Example sentences of "[noun sg] lead us [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 However , the prior hypothesis led us to the finding in the rural high oil worker category ( table II , both for all ages and the 0–4 age group .
2 Fallon , also enjoying the most important success of his career , said : ‘ The stands ’ side led us for a furlong , but our side was in command after that . ’
3 Perhaps disappointingly , after all this thought to protection from viruses , we have not been seriously attacked : the worst that happened was an attempt to lead us into an adventure game .
4 Therefore it is suggested that for the husband whose outrage forecloses the possibility of a mere divorce proceeding , a clear case exists for having the courts carve out an exception to the three-year rule so as to allow a suit to be brought for nullity through fraud or mistake.56 To the protesting reader who may feel that this spurious reasoning leads us into the realm of nonsense , the only answer is that it is the purpose of this paper to provoke a re-examination of certain fundamental values and ideas .
5 We expected handshakes all round , the departure of the PM to affairs of state , and an aide leading us to an ante-room for ginger snaps and coffee .
6 While the Australian and Pakistan examples quoted above serve to illustrate the variety of provisions and problems which may emerge under the rubric of ‘ rural education ‘ , Sher 's thinking leads us to an awareness of the uniqueness of the situation in a country school whatever its location .
7 A Champs Elysée corridor led us to an escalator and the plush basement waiting room of the cancer clinic .
8 The attempt to answer this question leads us into a hitherto little-explored region of English grammar since it poses the problem of the relation between the infinitive and the category of person , and takes us back to a use not yet analysed satisfactorily , the so-called " infinitive of reaction " .
9 That finding leads us to a shocking conclusion : a gesture is more individual than an individual .
10 This last point leads us to an important , but frequently misunderstood , concept in the analysis of discourse .
11 This point leads us to the concept of meaning .
12 An unusual call led us to the reeds by the lake , and it turned out to be an ortolan bunting , quite distinctive with its buff chest and olive-green head .
13 In other words , our microeconomic analysis of a single profit-maximising firm leads us to the conclusion that aggregate investment is inversely related to the rate of interest .
14 Taking these two points into consideration leads us to the conclusion that meaningful chain dimensions can only be values averaged over the many conformations assumed .
15 Instead of letting our success lead us into a fat-cat mentality , it led us much more strongly and much faster into a mentality of asking what are we going to do with it .
16 Our last cliff path led us above the water , west into the setting sun , to Mgarr where we had landed a week earlier .
17 ‘ In your labours in the Vestment Guild you are creating things of beauty to lead us to the wonder of God .
18 Consideration of the duration of unemployment leads us to the possibility that a significant proportion of the unemployed could be short-term — perhaps less than four weeks in duration .
19 Sometimes our resistance to the idea of dependence leads us to a degree of enthusiasm which can impair our judgement about need .
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