Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] led to the " in BNC.
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1 | Last June 's vote led to the creationof a 17-strong block called the European Right , consisting of members of Jean-Marie Le Pen 's National Front from France , the Republicans from West Germany ( led by a former Waffen-SS officer , Franz Schonhuber ) , and a Belgian from the wilder shores of Flemish nationalism . |
2 | Not surprisingly , Johnson 's ascendancy led to the search for the ‘ Great White Hope ’ , someone who was capable of wrenching the title from Johnson 's grasp and restoring supremacy to the whites . |
3 | I commented to Ladislav on the coincidence of eights in Czech history : 1618 when Ferdinand 's deposition led to the Thirty Years War ; 1918 when Czechoslovakia was founded ; 1938 and Munich ; 1968 and Dubček . |
4 | For instance , it would surely seem reasonable to suggest that a theory that anticipates and leads to the discovery of new phenomena , in the way Clerk Maxwell 's theory led to the discovery of radio waves , is more worthy of merit and more justifiable than a law or theory devised to account for phenomena already known and not leading to the discovery of new ones . |
5 | Substantiation of Castner 's claim led to the formation in 1887 of the Aluminium Company . |
6 | The territorial expansion of Russia during Peter 's reign led to the incorporation of Karelia , Estonia and Latvia . |
7 | Unfavourable reaction to the Commission 's Report led to the first ever national conference in Great Britain of Adult Deaf and Dumb Missions and Associations , which at that time numbered upwards of thirty-six . |
8 | The area north of Bedford House , which itself was just north of the Green , consisted of orchard and market garden land , so Mr. Carr 's idea led to the area of Bedford Park becoming known as the first Garden Suburb , with three principal architects designing the buildings , Norman Shaw , E.W. Godwin and E.T . |
9 | At one time the pressure on the family brought on by Brian 's death led to the couple splitting up . |
10 | The Middle East became more troublesome than the Far East where the British successes in the Malayan jungles contrasted sharply with the French disasters in Indo-China ( Dien Bien Phu fell in May 1954 ) ; and Anthony Eden 's diplomacy led to the Indo-China settlement at Geneva in July 1954 . |