Example sentences of "have led to [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 FEARS of compensation claims from passive smokers have led to a ban on smoking at work for West Lothian District Council 's 1,700 staff .
2 Sweden : ( where nuclear power provides 46 per cent of the electricity ) : parliament decides to begin phasing out nuclear power in 1995–6 ( but parliament 's restrictions on new hydro-electric power stations and the imposition of a ceiling on carbon dioxide emissions have led to a retreat from the goal of becoming , in 2010 , the first country to terminate nuclear power generation ) .
3 This implies that short selling difficulties have led to a widening of the no-arbitrage band by permitting greater underpricings .
4 The fear is that stretched resources have led to a reduction in places specifically for the most troubled children .
5 The significant changes initiated in 1976 have led to a reduction in government expenditure .
6 ‘ Secondly , taste : excessive production and cultivation methods have led to a reduction in flavour .
7 The epidemiological evidence presented in this paper and elsewhere suggests that P cepacia is transmissible between individuals by direct or indirect routes , that some individuals experience a change in clinical condition after acquisition of the infection , and that policies of segregation within CF centres have led to a reduction in incidence of P cepacia colonisation .
8 Attempts to highlight and remove differing forms of sexism , sexual inequalities and discrimination in schools have led to a range of policy statements and strategies from local education authorities and individual schools .
9 Such experiences have led to a lack of confidence in the possibility of resolving problems .
10 The uncertainties and frustration caused by multiple restructuring arising out of a process of frequent and sometimes inconsistent peer review exercises have led to a lack of cohesion in research objectives , low staff morale , and low scientific output ( in terms of papers ) .
11 Madam Speaker I r the er honourable gentleman must have a rather er curious source for his statistics because what has actually happened is not merely that the government have protected the real value of the state retirement pension but the combination of our policies both in social security , in the pensions field and in the economic world have led to a position in which pensioners average real incomes have risen more than forty percent since this government took office .
12 Latter attempts to increase foaming activity have led to a sacrifice in disinfectant capabilities which , while normally good , are limited to gram positive organisms .
13 The evolution of the role of teachers and the view of the social purpose of schools have led to a multiplicity of demands on teachers which are not necessarily compatible and may be contradictory , if not actually mutually exclusive .
14 The Tories ' new charges for eye and dental checks have led to a 30pc drop in tests performed , this has resulted in eye and dental diseases being detected later if at all , making them more difficult and expensive to treat .
15 The data examined in this study give a consistent picture of behaviour changes among homosexual men which have led to a continuance of HIV transmission in this group in England and Wales .
16 Studies of aid projects have tended to focus on the results of such projects and have lacked detailed analysis of what preceded the projects or the political and bureaucratic factors which have led to a project being implemented or abandoned .
17 No , television advertising of beer should be stopped because the regulations surrounding it ( do n't show excessive drinking , do n't associate drinking with social or sexual success , do n't even hint that people might enjoy the sensation of being just a little bit , no , do n't even say the word , drunk ) have led to a series of creative executions that wander around aimlessly avoiding the subject of beer altogether , until the very end when they name it , or maybe not .
18 This view of economic change did not go unchallenged at that time , however ( Kumar , 1978 ) , but the events of the early 1980s have led to a renewal of interest in the post-industrial thesis .
19 Although population pressure is the most common attribute of these peasantries and pastoralists , there are many cases where declines in population through outmigration or apocalyptic disasters ( e.g. Latin America during and after the Spanish Conquest , Boserup 1965 : 62–63 ) have led to a coarsening of agricultural technology , a labour-saving cropping pattern , and an allocation of labour which can encourage soil erosion ( e.g. Bunyard 1980 for Palestine ) .
20 These grants have encouraged changes in hill farming which have led to a loss of semi-natural vegetation , traditional farm woodland and field boundaries , and have been offset by increases in commercial forestry , and cultivated crops and grass .
21 Some countries , such as Mexico and Chile , have gone through periods of quite radical change , only to be followed by changing political conditions , which have led to a reversal of policy .
22 In some cities a relative plethora of doctors and rapid urbanisation have led to a boom in private medical practice , which now provides a substantial amount of curative care for the inhabitants , including the poor ( p 673 ) .
23 It is the high stakes , no doubt , allied to the frustration of failing to achieve personal ambitions , which have led to a number of outbreaks this season on the professional Tours .
24 These factors have led to a situation where in the UK , for example , the division between commercial and investment banking has largely been eroded .
25 Er , the European project goes on and for many of the newer generations in this place , it 's not longer an article of faith er but a part of the political landscape that has to be dealt with on merit and it 's all the more ludicrous therefore Mr Deputy Speaker , that the Conservatives ' internal divisions over Maastricht have led to a situation where candidates for the ever more important European elections are only now being selected in certain seats , just fourteen weeks before the election .
26 HIGH inflation rates and product developments have led to a focus on the death benefit provided by older generations of personal pensions .
27 Litter problems and a high fire risk have led to a crackdown on wild camping along the route , though camping and bivvying near huts is permitted .
28 The promotions brought valuable publicity on radio stations and in newspapers all over the UK , and have led to an increase in enquiries about the scheme .
29 The rate of change and the lack of sincere consultation have led to an air of defeatism and concern which is frequently summed up in the analogy that they ( the government ) keep moving the goalposts .
30 We have seen how the impersonalism of public life and changes in the structure and functions of the family have led to an emphasis on self-fulfilment as something that belongs in the private sphere .
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