Example sentences of "[num] led [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The expiry of the Licensing Act in 1695 led to a massive output of printed propaganda , in the form of pamphlets , broadsides and newspapers , and the press proved to be highly partisan in nature . |
| 2 | The victory of the Conservatives in the British general elections of 1979 led to a radical questioning of the role of the public enterprise sector . |
| 3 | Similarly , in the Huimin prefecture of Shandong Province ( northeast China ) irrigation works constructed between 1957 and 1960 led to a rapid rise in the water-table and increasing salt levels of such magnitude that many irrigation systems have been abandoned . |
| 4 | But , as we shall see , the death or Edward I led to an increasing alienation of Amanieu VII from the Plantagenet regime , which was to culminate in his desertion of Edward II for Charles IV of France during the War of St Sardos . |
| 5 | In the last five partial responders prolongation of therapy up to week 38 led to a definite response and HBsAg seroconversion in three of the five patients . |
| 6 | The advent of the new government of Indian Prime Minister V. P. Singh in December 1989 led to a steady improvement in relations between the two countries , despite the extension of the deadline for the final withdrawal of the IPKF to March 31 , 1990 [ see pp. 37126 ; 37184-85 ] . |
| 7 | New apparatus made new experiments possible ; for example , the new diffraction gratings prepared by H. A. Rowland at Johns Hopkins University from 1882 led to a great improvement and quantification of spectroscopy , while the microscope led to the cell theory . |
| 8 | In electricity , the shortages of the sixties led to a considerable investment in new power stations , so that at the moment we in fact have far more electricity power stations than we need . |
| 9 | These matters spilled over into the British Psychological Society and eventually in 1951–52 led to a major row on the benefits of psychoanalysis , which meant that the relationship between scientific developments and educational practice became further confused . |
| 10 | Among the material contained in the KGB files are the Soviet version of the attempted CIA assassination of Fidel Castro ; the biography of a high-level Soviet scientist known as Tolkachov whose spying on behalf of the CIA during the 1980s led to a devastating penetration of the Soviet radar defence system and , in 1987 , Tolkachov 's execution ; and the revelation of joint CIA–KGB operations during the Gulf war that led to the pre-emptive destruction of much of Saddam Hussein 's offensive missile power . |
| 11 | The recession that hit the financial world in the late 1980s led to a rapid fall in spending , and a resultant pruning of staff . |