Example sentences of "which had led " in BNC.
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| 1 | One was left to imagine the scene being played out inside the commissariat and the events which had led up to this incident . |
| 2 | BP , ICL , IBM , Volvo , British Gas in Wales , British Telecom in the South-west , and a clutch of local authorities , many of which had led the way , had all shown it could be done , with Ford announcing its partial ban recently . |
| 3 | The roughness and sheer wild irrationality of Lewis 's domestic persona were matched by the genuinely warm-hearted impulse which had led him to befriend Havard in the first place . |
| 4 | It was not regulation , but the decisions of individual consumers , and industry 's response , which had led to the development of ozone-friendly products , bio-degradable plastics , and phosphate-free detergents . ’ |
| 5 | Here he directly develops the interest which he and his friends in the discussion group had , and which had led to his starting work on the Essay : the relation and interplay between knowledge and reason on the one hand , and faith , belief , and revelation on the other . |
| 6 | He reflected on the options which had been open to him , one of which had led to his downfall . |
| 7 | The first group , that of ordinary soldiers , had found a new camaraderie at the Front , which had led ‘ to a loosening of ties to the Party and its affiliations at home ’ . |
| 8 | In the face of mounting defeats , personal losses , misery , and sacrifice , Hitler 's earlier successes began to be seen in a new light , and he was now increasingly blamed for policies which had led to the war , and for his failure to terminate the war and produce the desired peace . |
| 9 | The other major setback came in the shape of the winter 's East Coast floods which had led to the loss of some branch members and severe dislocation of classes in Norfolk , Suffolk and Essex . |
| 10 | This is not just legal nicety — Highlander has in the past been the victim of terrorist attacks , a fact which had led to difficulty in enabling Highlander to obtain a satisfactory insurance cover on the property . |
| 11 | The joint venture was set up in 1971 , following Burmah 's failed takeover bid for Laporte which had led to Solvay taking a shareholding in Laporte . |
| 12 | That was the first weakness , the first failure , which had led on , so inevitably , through the series of , not after all so many , girls who did not matter , to the girl who mattered ; and to the point where Franca 's complaisant kindness must come to an abrupt end . |
| 13 | Faced , however , with the catastrophic increase in unemployment and the need to occupy large numbers of workless people without directly employing them ( which would have run counter to the economic doctrine which had led to the redundancy of many of them in the first place ) , the Government poured money into any ‘ voluntary ’ agency willing to put in a bid for government-funded cheap labour . |
| 14 | It was a direct result of the move towards greater political co-operation in Western Europe which had led to the creation of the Council of Europe in 1949 . |
| 15 | It was that accident which had led to Agnes being asked to share the schoolhouse , and she looked forward to several years together before retirement age . |
| 16 | She was also prone to frequent and severe migraine headaches , and she had a wheezy chest which had led to her first asthma attack which worried her greatly . |
| 17 | Prior to its arrival in France , the greatest vineyards had undergone gradual devaluation as a result of the increasing demand for wine , which had led to the planting of inferior varieties and the extension of vineyards into unsuitable areas of land . |
| 18 | The bitterness and confusion over delimitation , which had led to the drafting of a bill in 1911 outlining the two distinct districts , ‘ Champagne ’ and ‘ Champagne Deuxième Zone ’ , was still unsolved and an amended law was passed through the new government in 1919 . |
| 19 | Although she had moulded herself into the demure and restrained wife suitable to Stephen 's position , deep down she still possessed the wild spirits which had led her into Sir William Forster 's arms . |
| 20 | If he regretted the outbursts which had led to Jonna 's departure , Jonadab showed no sign . |
| 21 | The remaining five Fulmars which had led the Hurricanes in were to stay on the island , although the original plan called for them to fly on to Maleme ( Crete ) , where they were to assist the Fulmars of 805 Squadron in the defence of that island . |
| 22 | It was over a week since the children had been removed , and both police and the Social Work Department had said they had made independent investigations which had led to their decision to take such drastic action . |
| 23 | Few Beijing campuses still possessed these reminders of the ‘ cult of personality ’ which had led China to the brink of civil war . |
| 24 | But having snapped the thread which had led Hegel on from there to his speculative Absolute , they turned back to find the real meaning and reference of these objectifications in the subject which had produced them as forms of its own self-expression . |
| 25 | In the discussions which had led to the creation of the ECSC , other economic sectors such as transport and agriculture had been highlighted as being ripe for similar developments . |
| 26 | The old Company had paid lavish dividends of about 20 per cent at first , which had led to calls on the shareholders for more capital in the 1690s ; after 1709 the new company paid dividends starting at 8 per cent and declining as the years passed . |
| 27 | This outlined the basis of Leese 's claim that the Jews were guilty of ritual murder , which had led to his being charged with seditious libel in 1936 . |
| 28 | At the other they were an opportunity , perhaps the only opportunity , of breaking with institutions and attitudes which had led to disaster ; an opportunity which had to be grasped because such radical change could only be imposed from outside . |
| 29 | The persistent importance of the group , which had led to a strong sense of communal identity since the Tokugawa period , could also produce schism within society . |
| 30 | They were panicking as it was their lack of observation which had led to the two getting away unseen . |