Example sentences of "that [vb past] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The circumstances that led to Britain 's growing intervention were also provoking a response among Egyptians . |
| 2 | Mrs Paul Arkwright dragged her heavy weight along the trodden path that led to Highbury Fields . |
| 3 | And they fear that ten months on , the circumstances that led to Anna 's death still exist . |
| 4 | A couple of streets beyond that should be the canal that ran behind the hotel and , some hundred yards along the fondamenta , the bridge that led to Campo San Pietro . |
| 5 | But scientists are impressed by the way Mr Kingdon has identified the sequence of evolutionary accidents that led to Africa 's strange mosaic of rich ecosystems ; and conservationists find in it a way to explain rarity and extinction . |
| 6 | In arguing the Slovak case for the altar Mr Richard Marsina , a historian charged with heading the Slovak commission for drawing up claims , points to Prago-centrism — one of the grievances that led to Slovakia following its path to independent statehood . |
| 7 | I got free in the end , after being presented with a sprig of basil , and walked inland along the bluff until I could climb on to the ridge that led to Bourani . |
| 8 | In Scotland 's 1–0 defeat by Brazil he was noticeably slow to respond in the run up that led to Brazil 's winning goal and was unfairly attacked by the press . |
| 9 | But by far the most difficult and tiresome task had been that of the telephone girls , who had made scores and scores of transatlantic calls that Tuesday morning , afternoon , and early evening : calls made to one address that led to calls to another address ; calls to one friend that led to another friend or colleague ; from one police department to another ; one State to other States ; calls for one set of records that referred to another set of records that led … ad apparently infinitum . |
| 10 | Many of the stresses that led to admission may be encountered again . |
| 11 | Indeed , the belief has now passed into the folklore that it was Gandhi 's success in appealing to the British conscience , also known as British decency , that led to India 's achievement of independence in 1947 . |
| 12 | Most of the teachers lingered a few minutes in the staff room , not from any affection for the place , but to allow the unruly mob of boys to get down the long road that led to Cullbridge , and thence to disperse to the bus station , to Wimpy bars , the library or their various homes . |
| 13 | Soon Downes had reached the last carriage , in front of the diesel locomotive , staring quickly through the windows of the compartment as the few doors still remaining open were banged shut and a whistle blew , and with a slight chug and then with a mighty heave the long , north-bound train began slowly to move forward , gradually picking up a little speed , before moving out and away along the curving stretch of line that led to Banbury . |
| 14 | I saw a spanking stagee emerge and take the road that led to Chamonix , its four horses stepping high . |
| 15 | He came to the rise that led to Bethel Tor . |
| 16 | It is believed that the sequence of events that led to core damage involved equipment malfunctions , design-related problems , and human errors , all of which contributed in varying degrees to the accident ( US NUREG-0600 , 1979 ) . |
| 17 | Carrying out similar substitutions to the ones that led to equations ( 3.45 ) we obtain : |
| 18 | Willie Bond , the postman , was pushing his bicycle along the road to Nidden , at the end of his last delivery , and in the distance the rector could see Ella vanishing down the alley that led to Lulling Woods and Dotty Harmer 's house . |
| 19 | But the political spite it betrayed must at least rank as a contributory factor in the sequence of events that led to Clapham and King 's Cross . |
| 20 | I began by asking Sir Peter to recall the incidents that led to Britten 's choosing George Crabbe 's The Borough , and specifically the story of the fisherman , Peter Grimes , as the subject of his first opera . |
| 21 | The momentous events that led to Ayatollah Khomeini 's triumphal return to Teheran in 1979 had long overtaken the problems of Ashi 's private life . |
| 22 | The legislative policy that led to persons ‘ knowingly concerned ’ being made liable to restitutionary orders but not liable to compensatory orders is very difficult to discern . |
| 23 | Manuel also took the free kick that led to Gayle 's goal , while Blissett 's 15th goal of the season was a 67th-minute header . |
| 24 | A Drysdale could argue that it was the repression of sex that led to insanity . |
| 25 | According to Olson , it was not the beliefs of the eighteenth century essayists that led to changes in the conception of language and rationality , an assertion that could be tested against the historical evidence , but the forms they used , the alphabet and the essay . |
| 26 | Sharpe spurred down to the crossroads , touched his hat to the old ladies who were staring with alarm at the two horsemen , then he turned to gaze down the long southwards road that led to Charleroi . |
| 27 | Similarly , there is no way of knowing whether it was Cumbernauld 's highly segregated traffic arrangements that led to casualty rates some 30 per cent below the national average for built-up areas . |
| 28 | Now he has revealed the mistakes that led to England 's early departure from the tournament , though fans might not find themselves a lot the wiser . |
| 29 | He turned right into Caldecott Road , left into Howard 's Avenue , right on to Mainwaring Road and up the wide thoroughfare that led to Wimbledon Hill . |
| 30 | Strach was giving the ball away , it was this that led to Alex 's equaliser . |