Example sentences of "[vb -s] lead [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The brunt of the company 's restructuring , which has lead to 18,000 layoffs in two years ( a cut of close to 30% ) , says Mr De Benedetti , is now over and he expects Olivetti to return to profit in 1994 . |
| 2 | But such enthusiasm for working on as many projects as possible has lead to serious cautions from doctors for Merton . |
| 3 | The recent introduction of genetically engineered insulin has lead to some problems for diabetics who have changed from animal-derived insulin . |
| 4 | And the method they have adopted has proved to be the beginning of the slide that has lead to mass dispersals of the kind that happened at Brent . |
| 5 | The pattern of change has lead in recent years to the growth of large book retailing groups , some with a ready will to diversify into other product ranges . |
| 6 | The elevation of environmental concerns in the social consciousness has raised the profile of environmental protection and has led to international agreements specifically concerned with the environment , such as the Montreal protocol on the ozone layer . |
| 7 | Its use has led to real benefits for the group |
| 8 | Meanwhile the popularity of Yardie amongst jail birds has led to certain elements deciding that the book comes a little too close to the truth for their liking , and Victor Headley has disappeared into hiding to work on Yardie 2 , leaving Adebayo and Pope to speak on his behalf . |
| 9 | More competition on the roads and in the air has led to better services and more choice . |
| 10 | In the private sector a large number of estate agents , landlords , accommodation agencies and building societies have been found to operate discriminatory registers , refusing to let or sell or lend to black individuals and families , while direct and indirect discrimination in many local authority housing departments has led to black tenants being allocated inferior council housing ( Gordon and Newnham , 1986 ) . |
| 11 | In some cases it has led to violent confrontations requiring police intervention . |
| 12 | A century of saving seed from the best plants has led to continuous improvements . |
| 13 | Much of this work on animals was done in Oxford and has led to radical improvements in the transplantation of kidney , liver , bone-marrow and hearts in human patients who would otherwise have died . |
| 14 | The economic boom in the south east has led to increasing demands for new types of industrial site , and the growth in high tech and service industries has placed a premium on high quality sites in pleasant surroundings and with good communications . |
| 15 | This more frequent application , especially of a compound like malathion which has an unpleasant odour , has led to increasing refusals from householders and a consequent reduction in insecticide coverage . |
| 16 | The success of this fairly new treatment has led to increasing numbers of terminally ill patients being referred for consideration of transplantation , many of these being referred as a final option , when intensive support in hospital is required and when secondary end organ damage has often developed . |
| 17 | As a result , market intelligence is limited , and has led to contradictory stances being adopted by different companies . |
| 18 | Quantal analysis of excitatory synapses in the hippocampus has proved difficult and has led to contradictory conclusions when applied to long-term potentiation . |
| 19 | The debate is important and has led to keen observations being made on both sides of the House . |
| 20 | And this type of stereotypical link has led to various experiments . |
| 21 | Its development has led to great advances in the miniaturisation of electronic components . |
| 22 | This has led to embarrassing moments among his pure-white mobile guard force . |
| 23 | So I set about a solution which has led to healthy plants which remain where I want them — despite being planted in very high flow undergravel filters . |
| 24 | Now although evolutionary research can lead and indeed has led to major breakthroughs , it is so unlikely that it would not be sensible to concentrate on this type of research , for which in any case there are many potential sources of funds . |
| 25 | The rush of visitors to the area since the popular romanticism of the " Lakeland poets " has led to major changes in the micro-organisms and the deposition of their remains , due largely to the effects of human effluent . |
| 26 | Part of the impetus has come from the intrinsic interest of the mathematics itself , which has led to major advances in such fields as algebra , analysis , number theory , geometry and topology . |
| 27 | Increasing urbanisation has led to higher incomes . |
| 28 | As usual with the UK system , Topsy-like historical growth has led to many variations and anomalies . |
| 29 | The failure of both Poles and Jews to understand that the camp is also a symbol of martyrdom for the other group has led to many controversies , most recently over the convent of Carmelite nuns which borders the camp . |
| 30 | In recent years the growth of ‘ consumerism ’ or consumer protection lobbies has led to many organizations taking action to improve the service to the customer after the sale has been concluded . |