Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] leading [adv] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | My helpers borrowed an old flatbed truck from a farmer , along with two dozen squared bales of hay which they arranged as steps leading up to the truck . |
| 2 | Set on a hilltop , the old town is surrounded by seven rows of ramparts leading up to the bastion and cathedral at the summit . |
| 3 | It was market day and the wide curving flight of steps leading up to the centre was lined with flimsy tables covered in kitchenware and watches and clothing and tools and toys Music blared out from a stall selling bootleg cassette tapes . |
| 4 | The Doctor looked back from the short flight of steps leading down to the entry hall , and watched the TARDIS dematerialize with a feeling of pain at seeing his ship go without him . |
| 5 | The alley ended abruptly in a couple of steps leading down to the sluggish black waters of a canal . |
| 6 | This is a lovely sheet of water amongst trees , having as a powerful background the massive build-up of ridges leading up to the summit of Mam Sodhail , a major Munro 3862 feet high . |
| 7 | I leant against a chestnut , one of a bib of trees leading down to the Wild Garden . |
| 8 | The diversity of factors and problems suggests that no single preventive measure is likely to be relevant to all patients , and that effective prevention will have to include different procedures at the various stages in the chain of events leading up to the suicide attempt . |
| 9 | But the prosecution 's description of events leading up to the fire was appalling in its sexist implications . |
| 10 | Here , Tiny Rowland concludes his version of events leading up to the Fayed brothers ' acquisition of the House of Fraser with a first-hand account of the situation in question against the background of his personal experience in business . |
| 11 | Among the more significant changes , prompted in part by criticism of the government 's handling of events leading up to the Iraqi invasion of August 1990 [ see pp. 37631-41 ] , was the replacement of the Foreign Affairs Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Shaikh Sabah al Ahmad al Jabir as Sabah , who failed to obtain a Cabinet post for the first time in almost three decades . |
| 12 | The case of the seven bishops was an important turning point in the development of events leading up to the Revolution , marking the defeat of James 's attempts to win Nonconformist support for his policies of toleration . |
| 13 | The police have staged a reconstruction of events leading up to the murder of parttime model Rachel Nickell on Wimbledon Common . |
| 14 | He was one of a number of witnesses who described their view of events leading up to the crash in Swindon last year . |
| 15 | The slope in this new garden is to be terraced around a circular lawn with steps leading up to the higher level . |
| 16 | The village is situated on a very steep hillside with steps leading up to the next row of houses . |
| 17 | Others flow into a stone tank or pond , or have a brick well-housing , with steps leading down to the water . |
| 18 | Across the back of the house was a kitchen , a bathroom and a big breakfast room with steps leading down to the back garden . |
| 19 | Even her little house was somehow in keeping with this picture , although it was definitely not St John 's Wood and there was no delicate wrought iron balcony with steps leading down to the green garden . |
| 20 | Situated on Beruwela Beach , the Neptune is a comfortable hotel set in a palm grove with lawns leading down to the sea . |
| 21 | Later the Treasury claimed Mr Lamont stood by his remarks about events leading up to the pound 's ERM suspension , but apologised for Press comments . |
| 22 | In cases involving accidents at work , and in factory cases in particular , your own client or a close work colleague may be able to ask around to see if anybody actually saw the accident itself or can give background information about events leading up to the accident . |