Example sentences of "has led to a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The attempt by the schools to use opt-out law to prevent closure has led to a row between Strathclyde and the Scottish Secretary , Ian Lang .
2 In America the increased activity of the single interest group has led to a reduction in the strength of the political party .
3 This has led to a range of top level employees including high powered vets , scientists and senior inspectors .
4 In any case , the merging of colleges of education with polytechnics and the development of the Dip.HE has led to a range of courses predominantly of general education , and to that extent the vocational orientation of the work of the polytechnics has been somewhat diluted .
5 But , in a situation in which an arboreal habitat has led to a reliance on visual cues and a generalized body-structure and postural suppleness , even the correct mating-position may not be obvious and automatic as it is in many other animals .
6 This has led to a departure from the generally accepted principle of state funding for educational projects .
7 In particular , this will show whether greater proximity has broken down some of the barriers which have traditionally existed between the two groups or , as some theorists have suggested , has led to a re-definition of their differences .
8 The power plant could help dispose of the offal surplus which has gathered as a result of the BSE scare , which has led to a ban on the rendering of brains , spinal cords , spleens and tonsils into pet food or animal feed .
9 More detailed consideration of these and related ideas has led to a division of the turbulent boundary layer into inner and outer regions .
10 Meanwhile , however , the lack of adequate community care facilities has led to a campaign to save the old mental hospitals .
11 The historical interest of the collection and , indeed , of the palazzo itself has led to a decision to open it as a museum .
12 They suggest that public expenditure growth has led to a transfer of productive resources from the private sector to a public sector producing largely non-marketed output , and that this has been a major factor in the UK 's poor performance in the post-war period .
13 Unfortunately , the cost of this dividend — £6.9m — has led to a deficit of £6.1m , which will be taken from shareholders funds .
14 The concentration on intensive cotton and rice cultivation has led to a build-up of pollution from fertilizers , pesticides and herbicides .
15 The local labour is mainly in small factories of 20–300 people which has led to a reputation for good relations between workers and managers .
16 This has led to a change in the way in which both physical and social data are collected and combined in an effective conservation policy , or , as Pickering ( 1979 ) puts it , in such a way as to ensure the technical validity of a conservation technique is appropriate over the same area as its social validity .
17 The development of flexible endoscopy , which allows pancolonic biopsy , has supported this finding and has led to a change in practice such that in many centres at risk patients are examined at intervals , with colonoscopy and biopsy , to detect premalignant dysplasia or early cancer .
18 A sequence of major exhibitions ( Magritte continues at the Hayward Gallery until 2 August ) has led to a revival of interest in this neglected school
19 Growing international influence since then has led to a reappraisal of earlier decisions and trends .
20 The sale of land and properties sited in prime development areas has led to a shortage of suitable housing for staff , particularly in the South East of England .
21 ADVANCE bookings for burial plots in Hurworth has led to a shortage of space .
22 The Green Revolution in Latin America has led to a Kulak path of development .
23 Over-confidence in the early days has led to a surfeit of caution ever since .
24 The increasing impact of this greater professionalism particularly on salaries for instance has led to a consultancy being provided by N C V O's Personnel Unit , on appropriate levels of pay in one organisation .
25 As a result of the constant remodelling of premises through the period , most of the Victorian pub interiors which survive are late 19th century in date , and most attempts to create ‘ Victorian ’ interiors concentrate on the grander survivals ; this , combined with the common inability to create a sympathetic design , has led to a stereotype of the Victorian pub which is inaccurate .
26 This has led to a position where politically opposed groups are united by their view of race exclusively in terms of culture and identity rather than politics and history .
27 FEARS that the council tax will put an enormous burden on rural estates and workers has led to a call from an Aberdeenshire farmer for a national information gathering scheme .
28 The general conclusion which we have reached is that there is no clear evidence in any of the figures we have examined that the abolition of capital punishment has led to an increase in the homicide rate , or that its reintroduction has led to a fall .
29 Among the many reasons for this are , first , a belief that the spread of the secondary comprehensive school has led to a fall in standards or has failed to lead to the heralded improvement in quality ; and secondly , a raising of expectations , among politicians , parents , employers and young people , about what young people , in the light of growing youth unemployment , should be expected to achieve by the end of the period of compulsory education , especially in preparation for life , work and further/higher education .
30 This has led to a fall in the emergency attendances with almost a hundred per cent registration rates from local slum families .
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