Example sentences of "lead [prep] the [noun sg] in " in BNC.

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1 Once Shawcross had agreed to lead for the Government in the debate on the compromise clause , the possibility of a damaging resignation receded .
2 Fashanu , included in the squad for today 's boxing day clash with Wimbledon 's Selhurst Park landlords , Crystal Palace , last night promised to lead from the front in the club 's fight against relegation .
3 I recall leading for the Opposition in the early 1970s on the Fair Trading Act 1973 .
4 I went by the Galerie de Diane and then down the stairs leading to the basement in the Pavillon de Flore where I followed the underground passage , badly lit — but where were the kitchens ?
5 Student influence seems , by contrast , rather weaker than it was in the 1960s and 1970s , when more radical questions were asked , leading to the inclusion in some cases of courses to do with the social and environmental impacts of professional activities .
6 By the end of the academic year 1981–2 a total of sixteen main independent centres for the provision of two-year part-time programmes leading to the Certificate in Education ( FE ) had been validated by the CNAA .
7 This could result in the tissue ischaemia leading to the decrease in secretory activity of acinar cells .
8 A gang of workmen put a fence up across the private lane leading to the house in Beaconsfield .
9 A ten week preparation course on to the Open University programme leading to the diploma in Health and Social Welfare starts .
10 Interpreting this as a phylogeny , we can use this classification to trace the history of the transformation of some characters leading to the condition in gnathostomes .
11 Now solder the flying leads to the board in the positions shown leaving these at least 300mm long to facilitate easy interconnection .
12 It is useful to use this opportunity to expand the discussion to take into account outside factors such as rising interest rates etc. and to ask students to explain why a comparatively modest increase in the proportion of debt finance leads to the change in interest charges experienced by Belper .
13 The first allows political realities to be brought about by defining them in the mind first and then applying perception to reality ; the second leads to the belief in supra-personal historical processes , Hegelian determinism and Marx .
14 Martin Caulfield led from the front in a steady day 's play that ended in triumph .
15 The defeat of the Welsh rising of 1294 led to the inception in 1295 of James 's last great commission , Beaumaris Castle in Anglesey , Britain 's most perfect example of the concentric castle plan .
16 This shift led to the return in 1892 of Keir Hardie as the first independent labour MP , and in 1898 of the first labour council in British electoral history .
17 Substantiation of Castner 's claim led to the formation in 1887 of the Aluminium Company .
18 His work led to the formation in 1919 of the chemical engineering group of the Society of Chemical Industry .
19 Thus began the Peace Movement which continued through the remainder of the year with marches and hymnsinging rallies and which led to the award in 1977 of the Nobel Peace Prize to Mairead Corrigan and her co-founder , Mrs. Betty Williams .
20 The legislation aimed to prevent conflicts between the President and the government such as those which led to the dismissal in June of the short-lived government of Jan Olszewski in June [ see pp. 38972-73 ; 39016 ] .
21 The legislation aimed to prevent conflicts between the President and the government such as those which led to the dismissal in June of the short-lived government of Jan Olszewski in June [ see pp. 38972-73 ; 39016 ] .
22 Escalating violence led to the promulgation in mid-September of new emergency laws aimed at curbing terrorism .
23 In 1945 , the Miles Aircraft Company was developing a supersonic experimental aircraft , the M 52 , but lack of basic data on supersonic conditions led to the decision in 1948 not to risk a pilot 's life flying it until more was known about the compressibility of air , or the sound barrier .
24 Furthermore , the Welsh Office has supported the county council 's proposal which led to the reopening in September 1988 of the passenger rail link to Aberdare .
25 A guerrilla offensive launched in May by the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement ( MRTA ) in the Amazonian San Martín department reportedly led to the capture in early June of Alberto Galvez Olaecbea , one of the MRTA 's principal leaders .
26 In taking this positive stance , it is important that the counsellor tries to emphasize the personal strengths that are available to combat the problem , and not the weaknesses which led to the problem in the first place .
27 It led to the publication in 1936 of The General Theory of Interest , Employment and Money by J.M. Keynes , a Cambridge don , which revolutionised conventional economics and which resulted in a new approach to the conduct of economic policy .
28 The first phase of the project was undertaken by two BGS staff and led to the publication in 1990 of a systematic inventory of the industrial minerals of the country .
29 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 .
30 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 ) .
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