools and toys Music blared out from a stall selling bootleg cassette tapes . |
| 14 | Even the wooden steps leading up to the door were rotten . |
| 15 | My helpers borrowed an old flatbed truck from a farmer , along with two dozen squared bales of hay which they arranged as steps leading up to the truck . |
| 16 | Supporters insist nothing would be lost other than a small car park and the steps leading up to the Prado 's ‘ Goya ’ entrance . |
| 17 | Whilst on duty one Saturday afternoon during the early part of 1975 , he heard the sound of footsteps ascending the steps leading up to the box , then he became aware of the figure of a man about to enter the lobby or vestibule outside the door . |
| 18 | Armed soldiers and refugee families were crowded round the foot of the steps leading up to the entry hatch . |
| 19 | The place was n't huge by country house standards — two storeys , twenty-something rooms — but its main entrance was a covered carriage porch with stone pillars and broad steps leading up to the doors . |
| 20 | A lot of people in those streets ( they were very poor , but they were very proud ) and on the steps leading up to the house , they 'd have laid a little piece of lino , three pieces or two . |
| 21 | Jack had to fill the coal scuttles , Kevin to bring in the logs , Aengus had to roll yesterday 's papers into sausage-like shapes which would be used for lighting the fires later , Gerry , who was meant to be the animal lover , had to take Oswald for a run in the park , and see that there was something on the bird table in the garden , and Ronan had to open the big heavy curtains in the front rooms , take the milk in from the steps and place it in the big fridge and brush whatever had to be brushed from the big granite steps leading up to the house . |
| 22 | It was n't until they had climbed the stone steps leading up to the house that she learned the truth of the matter . |
| 23 | ’ Athelstan tugged him by the sleeve and they made their way across the deserted bailey to the steps leading up to the parapet walk . |
| 24 | The external circumstances surrounding the loss , such as the disruption caused or discordant family relationships leading up to the loss , may be the most important factors , as Rutter ( 1981 ) has argued . |
| 25 | Several steps led up to the door which she unlocked . |
| 26 | As has been mentioned , our limited resources made it impossible to examine the circumstances leading up to the arrest which might , or might not , explain this finding , and we were also unable to interview the police on this matter . |
| 27 | ‘ She also asked me to recount for her the circumstances leading up to the car crash in May 1968 in which poor Willy Morpurgo suffered brain damage . ’ |
| 28 | The circumstances leading up to the matter being before the family proceedings court on 23 December 1991 I need mention only in outline having regard to the course which I am going to take in regard to this appeal . |
| 29 | The sixty-four drawings and nineteen bozzetti and models lead up to the sculptures themselves forty-seven in all in both first and second versions . |
| 30 | I think it right to bear in mind the evidence of Mr a solicitor now specializing in re-habilitation work who is himself alas wheelchair bound , erm , he has directly relevant experience and he expressed the view that er two ramps leading up to the vehicle from the rear could be unsafe and were in his view generally less satisfactory than the platform with which the conversion equips the Nissan Serena , in those circumstances it seems to me I really have no choice but to er adopt the alternative of the conversion and er there is an agreed figure of thirty nine thousand , eight hundred and sixty six pounds in relation to that . |