Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] leading [adv prt] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The place was n't huge by country house standards — two storeys , twenty-something rooms — but its main entrance was a covered carriage porch with stone pillars and broad steps leading up to the doors . |
| 2 | Asa braked at the foot of broad steps leading up to the front entrance , walls and towers rising above them . |
| 3 | Even the wooden steps leading up to the door were rotten . |
| 4 | The U.S. Open Champion is one of seven golfers who earned in excess of $1 million in the 12 months leading up to the World Series of Golf at the end of August . |
| 5 | At the top of the spiral staircases are two wooden trapdoors leading on to the battlements . |
| 6 | Over the next few years leading up to the 1995 World Cup there 'll be plenty of time to slot in replacements as they are needed — particularly to the front-five where Jason Leonard will probably be the only one available for the next tournament . |
| 7 | WONDERFUL WOBURN produced a number of surprises this year at the annual gathering of the de Havilland Moth Club in the picturesque grounds of Woburn Abbey over the weekend of August 15/16 although strong winds and generally poor weather in the few days leading up to the event meant that the number of foreign Moths arriving was down on previous years . |
| 8 | As I turned I saw no mark that the Incas had left on this landscape , beyond the forty-five terraces leading up to the thatched hut that I counted before they all became a blur . |
| 9 | The village is surrounded by vines , but it is those behind Sacy on steeply climbing , northeast-facing slopes leading up to the Bois de la Fosse which are the most favourably located . |
| 10 | The move was seen to be a response to the average daily INRO market price indicator being below the " may buy " levels in the six months leading up to the review . |
| 11 | Set in tropical gardens leading down to the beach , the Nyali Beach is one of Kenya 's best known hotels . |
| 12 | It has over four hectares of terraced gardens leading down to the rocky shore where you can swim in the sea or swimming pool . |
| 13 | ‘ No … ’ she whispered tremulously as he marched across the sand towards the dark lawns leading up to the cottage . |
| 14 | When the system was tested in the three days leading up to the event , it responded properly each time . |
| 15 | When the system was tested during the three days leading up to the event , it responded properly on each occasion . |
| 16 | Many people still remember — perhaps less painfully in hindsight — the hectic days leading up to the publication of the first list of modules . |
| 17 | The entrance from the road is in the top floor , with all the rooms and public areas on lower levels leading down to the lakeside . |
| 18 | It 's set in its own park with beautiful rolling gardens leading down to the road which separates the hotel from its own private beach , yet is only a few minutes from the centre . |
| 19 | On the east side of the village , however , only those slopes leading up to the Bois d'Avize are comparable . |
| 20 | And she saw the big staircases leading up to the libraries and the lecture halls . |
| 21 | The town itself has a pedestrian centre with quaint narrow streets leading down to the lake front . |
| 22 | I think it right to bear in mind the evidence of Mr a solicitor now specializing in re-habilitation work who is himself alas wheelchair bound , erm , he has directly relevant experience and he expressed the view that er two ramps leading up to the vehicle from the rear could be unsafe and were in his view generally less satisfactory than the platform with which the conversion equips the Nissan Serena , in those circumstances it seems to me I really have no choice but to er adopt the alternative of the conversion and er there is an agreed figure of thirty nine thousand , eight hundred and sixty six pounds in relation to that . |
| 23 | The ground level appeared to be slightly higher than he remembered and there was no sign of the seven semi-circular steps leading up to the front door . |
| 24 | Project Blaenau , as the F.R. called it , grew rapidly from the first meeting of the three-man ‘ Communications and Action Panel ’ in early 1980 and in the two years leading up to the opening , over 70 mini projects were designed and constructed by a combination of volunteers and paid staff . |
| 25 | It consists of four Sundays leading up to the great Feast of Christmas , four weeks of waiting and expectation . |
| 26 | Four bars leading up to the chorus using the same notes as before , but a more basic pattern and an octave down , until the chorus comes in loud and heavy , a complete contrast with its barrages of driving sixteenth notes . |
| 27 | Over seven weeks leading up to the big day , Jim Nash , Lorna Powell and Agnes Ramsay had to find out about marquees , promotional material , advertising and food . |