Example sentences of "[noun pl] leading [adv] [prep] the [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the months leading up to the Prague autumn , The Slavia played elegant host to a more accurate cross-section of Czech society — punks , housewives , artists , students , writers , weary shoppers — than probably existed anywhere in the country until the rallies in Wenceslas Square . |
| 2 | Supporters insist nothing would be lost other than a small car park and the steps leading up to the Prado 's ‘ Goya ’ entrance . |
| 3 | A tower wagon was waiting at the Lower Church Street corner to remove the junction in the overhead wires as soon as the last trolleybus had passed and replace it with plain wires leading only in the Mitcham direction . |
| 4 | While much of the attention during the weeks leading up to the Ryder Cup was pointed at the race to clinch places and the relative form of the players involved , one man , unconcerned with the battle of The Belfry , was playing better golf than anyone . |
| 5 | Finally , in the years leading up to the Manila Congress 89 , WACC 's Forum programme was absorbed by a host of preparatory meetings in the regions and by the preparations for the Congress itself . |
| 6 | Violent incidents involving local inhabitants and US troops were reported outside the US Albrook Air Force Station in the days leading up to the Bush visit , and on June 10 one US soldier was shot dead and another wounded while driving an army vehicle near the Caribbean coastal city of Colón . |
| 7 | On the east side of the village , however , only those slopes leading up to the Bois d'Avize are comparable . |
| 8 | 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 . |