Example sentences of "[noun pl] lead [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Data could pop up in boxes around the screen , and in due course graphics , mice and icons led us into the wimps era ( window , icon , menu , pointer ) . |
| 2 | The search for counter-examples led them to the history of the family and of the primitive local community which they saw as kinship based . |
| 3 | Bloom et al. " s study of how to is acquired in infinitival complement constructions led them to the clear conclusion that " the children learned to with the meaning " " direction towards " " and not as a meaningless syntactic marker " ( 1984 : 391 ) . |
| 4 | Inevitably , his steps led him in the end to the Corso , where the evening promenade was in progress . |
| 5 | Young 's lifetime passion for the large molluscs led him from the squid to the octopus . |
| 6 | Analysis of the returns leads us to the following conclusions : |
| 7 | His examination of a number of important constitutional conventions leads him to the conclusion that they are united in character by the possession of a single purpose — to secure that Parliament and government are ultimately subject to the wishes of the electorate . |
| 8 | Nathan and I are quite alone , many miles from civilization and , apparently , lost , the wind having blown snow across the tracks ahead suggests that we just let the dogs lead us towards the others , a well-reasoned idea that works perfectly . |
| 9 | We will provide evidence that these qualities and critical observations led him to the conclusion that wheat products contained the factor responsible for the severe clinical symptoms of coeliac disease , at that time also called Gee-Herter 's disease , long before this thesis in 1950 . |
| 10 | My studies lead me to the conclusion that the Biro , as with many other forms of ‘ inanimate object ’ , hates its role in life . |
| 11 | The second day continued where the first day left off : four catches by Hick to equal the record for a Test against Pakistan originally set by the little-remembered spinner Jim McConnon of Glamorgan in 1954 , and then my researches led me to the remarkable fact that John Birch , who played for Notts from 1973 to 1988 , was known as ‘ Bonk ’ . |
| 12 | The spontaneity of metaphoric innovation in the speech of the professor 's children leads her to the revelation that words once thought of as ‘ the bare bones of language ’ are actually alive with flesh . |
| 13 | Towering mossy oaks led her to the edge of the wood , and soon she could smell the smoke of a fire , and sense the open field ahead . |
| 14 | Eventually , his wanderings led him to the ornate frontage of a steam-house . |
| 15 | Lord Morris said that a consideration of the facts and documents led him to the view that the solus agreement , the loan agreement and the mortgage could be linked together as an instance of one transaction and that the intention was that in providing that the mortgage should be irredeemable for the period of the tie it should become a support for the solus agreement . |
| 16 | Myeloski led them to the room where the girl had been found . |
| 17 | The drums lead us through the warren of narrow alleys to a courtyard whose entrance is blocked by a knot of people . |