Example sentences of "lead up to a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sampling might also involve time phasing as in attempting to detect opinion trends leading up to a general election . |
| 2 | The days leading up to a major championship meeting are always very tense , very difficult , and the second World Championship in Rome was no exception . |
| 3 | Obviously , it is never easy to disentangle the process leading up to a particular credit transaction from the general buying process . |
| 4 | They went round the corner , and the child stopped in front of a flight of steps leading up to a dilapidated house , one of a number in the street . |
| 5 | Immediately beyond , a short lane leads up to a long terrace of cottages built to house the workers of the Millthrop woollen mill nearby across the river , and looking rather forlorn and out of place since their source of employment was destroyed by fire many years ago . |
| 6 | A ramp leads up to a wide sliding door . |
| 7 | A short wall leads up to a horizontal break where good runners can be placed . |
| 8 | From the second-floor landing , a ladder-like stair , more steeply raked than those serving the lower floors , leads up to a large loft , wholly accommodated in the roof space of the main block , which was not exploited as living accommodation in the original conversion scheme . |
| 9 | The hallway was of a fair size , high-ceilinged and with an oak stairway that led up to a gallery-style balcony . |
| 10 | A path led up to a level terrace from which one entered the tombs . |
| 11 | To my left , steps led up to a hummocky cliff edge , on which reposed the fragmented remains of a Franciscan friary . |