Example sentences of "[noun sg] lead [pron] [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Naturally he encountered no opposition based on nationalism , but his fervent support of Islam led him to abandon the tolerant policy his predecessors had adopted towards the Hindu majority , and this probably intensified resistance to his advance . |
| 2 | All we in fact observe is that h is regularly followed by B. This consistent association leads us to connect the two in our own minds , to expect A always to be followed by B , and this we then express by saying that A is the cause of B and B the effect of A. This is all perfectly in order , and indeed it is through such links and associations that we build up an ordered and coherent conception of the world around us and make sense of our experience of it . |
| 3 | Marcia Pointon 's fascinating essay on the contemporary portrait leads us to question the central relationship between artist , sitter and spectator . |
| 4 | just as a desire to understand absolute holism led us to analyse the substantive claims of Althusser and Poulantzas , so we must now consider work inspired by an attachment to concessive holism in order to reach a clearer view of its guiding interests . |
| 5 | Her sexual frustration and jealousy leads her to destroy the hedonistic , deceitful Sapphire who otherwise would have become her sister-in-law . |
| 6 | The status which it gave him as a disinherited lord led him to oppose the Anglo-Scottish truce of 1323 and helped to persuade him to turn his coat shortly afterwards . |
| 7 | And do n't let your search for material lead you to choose the obscure for obscurity 's sake , so you feel you will be sure to stun the panel with a piece that has no good professional background . |