Example sentences of "[adv] led [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The civil disorders and dynastic feuds between Lancaster and York presumably led to some destruction of wealth , although it is virtually impossible to judge how much . |
| 2 | It eventually led to Civil War . |
| 3 | On the militarist question , there can be no doubt that the Boy Scouts made a significant contribution to the growth of the war mentality , although the early movement was nearly torn apart by the question of militarism which eventually led to break-away groups such as the Woodcraft Folk . |
| 4 | The indisposition of the 8F led to some speculation by passengers on the Cambrian Limited , last Sunday , that the Standard 4 No 75069 would fulfil the Red Rose roster in place of No 8233 . |
| 5 | The government 's prolonged sixteen-month silence over the Griffiths Report naturally led to much speculation , rumour and gossip . |
| 6 | During the pre-Campaign Wave , visits by Thatcher to Moscow and Kinnock to Washington naturally led to intense television coverage of defence issues . |
| 7 | And it was a fact that William and Preston together led to more trouble than Preston alone , or Preston and any combination of other boys . |
| 8 | The first of these strands , taken up vigorously by many economic commentators in the press and the City , undermined confidence in the ‘ Keynesian ’ approach to demand management and employment policy by suggesting that in the ‘ long run ’ government deficit-financing merely led to higher inflation and was impotent to control employment . |
| 9 | This uneasy compromise was not a major difficulty during the first few years as the national economic problems of the early thirties , reductions in public expenditure and depressed employment conditions all led to severe restrictions on the development of adult education . |
| 10 | Arbitration not only led to centralised wage-fixing and a high degree of centralised decision-making by both employers and unions , as well as inhibiting the development of a strong shop steward movement , it also fostered a fragmented union movement ( Lansbury , 1978a ) . |
| 11 | An increased flow of water not only led to greater purity of the commodity , but also permitted a rebuilding of the entire sewage system . |
| 12 | Mr Callaghan 's famous speech to the 1976 Labour party conference ( subsequently cited in many Conservative party publications ) admitted that governments could not spend their way into full employment ; that way only led to more inflation and eventually more unemployment . |
| 13 | His skill in managing multidisciplinary activities soon led to important successes . |
| 14 | His creativity continued unabated to the end of his life , but his efficiency in administration and political reform soon led to enormous demands being made on his time . |
| 15 | In nine of these cases it was the added development of gastrointestional symptoms that finally led to small bowel biopsy and the diagnosis of coeliac disease . |
| 16 | Lower and higher concentrations finally led to increased numbers of blue insertless plaques on the selection plates . |
| 17 | While Treitschke demonstrates how economic union in the Zollverein finally led to German unity under Prussian hegemony , it is not clear that there was necessarily any kind of secret agenda from the outset , rather , the natural pre-eminence of Prussia combined with other historical events beyond her control . |
| 18 | He declared that the sane and sound advocacy of social democracy by the SDP would outlast all the various actionist ‘ will o ’ the wisps ' which , while apparently indicating easy roads to the promised land of social and economic emancipation , finally led to anarchical swamps and morasses ( SE 6 August 21 . ) . |
| 19 | The emotions raised by the events quickly led to considerable confusion in the media and Stormont about just who did what . |
| 20 | Thus in the Mediterranean basin the evolution of valleys ( Vita-Finzi , 1969 ) could only be understood by reference to human activity and , more biogeographically , the significance of cultural biogeography was exemplified by the work of Professor D.R. Harris , which was initially in the field of historical ecology but proceeded to embrace the domestication of plants and animals ( e.g. Harris , 1968 ) and which later led to greater contacts with archaeology and to his appointment as Professor of Archaeology in the University of London in 1979 . |
| 21 | This later led to more troubles than they could have expected , but in the 1630s they seemed to be effectively independent . |
| 22 | If suffering a ropey marriage automatically led to that sort of state of grace , half the women in the country would be walking round with an outsize halo above their head . |
| 23 | The focus on studying behaviour also led to much dispute over the appropriate level at which to try to explain that behaviour . |
| 24 | The erection of further restrictions on the availability of abortions also led to renewed calls from many Democrats in Congress for the enactment of a Freedom of Choice Act to enshrine the principles of Roe v. Wade in federal law . |
| 25 | Then , paradoxically , the US-Soviet treaty of 1987 which removed intermediate nuclear weapons from Europe also led to renewed worries that Germany would be left undefended by America if war did break out . |
| 26 | Unrest in Côte d'Ivoire in March [ see pp. 37307-08 ] also led to substantial increases , with prices reaching $1,620 a tonne in May — their highest level in two years . |
| 27 | It also led to closer contacts between the dancers as they moved from picture to picture within the design . |
| 28 | This also led to protracted discussions , including meetings and visits jointly with the Sociological Studies Board before the course was finally approved . |
| 29 | The emigration also led to worldwide adaption of European concepts , even in Japan and China . |
| 30 | Even in the aerospace industry , employment fell by a quarter in the period 1981 to 1988 , following the privatization of British Aerospace in 1981 ; its acquisition of the Rover Group and the Royal Ordnance Factories also led to controversial closures , staff reductions and sales of land . |