Example sentences of "[Wh det] lead [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Half a mile or so along the valley bottom , the path converged with another which led down the hill from the village . |
| 2 | Of the machines clustering about the bench , I gained no clear idea , except that , by the head , a tank of a red liquid stood above it , dripping its contents down a tube which led under the sheet . |
| 3 | Leaving the cottage , Melissa climbed the stile and made her way along the footpath which led past the church to the village . |
| 4 | Ted Morgan 's car was parked high above the town about five yards down a narrow can-track which led off the road between two steeply sloping fields . |
| 5 | ‘ There 's something else you have n't seen , ’ Luke said , unlocking a door which led off the studio into a small gallery . |
| 6 | In 1964 she completed the Keep Fit Association 's teacher training course , which led on the Medau teacher training . |
| 7 | It was the refusal to alter the birth certificate which led to the decision against Belgium in the Van Oosterwijk case . |
| 8 | So up I 'd get , wellies on , anorak over nightie , and stump up the steps which led to the sluice to start work . |
| 9 | A state entrance was under a porte-cochère on the Downing Street side which led to the suite of reception rooms occupying the entire first floor of the northern wing . |
| 10 | In 1966 it was Beryl who found the advertisement which led to the purchase of the property in Balham which became Medau House , the Society 's Headquarters for many years . |
| 11 | I did n't look down the footpath which led to the buttercup fields where Dotty Harmer lived , for they were there no more , and I ignored the traffic which came down the New Yatt Road . |
| 12 | The Basingstoke Canal at Claycart had around three inches of ice which led to the cancellation of the HBCAA Open and there was two and a half inches of ice on the Oxford Canal which led to the scrapping of the Banbury Open . |
| 13 | Their conversation was interrupted by the familiar sound of a girl 's badly-acted laughter from behind the bead curtain which led to the interior of the brothel , punctuated by the growling of a man who is under the illusion that he is cock of the dunghill . |
| 14 | The black girl laughed and skipped away behind the curtain which led to the interior of the City of Dreams . |
| 15 | From the beginning of 1791 the London committee held a series of meetings at the Blenheim coffee house which led to the foundation of the Veterinary College on 8 April . |
| 16 | RIGHT : Thomas Burgess DD FRS , initiator of the move within the Odiham Society which led to the foundation of the Veterinary College . |
| 17 | He was a member of the committee , chaired by William Hammond [ q.v. ] , which led to the foundation of the Hull Trinity House Navigation School in 1787 . |
| 18 | The 1905 Convention was considered at the Sixth Session of the Conference in 1924 when a Protocol was agreed permitting accession by States not represented in 1905 and some further work was set in hand which led to the publication in 1929 of a proposed revised Convention . |
| 19 | In 1985 Mr Baker , Secretary of State for the Environment , undertook a fresh review of the problems of local taxation which led to the publication in 1986 of a Green Paper , Paying for Local Government ( Cmnd 9714 ) . |
| 20 | Meanwhile , he was carrying out his own investigations on the carcasses of horses which led to the publication in 1884 of his The Anatomy of the Horse — a Dissection Guide , followed in 1889 by The Comparative Anatomy of the Domesticated Animals . |
| 21 | This has happened to the many theorists who thought they had a simple explanation for the confusion of thought which led to the surrender of judgment metaphor . |
| 22 | It seems to have begun somewhat unexpectedly , when he was involved in a discussion which led to the question ‘ What is sense ? ’ |
| 23 | At the trial of the action the plaintiff conceded that the defendants could not have foreseen the precise chain of events which led to the explosion . |
| 24 | Nationalisation of the Bank in 1946 was a grand gesture of socialism in action but not an act which led to the capture of the commanding heights of finance . |
| 25 | She had offered a substantial reward for information which led to the capture of either of them , and had used what contacts she had with the London constabulary to have them both placed on their wanted lists — officially they were sought in connection with the " murderous attack " on two of her employees . |
| 26 | Soon after the outbreak of World War II , Sinclair was taken in by a deception operation mounted by the German Sicherheitsdienst ( the SS security service ) which led to the capture of two of his officers in the Dutch border town of Venlo . |
| 27 | Regularly employed on missions abroad , he was also closely involved with the king 's attempt to secure the bishopric of Durham for Henry 's brother Louis [ q.v. ] , which led to the capture and ransoming of both the Beaumonts by Thomas , Earl of Lancaster [ q.v. ] , the court 's leading opponent , in 1317 . |
| 28 | Nevertheless , the party could not entirely dissociate itself from the events which led to the formation of the National government , even if the chief villains , as far as it was concerned , were now in political opposition . |
| 29 | In addition , the conference was forced to accept the need to organize a campaign to compel the National government to drop its policy of non-intervention , an action which led to the formation of the Spain Campaign Committee . |
| 30 | The Dutch types were overwhelmingly preferred during the 1940s , when there was a general boom for dual-purpose breeds in Britain , but a few Canadian animals were preserved , bolstered by Canadian gifts of heifers to promote the Holstein in Britain which led to the formation of the separate British Holstein Society in 1947 . |