Example sentences of "led [prep] a sharp " in BNC.
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| 1 | More recently the rapid increase in the wealth of the Japanese , their greater consumption of diamonds and the fact that they have never been so attached to gold as the peoples of the west have led to a sharp increase in their use of platinum for jewellery . |
| 2 | The outbreak of war in January had led to a sharp reduction in oil supplies from Iraq . |
| 3 | A newspaper survey has found that concern about the environment has led to a sharp rise in members of environmental organisations over the 1980's . |
| 4 | That 's led to a sharp reduction in the volume of other rubbish that 's collected in the normal way . |
| 5 | This is revealed in the latest figures from Barclays Bank , which said that sterling 's 15 per cent devaluation and the 4 per cent fall in interest rates following the UK 's withdrawal from the exchange rate mechanism in September 1992 had led to a sharp increase in business confidence in manufacturing in the first quarter of 1993 . |