Example sentences of "period leading [adv prt] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The debate on overseas government expenditure in the crucial period leading up to the sterling crisis of 1947 can be characterized , in broad terms , as a battle between Dalton and Attlee on the one side , and Bevin and the service chiefs on the other . |
| 2 | Many cotton warehouses displaying gridded elevations reminiscent of those of the mills themselves were erected in central Manchester , ‘ Cottonopolis ’ in the period leading up to the start of World War I , and the later the building , the more elaborate and showy was the architecture . |
| 3 | However , in the period leading up to the birth of nationalism , this small number of literates formed a politically important minority . |
| 4 | Bernie obviously worked on the idea and eventually came up with a much cheaper and more simple solution which would provide the investigator with a moving picture of the basic flight instruments during the period leading up to the crash . |
| 5 | For example , Ellen Ross 's ( 1983 ) discussion of the lifestyle of the working poor in the East End of London , in the period leading up to the First World War , contains evidence about financial relationships between young working adults and their parents , based partly on the surveys of Charles Booth ( 1892b ) . |
| 6 | If we relate this to the changes in the Labrador Sea we see ( Fig. 2 a ) that the only time there has been such a long period with little or no change in salinity , followed by a sudden marked freshening , was the period leading up to the renewal in 1972 . |
| 7 | Through the period leading up to the Second World War rural England too was subjected , according to C.E.M . |
| 8 | In the period leading up to the actual fight , first-time fighters are suddenly stricken with nervous tension . |
| 9 | He analysed local government spending and labour-force figures in the post-war period leading up to the late 1970s . |
| 10 | When not teaching the social sciences , Williams was filling his time by researching West Indian history , for this was the period leading up to the publication of ‘ Capitalism and Slavery ’ . |
| 11 | The purpose of this memorandum is to provide employees with some general information about the recruitment arrangements which will apply in the period leading up to the introduction of the Council Tax . |
| 12 | The revival of the Hindu-Moslem dispute , which had played an important part in the November election campaign [ see pp. 36977 ; 37030 ] , had threatened to provoke further communal tensions in the period leading up to the Bihar state assembly elections at the end of February [ see p. 37245 ] . |
| 13 | Production increased tenfold in the period leading up to the second world war . |