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

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1 In fact , this technique has led to some of my most successful parties where the parents join in and participate in the proceedings .
2 An international problem for many years , inflation is in part fuelled by governments printing money simply to maintain standards of living — unfortunately this technique has led to the undermining of the future prospects of the very people it was supposed to help .
3 More intensive agriculture has led to increased concentrations of nitrate in groundwater in many areas .
4 Smallholder agriculture has led to the concentration of people being three times that that would support shifting cultivation in some areas .
5 And this type of stereotypical link has led to various experiments .
6 The focal point in these guest houses is the lounge where many a warming schnapps has led to a very warm hearted evening .
7 Erm that factor has enhanced its value for agriculture and intensification has led to a wholesale loss of features .
8 But the demonstration that high levels of p53 are induced by DNA damage has led to the concept that p53 might be part of a damage-control pathway rather than the pathways that are at work in normal development .
9 So the extension of insurance provision has led to a greater likelihood of the reporting of many crimes .
10 This controversial decision has led to a great deal of difficulty ; but the decision demonstrates the current trend in arbitration which , like references to experts , is another form of machinery for resolving disputes outside the court .
11 The recognition that , given appropriate opportunities , time , and carefully devised teaching strategies , even people with very severe learning difficulties can make progress has led to a new commitment .
12 Technological change has led to a de-skilling of industrial work , so that a major requirement of many employers is now for cheap , non-unionized , semi-skilled labour ( Massey 1979 ; Wood 1982 ) .
13 The pattern of change has lead in recent years to the growth of large book retailing groups , some with a ready will to diversify into other product ranges .
14 This finding has led to the suggestion that the hepatocyte pallisade may represent a lineage system within which cells mature as they pass from a peri-bile ductular position ot mature perivenular hepatocytes .
15 Not surprisingly , this finding has led to further speculation about the role of hostile , critical and overprotective parenting in the first onset of schizophrenia .
16 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 .
17 It was a natural response to the advent of nuclear weapons to concentrate on means of limiting or even abolishing them ; and this response has led to a long series of arms control and disarmament negotiations at Geneva and elsewhere .
18 However , Mr Kane is in no doubt about its value to the organisation : ‘ Working towards the award has led to a noticeable increase in staff motivation and morale .
19 AN energetic drive to broaden the customer base has led to a Courtaulds Aerospace company in France anticipating turnover 50 per cent up on last year .
20 Another route has led to the formation of bands of close relatives in which only a small number of adults breed and these are assisted by helpers that live communally with them in a group territory .
21 Consumerism has led to high expectations and increased litigation , which in turn has led to increasingly expensive professional indemnity insurance .
22 As one example of the latter , social disapproval of cigarette smoking has led to advertising restrictions and mandatory warnings on cigarette packets in the UK ; whilst many third world governments control the manufacture or supply of tobacco products and ( for financial reasons ) almost encourage people to smoke !
23 At the same time , economic recession has led to sharp increases in unemployment , especially among young black people , and there has been a growth in black migration from impoverished and drought-stricken rural areas since the ending of influx controls in 1986 .
24 RECESSION has led to misery for millions but none more so than workers made Redundant and those whose homes have been Repossessed .
25 A recognition of the prominence being given to psalmody outside Morning and Evening Prayer has led to the provision of simpler substitutes for Anglican chant .
26 Abolition of the rule preventing practice under limited liability has led to very considerable growth in this form of organisation and , by 1988 , the proportion of practices which had formed limited liability companies had grown to 7.5 per cent of the total .
27 What has happened , he suggests , is that capitalism 's tendency to colonise and penetrate segments of social existence has led to the commercialisation and commodification of sexuality , particularly via the shift from production to consumption .
28 Sadly , the reorganisation has led to some job losses — 22 out of 101 at Spondon , where the dyehouse has closed , and 75 out of 394 at Coventry , where workshop engineering , catering and cleaning services previously done in-house are now being contracted out .
29 Brown demonstrates the extent to which the growth of research activities in this field has led to the emergence of improved cluster analytic methods for the multidimensional classification of people according to the type of area in which they live .
30 The lack of any real constraints on the executive branch has led to a crisis of overgovernability , in which executive proposals quickly become law via a quiescent Parliament without sufficient consultation , scrutiny , or debate and without any possibility of subsequent judicial challenge .
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