Example sentences of "[adj] [vb past] to [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That led to another line of thought . |
| 2 | Moreover there was no infallible way of telling how long ago the hardener had hen put in ; With the usual frailty of human nature this led to all sorts of mistakes . |
| 3 | Needless to say this led to several incidents because the cattle came direct from farms and were not accustomed to being in pens or being handled by the general public . |
| 4 | This led to another form of coaching , I just can not remember how my interest in tennis arose , save that I used to practice for hours against an airman 's table top fixed to the netting of an old tennis court . |
| 5 | This led to some discussion on the Earl 's attitudes and behaviour . |
| 6 | This led to some people identifying the disease solely with these people and the idea of ‘ risk groups ’ for HIV and AIDS developed . |
| 7 | This applied to many houses in the street , presumably brought about by the making up of the road with gravel over a long period . |
| 8 | How much of a threat this posed to those drapers who themselves furnished funerals is not recorded , but as none appear to have taken legal action , it can only be assumed that they too had dealings with these manufacturers whilst continuing to offer a funeral service to the general public . |
| 9 | This seemed to many privatization run mad . |
| 10 | This happened to many punters who shorted bank stocks last year just as the Federal Reserve eased interest rates and so triggered a sharp rally in bank share prices . |
| 11 | Whether or not this happened to any extent in Britain we can not know , but any hint of it would undoubtedly have started wild rumours , fired by imagination which always accompanies sexual matters . |
| 12 | This happened to some extent to the Slavs who invaded Greece in the sixth century , but in the Balkans three distinct Slav groups may be identified by the tenth century — the ancestors of the present-day Serbs , Croats , and Slovenes . |
| 13 | This proved to many people 's satisfaction that Edison 's ‘ re-creation ’ was indistinguishable from the original . |
| 14 | Chapter II dealt with university extra-mural provision while Chapter III applied to those courses arranged by Approved Associations . |
| 15 | The failure to keep the categories of life and literature distinct led to all kinds of heresy and nonsense : to ‘ liking ’ and ‘ not liking ’ books for instance , preferring some authors to others and such-like whimsicalities which , he had constantly to remind his students , were of no conceivable interest to anyone except themselves ( sometimes he shocked them by declaring that , speaking personally on this low , subjective level , he found jane Austen a pain in the ass ) . |
| 16 | In fact some of the Republics have such such a mixed population , it 's almost impossible to see how they could be separated out , Russians and Tartars erm , and all the rest of it , all intermingled to some extent . |
| 17 | Thus , when his secretary of the treasury ventured on one occasion to suggest that colonial rule was more efficient than the successor regimes in the newly independent states , the president brusquely retorted that it was his " personal conviction that almost any one of the newborn states of the world would far rather embrace Communism or any other form of dictatorship than accept the political domination of another government even though that brought to each citizen a far higher standard of living " . |
| 18 | I did I was n't even here when you had it like when you first came to this school . |
| 19 | He has worked for South African companies and first came to this country on a De Beers scholarship to Oxford . |
| 20 | When they first came to this country — like my mum , when she first came she said she could n't find a place to live because people did n't want black people on their premises . |
| 21 | And one of the things that is happening and mortified when I first came to this company was I could n't see a straight line through . |
| 22 | When I first came to this room , I did n't like it , then I thought , ‘ Well at least it 's mine . |
| 23 | 15 ( 1 ) No action shall be brought by any person to recover any land after the expiration of twelve years from the date on which the right of action accrued to him or , if it first accrued to some person through whom he claims , to that person . |
| 24 | The intense conflict in the years from 1980 to 1982 led to many resignations among teachers , while many others asked for transfers . |
| 25 | Indeed , the altered conditions of 1939 led to some co-operation between fascist , anti-semitic and pro-German groups , although Leese was excluded from the informal alliance . |
| 26 | Written parliamentary replies on Jan. 18 , Feb. 15 and June 28 , 1990 , stated that ( i ) net proceeds from privatization over the seven years from April 1983 amounted to some £26,000 million ; ( ii ) net proceeds from privatization in 1989-90 were most recently estimated at £4,250 million , and ( iii ) approximately 11,000,000 people owned shares . |
| 27 | Molly 's lecture/demonstration at the University of Leeds in 1956 led to another class and regular teacher training . |
| 28 | When their secondment did come to an end , 22 returned to their former jobs , 7 continued their secondments , 14 moved to another employer and 7 entered entirely new jobs . |
| 29 | Berg 's financial statements for the year ended 31 March 1982 showed turnover of more than £23m , profit before tax of £54,224 , net assets of £243,980 , and contingent liabilities in respect of bills discounted of more than £6m ; bills receivable amounted to some £4.8m . |
| 30 | Both spoke to each other in whispers . |