Example sentences of "weeks leading [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The weeks leading up to the start of the European section of the championship at the Spanish Grand Prix on May 3 will see intensive work at their Woking headquarters . |
| 2 | They were armed with thousands and thousands of signatures they had collected from their parishes and their local communities in the weeks leading up to the lobby . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | All Western diplomats had left Kabul in the weeks leading up to the Soviet troop withdrawal in February 1989 [ see p. 36448-50 ] , when the United States was predicting the imminent collapse of the Najibullah regime . |
| 5 | In developments related to the presidential election , two ministers resigned from the government in the weeks leading up to the vote ; the leader of the Solidarity parliamentary group , the Citizens ' Parliamentary Faction ( OKP ) , Bronislaw Geremek , was replaced by Mieczyslaw Gil ; and , reflecting workers ' disenchantment with economic conditions , transport workers and miners staged several strikes . |
| 6 | Foreign news organizations based in Baghdad had been allowed to report freely in the weeks leading up to the conflict , but after the outbreak of hostilities restrictions were introduced on reporting by foreign journalists . |
| 7 | In the weeks leading up to the elections , there had been numerous scenes of near-anarchy as food was looted from factories and warehouses and robbers held up cars on country roads . |
| 8 | In the weeks leading up to the anniversary , police had been active throughout Beijing , and there were many reports of dissidents being beaten or detained . |
| 9 | The weeks leading up to the seventh round were busy with the launch of various diplomatic initiatives . |
| 10 | 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 . |