Example sentences of "[noun pl] lead from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Progress came instead from testing a long sequence of compounds leading from the most potent sulphonamides to pyrimidines , a family of moderately complex organic compounds some of which are constituents of nucleic acids ( Chapter II ) , and later to guanidines . |
| 2 | A steep flight of brick steps leads from the churchyard to the rectory garden , and another long flight in stone connects the churchyard with the street above . |
| 3 | Exhausted , he sat down on one of the steps leading from the bathroom and leaned his brow against the cool wall . |
| 4 | Notice how people gather at certain spots : they crowd the sand at the foot of the steps leading from the promenade ; and they gather in groups near the places where deck-chairs are hired , where icecreams are sold , or where swings and roundabouts occupy pitches on the beach . |
| 5 | There would presumably be a driveway of sorts leading from the back of the house to the road and my easiest way home . |
| 6 | Flights of steps lead from the hotel , down a promontory through the extensive gardens , to the swimming pool area , from where there are truly marvellous , panoramic views of the Sicilian coastline and Mount Etna . |
| 7 | Both Bourdieu and the poststructuralists are somehow ‘ avant-gardes leading from the rear ’ . |
| 8 | Fine cut lawns and terraced gardens lead from the main building down to the lake , and a pretty little pebble beach with safe swimming . |
| 9 | The Z-plan design was built around two diagonally opposite towers , one round , one square , with corbelled stair turrets leading from the timbered banqueting hall to the upper floors and the Laird 's tower . |
| 10 | Since the times of Victorian patronage , explorations have opened up half a mile of underground passages leading from the floor of the cave , but these later discoveries are for experts only : amateurs should venture no further than the bottom of the steps . |
| 11 | Apart from accuracy and price , what set the Polar apart was that , unlike the other portable meters , the runner did not have to be wired up with unsightly cables leading from the electrodes attached to the chest . |
| 12 | The No 4 Steam Dredger , now part of the museum 's collection of vessels , was used to scrape a trench for cables leading from the Castle Meads power station at Gloucester . |
| 13 | We entered the upper room by a flight of stairs leading from the north side of the yard . |
| 14 | Seven thirty a tour of the Broadmarsh Caves leads from the Broadmarsh Centre to book a place on the tour call Nottingham four eight three five O four four eight three five O four . |
| 15 | The developments leading from the simple behaviour of Fig. 24.6(a) to the first chaotic zone ( d ) are an example of a widely discussed route , the period-doubling sequence . |
| 16 | Right : French windows lead from the living room into the secluded back garden |
| 17 | Compressed air , stored by a beautiful little machine on the premises , is admitted into this cylinder , the connection being made by means of an ordinary Westinghouse joint from one of the many rubber pipes leading from the air cistern ( which is eighteen feet long by four feet diameter ) . |
| 18 | You will need to turn the water off before disconnecting an existing basin. , either at the mains stopcock or at the valves on the pipes leading from the cold water system . |
| 19 | To avoid spillage of body and other fluids onto floor surfaces , drainage pipes leading from the post-mortem table must fully reach the gulley pipe at floor level . |
| 20 | Unlike stopvalves , gatevalves only slightly restrict the flow when the valve is opened , so are fitted typically to the cold supply pipes leading from the cold water cistern where the water pressure is lower . |
| 21 | These feeds can usually be seen as separate pipes leading from the cistern ; sometimes there may be extra feeds fitted for a shower or bidet . |
| 22 | Another way in which Highlander operates is illustrated by the example of the Appalachian Land Ownership Study , the bulk of which was undertaken from 1978 to 1980 , though it is very important to stress that events which promoted the survey , and events leading from the survey , are still matters of community activity . |
| 23 | Step through the double doors leading from the Hotel and you enter an exclusive world of leisure , set SPECTACULARLY around the warm waters of the 55 foot pool , complete with special rockpool and waterfall features . |
| 24 | If this is inconvenient , a passageway may be possible , with doors leading from the side . |
| 25 | There were numerous doors leading from the hall , and the nun approached one , knocked , and when bidden to enter , she thrust open the door , stood aside and proclaimed in a low voice scarcely above a whisper , ‘ Mrs Winkowski , Reverend Mother . ’ |
| 26 | DeLong 's own studies in primates , in which he damaged nerves leading from the nucleus basalis of Meynert to widespread regions of the cortex and then tried to use food to reward them for particular behaviour , suggested that the region may play an important role in learning . |
| 27 | These districts were not very fruitful in peat , and they would have to carry them from a distance of many miles ; in some cases a pavement of large stones led from the main road to the door of the dwelling . |
| 28 | High , curved , hand-carved doors led from the reception area to the conference room and residents ' sitting-room , where afternoon tea would be served looking down across the gardens to the accompaniment of a grand piano . |