Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] to [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Friction led to furious rows and the rows led to Willy demanding that he should be allowed to take a room where he could look after himself . |
| 2 | As we have seen , in the past false biological views led to false reasoning . |
| 3 | It was also partly in response to the effects of overaccumulation that deflationary policies led to decreased capacity utilization in the United States . |
| 4 | Teesside Crown Court heard how blonde Julie Spence agreed to four sex sessions with her husband when they split after ten years of marriage . |
| 5 | Further chemical reactions led to living organisms . |
| 6 | Conditions at the 20-pitch permanent park led to strong condemnation at Newry and Mourne Council . |
| 7 | In the decade before the war , Jewish settlement in the East End led to some involvement in the London underworld on the part of the Jewish population . |
| 8 | The ever expanding knowledge of the builders led to these forms . |
| 9 | Ellis admitted to 22 charges under the Copyright , Designs and Patents Act at Liverpool Magistrates Court yesterday . |
| 10 | All the local authority associations ( including those with a Conservative majority ) opposed rate-capping in principle , the local government press , and the media generally were hostile , while the Bill 's passage through Parliament led to strenuous opposition from senior Conservative MPs and sizeable backbench revolts in some votes . |
| 11 | It was a period when the newly ( re ) found sense of idealism and hope led to great expectations of the rehabilitative force of prison and its alternatives . |
| 12 | In 1989 nickel production reached 46,935 tonnes , of which exports amounted to 46,071 tonnes worth 715,000,000 francs and equivalent to one-fifth of the territory 's budget . |
| 13 | These cases led to profound questioning in social services departments , and in the inquiries that ensued , of the desirability of attempting to keep the family together wherever possible . |
| 14 | In each year , less than 800 of these cases led to any form of criminal or disciplinary action , and the vast majority of even this small number involved nothing more severe than ‘ advice or admonishment ’ — 651 of the 766 cases in 1987 , for example . |
| 15 | The freedom to experiment , to organise classrooms in a way which supported and encouraged children 's learning , and which incidentally ( though not haphazardly ) covered the key areas of the curriculum led to many innovations . |
| 16 | Productivity improvements led to further losses of jobs , cut from 190,000 in 1979 to 51,600 in 1988 ( Figure 5.6B ) , and to a return to profitability and private ownership , although the survival of the Ravenscraig Works ( Strathclyde ) , threatened in 1990 , was owed to political factors . |
| 17 | The estimated cost of all these improvements amounted to some £18,000 . |
| 18 | The continuing conflict between evangelicals and Roman Catholics at times amounted to undignified scrapping over the souls of the proletariat . |
| 19 | So the struggle became to some extent a contest between the German bishops and the pope , and the position of the German bishops in extending the conflict can only be understood if we understand their relationships with the political parties and the rival claimants . |
| 20 | These increased capital flows led to mounting pressure on the adjustable peg since an increasing stock of reserve currencies was required to maintain par values in the face of larger capital movements . |
| 21 | Hedges rose to either side and the Cadillac 's wing mirrors clipped against them . |
| 22 | In the second two pairs devoted to this relationship the same pattern emerges . |
| 23 | Thus housekeeping allowances might bear little relation to the portion of the husband 's net income devoted to collective expenditure . |
| 24 | Being an American , Hauser referred to all Socialists as liberals . |
| 25 | This judgement was made by comparing the percentage of the regional budget devoted to this service with the corresponding percentages in other regions . |
| 26 | It is interesting to note that the Jeu de Paume 's attendance figures are very similar to those of the two other Parisian institutions devoted to contemporary art : the Galeries Contemporaines at Beaubourg and the ARC , which is part of the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris . |
| 27 | Section 1 of the 1944 Act gave tremendous responsibilities to the Minister : ‘ It shall be the duty of the Minister of Education to promote the education of the people of England and Wales and the progressive development of institutions devoted to that purpose , and to secure the effective execution by Local Authorities , under his control and direction , of national policy for providing a comprehensive educational service in every area . ’ |
| 28 | It shall be lawful for his Majesty to appoint a Minister whose duty it shall be to promote the education of the people of England and Wales and the progressive development of institutions devoted to that purpose and to secure the effective execution by the local authorities , under his control and direction , of the national policy for providing a varied and comprehensive educational service in every area . |
| 29 | According to the 1944 Education Act the Secretary of State has a duty to ‘ promote the education of the people of England and Wales and the progressive development of institutions devoted to that purpose … ’ , although effective control was , at the time of the Tyndale dispute , devolved to the LEAs . |
| 30 | This exhibition , the first of its kind devoted to Irish art , will chart the development of modern painting in Ireland from 1880 until 1950 . |