Example sentences of "[noun pl] leading up [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the months leading up to the Stock Exchange 's damning findings , the DTI 's lack of concrete action was probably forgiveable . |
| 2 | In the months leading up to the Prague autumn , The Slavia played elegant host to a more accurate cross-section of Czech society — punks , housewives , artists , students , writers , weary shoppers — than probably existed anywhere in the country until the rallies in Wenceslas Square . |
| 3 | However , statements from Ministers and interpretations in the press in the months leading up to the publication of Working for patients appear to describe a rather different concept of the ‘ internal market ’ — a patient-led system . |
| 4 | I was looking forward to the chance to meet ‘ our ’ health visitor and find out what would be expected of me in the months leading up to the birth . |
| 5 | However , statements from Ministers and interpretations in the press in the months leading up to the publication of the White Paper appear to describe a rather different concept of the ‘ Internal Market ’ — a patient-led system . |
| 6 | The U.S. Open Champion is one of seven golfers who earned in excess of $1 million in the 12 months leading up to the World Series of Golf at the end of August . |
| 7 | The debates over the merger had precipitated a number of leadership changes in the old parties and alliances in the months leading up to the final agreement . |
| 8 | The move was seen to be a response to the average daily INRO market price indicator being below the " may buy " levels in the six months leading up to the review . |
| 9 | Apart from the contributions they both made to raising the general temperature along the international border in the months leading up to the Iraqi onslaught in September 1980 , the first blow appears to have been struck in the same month by Baghdad with a broadcast announcement of the death of Ayatollah Khomeini.i The Iraqis had previously given a trial outing to a line of attack which underwent persistent repetition as the war proceeded . |
| 10 | The slope in this new garden is to be terraced around a circular lawn with steps leading up to the higher level . |
| 11 | My helpers borrowed an old flatbed truck from a farmer , along with two dozen squared bales of hay which they arranged as steps leading up to the truck . |
| 12 | A lot of people in those streets ( they were very poor , but they were very proud ) and on the steps leading up to the house , they 'd have laid a little piece of lino , three pieces or two . |
| 13 | Jack had to fill the coal scuttles , Kevin to bring in the logs , Aengus had to roll yesterday 's papers into sausage-like shapes which would be used for lighting the fires later , Gerry , who was meant to be the animal lover , had to take Oswald for a run in the park , and see that there was something on the bird table in the garden , and Ronan had to open the big heavy curtains in the front rooms , take the milk in from the steps and place it in the big fridge and brush whatever had to be brushed from the big granite steps leading up to the house . |
| 14 | Whilst on duty one Saturday afternoon during the early part of 1975 , he heard the sound of footsteps ascending the steps leading up to the box , then he became aware of the figure of a man about to enter the lobby or vestibule outside the door . |
| 15 | The ground level appeared to be slightly higher than he remembered and there was no sign of the seven semi-circular steps leading up to the front door . |
| 16 | Supporters insist nothing would be lost other than a small car park and the steps leading up to the Prado 's ‘ Goya ’ entrance . |
| 17 | The village is situated on a very steep hillside with steps leading up to the next row of houses . |
| 18 | It was n't until they had climbed the stone steps leading up to the house that she learned the truth of the matter . |
| 19 | Even the wooden steps leading up to the door were rotten . |
| 20 | When he reached the steps leading up to the front door of the Guild Office , he found the place in darkness , with no sign of life . |
| 21 | ‘ Tell me about Jules , ’ he said as they approached the stone steps leading up to the arched doorway into the château . |
| 22 | The place was n't huge by country house standards — two storeys , twenty-something rooms — but its main entrance was a covered carriage porch with stone pillars and broad steps leading up to the doors . |
| 23 | It was market day and the wide curving flight of steps leading up to the centre was lined with flimsy tables covered in kitchenware and watches and clothing and tools and toys Music blared out from a stall selling bootleg cassette tapes . |
| 24 | Asa braked at the foot of broad steps leading up to the front entrance , walls and towers rising above them . |
| 25 | Armed soldiers and refugee families were crowded round the foot of the steps leading up to the entry hatch . |
| 26 | ’ Athelstan tugged him by the sleeve and they made their way across the deserted bailey to the steps leading up to the parapet walk . |
| 27 | The external circumstances surrounding the loss , such as the disruption caused or discordant family relationships leading up to the loss , may be the most important factors , as Rutter ( 1981 ) has argued . |
| 28 | The research identifies the areas in which they have survived in sufficient abundance to form the basis of a nationwide sample survey designed to illustrate changes in the level , composition and distribution of household wealth in the centuries leading up to the Industrial Revolution . |
| 29 | As has been mentioned , our limited resources made it impossible to examine the circumstances leading up to the arrest which might , or might not , explain this finding , and we were also unable to interview the police on this matter . |
| 30 | The circumstances leading up to the matter being before the family proceedings court on 23 December 1991 I need mention only in outline having regard to the course which I am going to take in regard to this appeal . |