Example sentences of "and [vb past] to a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Roosevelt 's New Deal programme was an exercise in regulatory government and led to a major growth in regulation by administrative agencies . |
| 2 | A study in COLOMBIA found that an integrated service with proper medical back-up cost four times as much per person-year of protection as a straight female sterilisation drive and led to a wide-ranging cost-cutting exercise . |
| 3 | This impaired breeding activity and led to a complete ban on artificial feeding . |
| 4 | The failure of the Law Society to act effectively in dealing with complaints against a solicitor and respected member of the Council of The Law Society , Mr Glanville Davies , attracted enormous publicity and led to a complete breakdown of public confidence in the Law Society 's ability to regulate professional conduct . |
| 5 | The move was condemned by the trade unions as endangering jobs and led to a one-day general strike on March 28 . |
| 6 | Imports fell from December 's record £5.44 billion last month , but at £5.32 billion were still well ahead of exports and led to a visible trade deficit of £1.02 billion , the third-biggest ever . |
| 7 | This indirectly inspired the Victoria and Albert dockers to discuss setting up a rival organization to Tillett 's and led to a united campaign against the employers later in the month . |
| 8 | The re-emergence of feminism , which began as a flash of vision , and continued with an examination of the evils and gross distortions of patriarchy , and led to a whole variety of campaigns on behalf of women , now needs to concentrate on the differences between us as women which have divided us under patriarchy and which can not be allowed to divide us as feminists . |
| 9 | Also , the traumas of the Vietnam War and civil liberties clashes caused a crisis of confidence and led to a questioning frame of mind , which was ready for the idiosyncratic and difficult to interpret images made by Friedlander and his contemporaries . |
| 10 | AS Raith Rovers and Dunfermline confirmed their status as promotion favourites , St Mirren yesterday were still upset at a refereeing decision which virtually ended their hopes and led to a 2-1 defeat by Dumbarton . |
| 11 | The proximity of Tribschen to Basle obviously made contact easier , but it was undoubtedly Nietzsche 's new professional eminence that made it particularly welcome to Wagner and led to a rapid development of the relationship between the two . |
| 12 | Successful high-profile appeals of the Guildford Four , Birmingham Six , the Maguire family and the Tottenham Three have traumatised the criminal justice system and led to a Royal Commission , but they have not stopped the complaints . |
| 13 | They rose steeply and led to a fair-sized landing with a bedroom at each end , with a wash basin in each — bliss ! |
| 14 | She said action had already been taken under the new chief executive , Martin Gorham , which had dramatically improved call ringing times and led to a steady improvement in ambulance response times . |
| 15 | It sharpened body swerve , movement and anticipation , and led to an immediate improvement in results . |
| 16 | This marked the only occasion when a sequel won a Best Picture Academy Award and led to an ill-advised third instalment in 1991 . |
| 17 | Though in the statement it was mentioned that statistics from other countries were too unreliable to say that pro-divorce legislation increased the instability of marriages and led to an ever-increasing number of breakdowns , Archbishop McNamara was already preaching by 6 May that divorce ‘ makes stable and permanent marriages more difficult for everyone ’ ( Irish Times , 7 May 1986 ) . |
| 18 | The case had received massive publicity and became symbolic of the institutionalized racism and brutality alleged by many to exist within the LAPD [ see pp. 38091 ; 38139 ] , and led to an independent commission of inquiry [ see pp. 38329-30 ] . |
| 19 | Play eventually restarted , after what seemed like an age , and meandered to an early finish , but the freak accident served to relegate other matters — the remaining overs , a protracted row involving the England players and team manager and a cameraman attempting to capture the stretcher scene on film , and even the imminence of both countries announcing their World Cup squads — to items of secondary importance . |
| 20 | The upheaval in China 's 3m-strong People 's Liberation Army ( the PLA confusingly includes China 's air force and navy , too ) started in October , at the Communist Party 's 14th congress , and amounted to a political purge of the senior ranks . |
| 21 | Some of the information was unreliable and amounted to a considerable wastage in air dropped ordnance and flying hours by launching bombing and strafing missions over ‘ dead ’ jungle . |
| 22 | He parked the machine and announced to a stunned crowd that he had just retired . |
| 23 | He introduced the Bill on 4th March , 1859 ; it was given a Second Reading on 18th March and passed to a Select Committee which besides himself included Hall and Stirling . |
| 24 | After 27 years at Sywell Airport , the Barnstormers Flying Circus have packed their tent and moved to a new home at Spanhoe Airfield , near RAF Wittering in the north of Northamptonshire . |
| 25 | London , with its highly compact districts , took the lead in this , and moved to a two-tier rather than three-tier organisation . |
| 26 | But when she married and moved to a distant part of the country , I decided it was the moment for me to change my life too . |
| 27 | They left the house in Chertsey and moved to a quiet cottage in the country , taking Oliver with them . |
| 28 | ‘ When Agnes disappeared , ’ replied Monks , ‘ her father changed his name and moved to a lonely place in Wales , where no one would know about the family shame . |
| 29 | Her mother married housing manager John Moluf four years ago and moved to a big house in neighbouring Malta . |
| 30 | before they actually suggest to somebody that they sell a house , that they sell a house and moved to a smaller one , they have to be unemployed for quite some time . |