Example sentences of "[noun pl] has led [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The increased importance of standardised informational support for both machines and operators has led to the concept of procedures as a separate design issue within a system ( Fig. 1.30 ) .
2 The application of the Treaty provisions to actual cases has led to the development of the following principles : Exhaustion of rights : where the right owner has put articles into circulation ( directly or with his consent ) he can not subsequently use his rights to prevent further dealings in respect of those articles .
3 The threat of targeting US-based British businesses for more taxes has led to the conclusion in some quarters that Clinton is less pro-free trade than his predecessor .
4 It has been felt for some time that the procedure and forms relating to the granting of legal aid in criminal causes could be improved , and the introduction of legal aid in the District Courts has led to the position being scrutinised and a new procedure and application form introduced .
5 The difficulty encountered by plaintiffs in obtaining injunctions to stop libels has led to a growth in applications for injunctions on the grounds of breach of confidence , ie that the information has been obtained from someone who is under a duty not to reveal it .
6 RIGHT The collapse , levelling and rebuilding of mud brick houses has led to the formation of huge mounds in some parts of the world .
7 It may be that it is those least disposed to commit suicide who join the cult in the first place , but at least the systematic comparison of variables has led to the question being raised .
8 The size and importance of many company pension funds has led to a demand for inhouse actuarial skills .
9 At these times , the scarcity of employment opportunities has led to the view that older people should give up their jobs in order that younger people can benefit from the experience of work .
10 The complexity of information in many older printed books has led to the creation of special rules for their description .
11 Occasionally the medical benefit of this kind of research is questioned : in fact basic research on animals has led to the award since the beginning of the century of more than 50 Nobel Prizes for medicine .
12 ‘ Perhaps those are sounds you could use in your own composition , ’ speculates the school 's head of music , Paul Chamberlain , whose quest for strange noises has led to the possibility of him poaching the National Curriculum 's science of sound course from Fartown 's physics department .
13 Here the convergence of the African and Eurasian Plates has led to the development of successive thrusts and nappes carrying huge masses of rock northwards towards the European foreland ( Fig. 3.19 ) .
14 The sale of land and properties sited in prime development areas has led to a shortage of suitable housing for staff , particularly in the South East of England .
15 With the station 's new information and visitors centre proving to be a great attraction , the increased numbers of visitors has led to the company employing an additional eight guides this year , he added .
16 A succession of warm winters has led to an explosion in the adder population , as the moles and voles they prey upon have got more plentiful .
17 In the past five to ten years general interest in the deep structure of fold belts has led to the publication of the results of a number of seismic reflection surveys from around the world which provide useful analogues .
18 The obligation upon LEAs to meet a child 's special educational needs as set out in his/her statement of needs has led to an increase in specialist staff , visiting , or based in these centres and working with and supporting regular staff .
19 Over-confidence in the early days has led to a surfeit of caution ever since .
20 The failure of these traditional local economic strategies to stimulate and sustain local economic growth in all but a minority of places has led to the development of new forms of policy .
21 More detailed consideration of these and related ideas has led to a division of the turbulent boundary layer into inner and outer regions .
22 FEARS that the council tax will put an enormous burden on rural estates and workers has led to a call from an Aberdeenshire farmer for a national information gathering scheme .
23 Criticism by many research workers has led to the development of ancillary measures , involving more sophisticated techniques .
24 Criticism by many research workers has led to the development of ancillary measures , involving more sophisticated techniques .
25 In the early 1980s , the shift towards repair grants was apparent but a shortage of resources has led to a cutback .
26 The long-standing system of allocation of grants and the consequent competition for limited resources has led to the shift to obtaining funds from other sources .
27 It is a central thesis of this essay that the attempt to reconcile the enforcement of contracts with liberal principles has led to the formation of two dominant views of the content of the law of contract .
28 However , spatial query tools are intrinsically linked to the data model employed : hence the use of multiple spatial data structures has led to the proliferation of query processors .
29 The existence in England , as on the Continent , of bronze models for the creation of the design in two-piece moulds has led to the suggestion that smiths were itinerant specialists ( Werner 1970 ; Capelle and Vierck 1971 ) .
30 The prolonged bouts of repetitive behaviour and deep apathy to stimulation revealed by such studies has led to the conclusion that pigs react to these systems in a manner closely resembling the development of human psychiatric disorders .
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