Example sentences of "lead [adv] to a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But what kind of battle ? she wondered apprehensively , discovering an exit from this bedroom which led on to a terrace , with an archway framing a velvety night sky filled with bright silver stars . |
| 2 | It was a masterpiece of international cinema which brought Korda all the financial backing he could need and a dream deal with United Artists that led eventually to a partnership in the American company . |
| 3 | The decline of around 35 per cent in the number of births between 1964 and 1977 led rightly to a review of the provision of educational places . |
| 4 | Apollinaire and Hourcade added that this conceptual or intellectual approach led naturally to a selection of simple geometric forms . |
| 5 | With the funds available , Florey collaborated with Chain , whose work on lysozyme , already mentioned , led naturally to a study of a wider range of antibacterial agents . |
| 6 | The lane near our cottage led only to a farm , the youth hostel poised on the edge of the cliff and a monument to a Welsh poet , put there by his friends . |
| 7 | From the Labyrinth 's south-west entrance a paved ramp , now eroded beyond recognition , led down to a bridge over the Vlychia stream ; on the south side this was supported on a finely built stone viaduct , which carried the road on south-eastwards along the north front of the Pilgrim Hostel and then southwards between yet more Minoan houses . |
| 8 | The main entrance was on a small , dusty square grandly named Campo San Pietro , while , at the rear , steps led down to a canal and a private landing-stage for the guests arriving by water-taxi . |
| 9 | Leeds were again without their six-figure signing from Hull , Lee Crooks , and the Great Britain forward 's mysterious absences are likely to lead shortly to a parting of the ways . |
| 10 | In a developing country , like India , a preference for sons would be expected to lead initially to a reduction in the birth rate , which would be to the country 's advantage ; and before long , the more farsighted parents will realise that in order to have grandchildren , they should select not sons , who may not be able to find wives , but daughters , who will be sought after , and be able to enter into advantageous marriages . |
| 11 | Talk of regional governmental or elected assemblies seemed pointless eyewash , a sign of weakness in the face of the nationalist challenge ; a policy designed to lead either to a call for total independence for Scotland and Wales or to a permanent loss of authority by Whitehall and therefore a diminution in the competence of Scottish and Welsh MPs . |
| 12 | Other centrally sponsored events , including a Film Premier and the Battle of Britain Ball , raised substantial sums for the Appeal and the Association 's links with the Rugby League led directly to a donation to the Appeal by the League of £10,000 at the Rugby League 1990 Challenge Cup Final at Wembley . |
| 13 | The destruction of the temples and the towns round them led directly to a rebuilding programme . |
| 14 | But the inherent political weaknesses of the struggles , the chronic inability to attract support from other sections of labour , and the social composition of the unemployed led directly to a collapse of militancy after state intervention . |
| 15 | Since there was a higher population and a greater surplus of output people had a higher disposable income ; this led directly to a desire for more than just food and a demand for material commodities for the household ( pottery , cutlery , more and better clothing in cotton and wool ) . |
| 16 | The ‘ epidemic delusion ’ of Pantisocratic brotherhood had perhaps never been more powerful than at that moment , life on the banks of the Susquehannah never a more siren prospect , and a conversation which began by Coleridge asking Sarah if she would write to him when he returned to Cambridge led quickly to a proposal of marriage , which she accepted . |
| 17 | French windows stood open leading on to a strip of highly polished , red tiled terrace . |
| 18 | This leads on to a discussion about the way in which new occupations associated with the new technology are likely to emerge . |
| 19 | The last point leads on to a discussion of how staff , volunteers and students are ‘ selected ’ for the scheme . |
| 20 | Commitment leads on to a feeling of responsible ownership , and then pride . |
| 21 | Such distortion of the data leads on to a misperception of problems . |
| 22 | Strands of wool are loosened by the prolonged sucking and may be swallowed , leading eventually to a blockage of the cat 's intestines , requiring surgery . |
| 23 | I asked what was the oldest part of the farm and was shown a flagstone path leading down to a valley . |
| 24 | They were standing in a narrow hall , with a bicycle propped against one wall and stairs leading down to a basement . |
| 25 | Potted shrubs of sombre green flanked a flight of broad , shallow rockfoam steps leading down to a doorway covered by thick curtains of the darkest purple . |
| 26 | A few feet south of the CBR entrance was a side entrance to the hotel leading down to a beer parlour on one side and the spacious Hotel Cafeteria on the other . |
| 27 | However , as we saw in the final sections of that chapter , a consideration of single word identification leads naturally to a consideration of the larger linguistic units in which words normally occur ; and hence we concluded the previous chapter with a discussion of contextual effects on visual and auditory word recognition . |
| 28 | This leads naturally to a comparison of the two methods . |
| 29 | This leads naturally to a review of the nature and potential of collective actors and the field of action in which they might be engaged . |
| 30 | I agree with my hon. Friend the Member for Cardiff , South and Penarth ( Mr. Michael ) that it is doubly absurd to destroy jobs in the British tobacco industry — as has been done on a large scale — if that leads not to a reduction in tobacco consumption but to the substitution of imported brands of cigarette . |