Example sentences of "[noun sg] has led [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Technological change has led to a de-skilling of industrial work , so that a major requirement of many employers is now for cheap , non-unionized , semi-skilled labour ( Massey 1979 ; Wood 1982 ) . |
| 2 | The increasing impact of this greater professionalism particularly on salaries for instance has led to a consultancy being provided by N C V O's Personnel Unit , on appropriate levels of pay in one organisation . |
| 3 | AN energetic drive to broaden the customer base has led to a Courtaulds Aerospace company in France anticipating turnover 50 per cent up on last year . |
| 4 | The lack of any real constraints on the executive branch has led to a crisis of overgovernability , in which executive proposals quickly become law via a quiescent Parliament without sufficient consultation , scrutiny , or debate and without any possibility of subsequent judicial challenge . |
| 5 | The attempt by the schools to use opt-out law to prevent closure has led to a row between Strathclyde and the Scottish Secretary , Ian Lang . |
| 6 | A mild winter has led to a drop off in sales of salt to local authorities and there has also been a reduction in the market for potash in Britain as a result of the uncertain future in farming . |
| 7 | Recent work has led to a report on creating international managers ; organization cultures ; clerical and secretarial labour markets and skill formation in the supply chain . |
| 8 | Recent work has led to a report on creating international managers ; organisation cultures ; clerical and secretarial labour markets and skill formation in the supply chain . |
| 9 | But , in a situation in which an arboreal habitat has led to a reliance on visual cues and a generalized body-structure and postural suppleness , even the correct mating-position may not be obvious and automatic as it is in many other animals . |
| 10 | Nevertheless the severe and rapid dislocation of the agricultural village has led to an ideology of communion being conferred upon it , a genuine sense of loss which can be contrasted with an apparently less palatable present . |
| 11 | There is no statistical evidence to support the contention that deregulation has led to a decline in the quality and roadworthiness of buses . |
| 12 | Over-exploitation has led to a collapse in numbers of bluefish tuna , swordfish and cod in the Atlantic . |
| 13 | Contempt for the public sector has led to a deterioration of the infrastructure , and a visible collapse of key public services . |
| 14 | The general conclusion which we have reached is that there is no clear evidence in any of the figures we have examined that the abolition of capital punishment has led to an increase in the homicide rate , or that its reintroduction has led to a fall . |
| 15 | In America the increased activity of the single interest group has led to a reduction in the strength of the political party . |
| 16 | What recent event has led to a referral at this point ? |
| 17 | And twenty-five years of abortion on demand has led to a disregard for human life that allows people to sleep rough in doorways and under piers and is ushering in an acceptance of euthanasia which hazards the old and the sick and the handicapped . |
| 18 | Firms of English solicitors are to be found all over the world , while at home , complex legislation , the increasing need for financial services and growing domestic demand has led to a growth in the need for solicitors . |
| 19 | The expansion of the state in the economy has led to an increase in the number of state employees , some of whom direct vast industrial complexes . |
| 20 | This prospect has led to a retrenchment in state pension provision and an emphasis on informal caring systems , two attempts to reduce the need for society to foot the bill of its ageing population . |
| 21 | As we shall see , its policy of financial retrenchment has led to a series of major changes in the financing of public sector higher education , as advanced further education has increasingly come to be called . |
| 22 | Their resistance to essentialist and idealistic definitions of lesbian sex has led to an examination of the role power , pleasure and fantasy play in our sexual choices and practices . |
| 23 | It says its had fewer visitors , and that in turn has led to a fall in essential income . |
| 24 | That in turn has led to a fall in income . |
| 25 | The general conclusion which we have reached is that there is no clear evidence in any of the figures we have examined that the abolition of capital punishment has led to an increase in the homicide rate , or that its reintroduction has led to a fall . |
| 26 | David said : ‘ The great raft of , for example , health and safety and employment legislation has led to a review of our approaches and policies . |
| 27 | The reduction in fertility from the mid 1960s peak has led to a decrease in the average size of family households , with a very marked drop in the number of very large households . |
| 28 | The concentration on intensive cotton and rice cultivation has led to a build-up of pollution from fertilizers , pesticides and herbicides . |
| 29 | The increased importance of computers in daily life has led to an improvement in corpora . |
| 30 | The high value of the French franc has led to a flood of imports from Britain . |