Example sentences of "led to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His testimony at Aylesbury Crown Court led to Alban Turner , 26 , being jailed for life for stabbing Michael Galvin to death . |
| 2 | The Leannda Ward Eye Appeal was set up and local publicity , including two TV appearances , led to money rolling in . |
| 3 | Local youths wrecked all but one of the town 's Chinese laundries and a " bit of a riot " ensued which led to Tupper 's arrest for disturbing the peace . |
| 4 | As we have seen , some of his work led to friendships — not all of which were uncomplicated . |
| 5 | The expedition which the king led to Scotland in the winter of 1341–2 was unpopular : according to Murimuth he was attended only ‘ by a few knights ’ , and Arundel , Huntingdon , and five other earls declined the invitation to serve . |
| 6 | MISGUIDED EDITOR , BADLY MISLED BY MISINFORMED JOURNALIST , DID NOT REALISE THE IMPORTANCE OF ATTENDING BAIE SEMINAR AT DUNDAS AND WILSON ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY , AND LOSES JOB IN CONSEQUENCE OF IGNORANCE WHICH LED TO LITIGATION AGAINST HIS EMPLOYERS , THE JOURNALIST & HIMSELF … |
| 7 | Manuel also took the free kick that led to Gayle 's goal , while Blissett 's 15th goal of the season was a 67th-minute header . |
| 8 | Most of the teachers lingered a few minutes in the staff room , not from any affection for the place , but to allow the unruly mob of boys to get down the long road that led to Cullbridge , and thence to disperse to the bus station , to Wimpy bars , the library or their various homes . |
| 9 | The movement of peoples , associated with the great increase in population of the thirteenth century , led to wars which , for example , in Spain were associated with the Christian reconquest of the Iberian peninsula from Moorish control , but which were also waged to satisfy the urge to find new lands , as was to happen in northern and eastern Germany under the rule of the Teutonic Knights . |
| 10 | Carrying out similar substitutions to the ones that led to equations ( 3.45 ) we obtain : |
| 11 | Chapter 1 has already mentioned the impetus given to the debate by Jim Callaghan 's Ruskin speech , and discussed some of the factors which led to accountability pressures . |
| 12 | In the early 1980s the need to incorporate IT within the teaching of publishing led to participation in industrial panels monitoring the development and adoption of SGML ( Standard Generalized Mark-up Language ) , investment in the first generation of dedicated word-processors , and research into communication protocols between what might now be characterized as taciturn dinosaurs . |
| 13 | Sharpe 's current illness apart , he also missed several months with repeated hernia problems which eventually led to surgery . |
| 14 | It was sheer desperation that led to Nancy Roberts becoming a member of Militant . |
| 15 | He described it as the ‘ best news since 1948 ’ when the National Party came to power on the policy of apartheid , which eventually led to South Africa 's ban from the international rugby arena until this year . |
| 16 | That led to TV appearances on Carrott 's Lib and Saturday Night Live , but her career took an unexpected turn when she spent 16 months with Robert Lindsay in the West End musical , Me And My Girl . |
| 17 | During the early summer of 1920 , a bakers ' strike led to Dad 's lifelong friend , Walter Shipsey , leaving the employ of Suttons , the High Street Bakers , leasing the bakery in Prospect Place and launching into business in partnership with a Mr. Sheppard . |
| 18 | However I must have played with it for that tool set led to Dad 's most embarrassing moment — something which he never ever let me forget . |
| 19 | Manuel also took the free kick which led to Brentford 's second in the 18th minute , Gayle sending in a cracker from 18 yards . |
| 20 | His discovery led to contacts with leading physicists who were investigating the recently discovered Zeeman Effect ( the way in which an atom 's spectrum is influenced by magnetism ) , including ( Sir ) Joseph John Thomson [ q.v . ] , |
| 21 | In addition , the proximity of the Survey to the University ( they have been on the same site since 1975 ) led to contacts between their respective staffs , with a cross-fertilisation of ideas . |
| 22 | Within hours of the closure of the polls , news of Aristide 's victory led to scenes of national euphoria not witnessed since the overthrow in 1986 of the notorious Duvalier family dictatorship . |
| 23 | For example , support given some years ago to a postgraduate in Theoretical Chemistry , Mark Bayley , led to offers of collaboration between Bristol , Yale and a German University . |
| 24 | that led to Hela 's drear abode . |
| 25 | Money worries and overwork led to illness . |
| 26 | Those humble seeds were the sticking point in negotiations between the US and EC which led to Washington walking out of the Gatt trade talks in Chicago this week . |
| 27 | In arguing the Slovak case for the altar Mr Richard Marsina , a historian charged with heading the Slovak commission for drawing up claims , points to Prago-centrism — one of the grievances that led to Slovakia following its path to independent statehood . |
| 28 | Indeed , the belief has now passed into the folklore that it was Gandhi 's success in appealing to the British conscience , also known as British decency , that led to India 's achievement of independence in 1947 . |
| 29 | The tension led to India 's Manoj Prabhakar being fined £25 — 10 per cent of his match fee — by referee Mike Smith . |
| 30 | Western attempts to meet force with force led to China 's declaration of war on the foreign powers the following day . |