Example sentences of "[noun sg] leading [adv prt] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 It is in the classic pattern for the fifteenth century hôtel ; built round a courtyard and with an entrance doorway leading up to the Medieval stairway in the centre of the court façade .
2 In the case of the UK 's crossroads , for example , that approach pays scant attention to the break-up of the UK 's position at the centre of the Sterling Area and Commonwealth trade in the 1970s , or to the responsibility of unions , management , the financial system and the state for manufacturing industry 's poor productivity growth and hence declining international competitiveness during the long boom leading up to the structural changes of the 1970s/1980s period .
3 THE England ‘ B ’ tour to New Zealand could prove to be a mixed blessing thanks to an insufficiently competitive provincial itinerary leading up to the two ‘ tests ’ against a New Zealand XV at the end of the tour .
4 Do the postures continuously , in graceful slow motion with each exercise leading in to the next .
5 The postponement — announced at the beginning of the year and rationalized on the grounds that , with legislative and presidential elections due to be held in 1992 , a third set of elections would have involved undue expense — was also condemned by a growing number of student protesters and threatened to become a key issue in the campaign leading up to the presidential elections in December .
6 Marie had no time to think about Bella 's story : the little queue surged forward and they found themselves inside the double doors in a short corridor leading through to the main ward .
7 Shortly after this point the road becomes little more than a bridle path or cart track which , however , provides an intriguing pass-walk of about 4 hours duration over the Pragel Pass to Richisau 's alpine pasture leading down to the beautiful Klontal valley in the canton of Glarus .
8 Obviously , it is never easy to disentangle the process leading up to a particular credit transaction from the general buying process .
9 Through the period leading up to the Second World War rural England too was subjected , according to C.E.M .
10 Production increased tenfold in the period leading up to the second world war .
11 For example , Ellen Ross 's ( 1983 ) discussion of the lifestyle of the working poor in the East End of London , in the period leading up to the First World War , contains evidence about financial relationships between young working adults and their parents , based partly on the surveys of Charles Booth ( 1892b ) .
12 In the period leading up to the actual fight , first-time fighters are suddenly stricken with nervous tension .
13 He analysed local government spending and labour-force figures in the post-war period leading up to the late 1970s .
14 One July morning the sun shone on two figures climbing the hill leading out of the fine city of Wintoncester .
15 The lift leading down to the diving area was only twenty feet away .
16 The high marble steps curved upwards , paralleling the flight leading up from the front door .
17 The first thing I noticed as we arrived at the famous pot was a fixed caving rope leading down into the dark abyss , and I could n't resist scrambling across to peer in .
18 Far below was the cobbled courtyard , the ancient walls of the castle , the drawbridge and the winding road leading back down the narrow valley towards civilisation , but she was trapped in this gaunt grey fortress with this brooding stranger , and she longed only for escape .
19 At the farm entrance gate marked Bwlch-y-waun follow the path leading off up the open hill to the summit of Tor y Foel ( 1,806ft ) .
20 Overall , the swing in our panel over the year leading up to the 1987 election was 5 per cent , but among persistent readers of Tory tabloids it was 12 per cent , and among persistent readers of Labour tabloids only 1 per cent .
21 There had once been an outside staircase leading up to the flat roof but that , too , had collapsed .
22 Just the splendid staircase leading up to the three doorways at the entrance and above that the tall windows of the first floor gallery , all open to the sky , gazing on emptiness .
23 He knew the feel of every cold stone step on the wide staircase leading down to the main hall .
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