How To Use Lead on In A Sentence

I'm delighted that our local communities and voluntary groups are taking the lead on renewable energy for lighting and heating.
Intel makes the lead on technology what to calculate in processor.
For me a drug is a drug, no matter what, and soft drugs lead on to hard drugs.
New York shot 60 percent in the third quarter, charging back to grab an 89-88 lead on Robinson's 3-pointer with 1: 05 remaining, about the time a disgusted Kenyon Martin began cursing from the Nuggets 'bench about letting the Knicks hang around. USATODAY.com
As there be tides in the affairs of men which taken at the flood lead on to fortune, so there be waves which straddled at the proper time will bear a Halliwell on their niveous crest to the dizzy heights of fame, quicker'n the nictitation of a thomas-cat. The Complete Works of Brann the Iconoclast, Volume 10

With so many reports to mislead one, it is hard to say at whose door the responsibility should be laid.
Arthur argued that increasing returns from learning, network externalities, and technological complementarities lead one technology eventually to dominate a given market.
I do agree that the president needs to step forward and lead on this issue because right now congress is kind of gridlocked on this thing, but let's remember he doesn't need Republican votes. CNN Transcript Sep 2, 2009
The former View co-host — whose self-titled gabfest earned 25 Emmys between 1998-2002 — will take the lead on a syndicated talk program set to premiere in the fall of 2011, E! Rosie O’Donnell Radio Show — “Rosie Radio” Fall 2009 Sirius XM Radio
This political rhetoric would lead one to suppose that the subsequent proposals would be of an equally clear political substance.
Adrian will also deputise for Helen in her absence and will also lead on key major editorial projects, assigned by the Director of News.
Besides cancer, smoking can lead on to other diseases.
Grange regrouped once more and pulled four points ahead however Palatine pulled back this lead once more thanks mainly to a cracking Moran goal.
Sustained pressure during the second half paid off for the home side when they doubled their lead on 82 minutes.
The Church should give more of a lead on basic moral issues.
Want to remail you something if so, but don't want to pile lead on a drowning man if not. Making Light: PSA, part 2
Following a vague lead on a job, Raphael finds himself in a basement sitting across from a man in a wheelchair.
Wherefore if Demetrius, and the craftsmen which are with him, have a matter against any man, the law is open, and there are deputies: let them implead one another. Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences
Keep her on a long lead on walks as well. Times, Sunday Times
The Church should give more of a lead on basic moral issues.
The Committee will take the lead on long-term reauthorization of the Federal Highway Program, something Republicans have pledged to do in 2011. Release: Tim Scott Appointed To Two Key Committees
It is then coated with a thin layer of white lead on which the outline of the picture is drawn.
Looked at through other lenses, however, the victory was pyrrhic, meaning that the legitimacy losses, collateral and direct, were substantial enough to lead one to wonder whether the victory was cost effective. TrinidadExpress Today's News
Power doubled the lead on 54 minutes when he fired through a crowd of bodies into the bottom corner from the left-hand side of the box. The Sun
Belief in them is harmless enough, no doubt, and may lead on to a further interest in matters Egyptological.
Ballard's ‘Index’ trades on such incongruity, but it also betrays a linear narrative that emerges from the list of headwords despite their alphabetization, which would lead one to expect a random distribution of references.
Wasps lead on points difference but it could all have been so different. Times, Sunday Times
If you happen to have both aces in a suit, then it is not urgent to lead one.
The paths lead on forever and ever, winding and twisting and weaving in circles until you don't know east from west nor north from south.
You're the engineering team lead on a new PHP project. The requirements are fulfilled, and the preliminary data model is approximately 150 tables.
But I think it is parents who really need to be taking the lead on good diet by helping their children to form healthy eating habits.
It still grates that the Key/Collins thing is the lead on the TV news when MSM ignore the whole bigger picture that most of us seem to have successfully grasped
He had in those days of innocence seen the Edition as a finite task that would lead on to other things.
Upstairs, the four bedrooms lead onto a series of cantilevered balconies. Times, Sunday Times
Our possible lead on a new home turned out to be a dead-end.
Cribbiting is a stable vice that can lead on to the more serious condition of windsucking.
Everyone who encourages the opponents by booing their team while that team still holds the lead only gives hope and encouragement to the opposition, demonstrating that you are weakling losers, the kind of ninnies who will turn on your own in a heartbeat, whenever the going gets rough. MVN
Can you not put a collar and lead on him or control him in some way? Times, Sunday Times
White lead on being heated in an oven changes its colour on the fire, and becomes sandarach. The Ten Books on Architecture
An unscientific analysis of Raftery's poem then might lead one to conclude that our winters are getting colder, not warmer, as many environmentalists would have us believe.
he was too shrewd to go along with them on a road that could lead only to their overthrow
Predictions of Goosen's demise have proved to be premature, because he has held his nerve well since sweeping into the lead on a dewy resumption to the uncompleted first round on Friday morning.
When the blossoms fall the apples stand upright on the tree, and the little pointed leaves that are on the blossom end of the apples, that we call the calyx, are all open, and at that time you can spray so as to get the arsenate of lead on the inside. Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916
They doubled their lead on the cusp of half-time. Times, Sunday Times
In addition to providing a ready means of identifying the diamond, a high degree of dispersion in a stone of pronounced color would lead one to consider sphene, demantoid garnet (if green), and zircon (which might be reddish, yellowish, brown, or of other colors), and if the stone did not agree with these in its other properties one should suspect _glass_. A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public
Wasps lead on points difference but it could all have been so different. Times, Sunday Times
Helicopters dropped 5,000 tonnes of sand, boron, dolomite, clay and lead onto it.
A more rigorous analysis could lead one to conclude that labor costs played a role.
Kudos to the library there for taking the lead on this project!
Vancouver took the lead on the ensuing power play as Sedin batted in a rebound. USATODAY.com - Hockey - Vancouver vs. Los Angeles
Vorath led the first lap, but Nelson sliced past for the lead on lap two.
Halifax had taken a deserved lead on 31 minutes when Lee Elam was inexplicably left unmarked at a throw-in close to the corner flag.
He won the election and thus lead one of the most influential and powerful states in America.
Britain took the lead on targets for greenhouse gasses its businesses would become world leaders in the technology. Times, Sunday Times
Also, the pictorial representations that seem to depict a serene august order would lead one to believe that the room and the writing environment were commensurate with this.
At the end of these introductory remarks, one of my colleagues will lead on the questions to you, followed by the remainder of the panel, who may or may not have some supplementaries.
I accept the evidence lead on behalf of the Defendants that, notwithstanding the form, many physicians did not complete this particular box.
But in the sink estates and poor areas of Great Britain drugs like this nearly always lead onto harder ones and cause devastating effects little reported.
Your circumstances in the past often lead on to consideration of your circumstances at present. How to Face Interviews
Scotland Today now averages a 10% lead on BBC national news, also on at 6pm, and it has been nosing ahead of the BBC's Reporting Scotland in recent weeks.
‘I was very streaky in the semis, but fortunately I had an early lead on Carol, which took some of the pressure off,’ said Dorin-Ballard.
I believe that the tiny Tour de France winner Jean Robic - almost sixty years ago, mind - used to take bidons of lead on descents to weigh him down.
He said:'There are many aspects from his past that lead one to conclude that he is unsuitable for any public office. The Sun
Method in which each conductive lead on the contact edge connects to one segment or annunciator.
These spiritual concepts lead onto a whole lot of other spiritual concepts.
But who on earth goes with the lead on foreign languages when the story also says that the current exams system is going to be dumped?
Why has she succeeded in surpassing the technological lead on which the West has relied too heavily? Impact of Strategy on Recent Developments
There was no lead on board to make a coffin: a cask called a leaguer, which is of the largest size on shipboard, was therefore chosen for the reception of the Body; which, after the hair had been cut off, was stripped of the clothes except the shirt, and put into it, and the Cask was then filled with brandy. [ The Death of Lord Nelson
Then the wide, flat steps that turn at an acute angle, and then lead on straight to the entrance of the Hall, form a worthy approach to what has been described as the grandest of all mediæval halls in the kingdom, except only that at Westminster. Oxford
Wasps lead on points difference but it could all have been so different. Times, Sunday Times
These are all respectable, and they lead on to a capper, which Spielberg produced and supposedly ghost-directed, the superb Poltergeist.
After taking the lead on Steve Christie's 41-yard field goal with 16 seconds remaining, the Bills elected to pop up the kickoff instead of squibbing it.
All the signs lead one to believe that elections will lead to a theocracy (which I dread).
After qualifying third Lehto moved to second at the first turn and quickly motored into the lead on the opening lap.
This uncertainty has led the International Air Transport Association to plead on behalf of its members for Europe's government to rethink policy on shutting airspace.
Two plays later, Troy took a 7-0 lead on a defensive touchdown as Jorrick Calvin batted down Davis 'lateral, then scooped it up for 17-yard fumble return. USATODAY.com
You're the engineering team lead on a new PHP project. The requirements are fulfilled, and the preliminary data model is approximately 150 tables.
Snowboy's lead on congas and assorted Afro-Cuban beatboxes is shared with shimmering vocals by Davide Giovanni and backed by the formidable talents of the Latin Section.
This would lead one to expect a fat, dense and detailed autobiography. The reverse is true. The book is short and spare.
Besides cancer, smoking can lead on to other diseases.
Can you not put a collar and lead on him or control him in some way? Times, Sunday Times
Fallon, who bruised his right leg when unseated by his mount going on to the course for the final race at Pontefract last night, is beginning to build up a lead on Holland in the title race.
I think it is just fair to say that following these introductory remarks I will lead on the questions and my colleagues will also contribute with supplementaries, if they are so minded.
Using the free end of the second connecting wire, briefly touch the positive lead on the power supply.
They persevered and thoroughly deserved their lead on the half hour.
That might lead one to think that women may suffer more mineral and vitamin deficiencies than men. The Beat Fatigue Workbook - how to identify the causes
The Leafs took a 1-0 lead on an early power play, when Antropov finished off a pretty passing play from captain Mats Sundin at the side of the net at 2: 05. USATODAY.com
But generational time can gradually lead on to an appreciation of dates and time-lines.
It might turn out that there is enough flat roof at the top of your flat to pour thousands of pounds worth of bitumen, asphalt and lead onto.
The lower level consists of an open plan kitchen, living, and dining room, witch lead onto the sundeck, and infinity edge pool. Modern Floating Villa – Villa Nackros
Wherefore if Demetrius, and the craftsmen which are with him, have a matter against any man, the law is open, and there are deputies: let them implead one another.
They thought the Republic would revive of itself when the tyrant was removed; that the Senate would pick up the reigns and lead once again.
This political rhetoric would lead one to suppose that the subsequent proposals would be of an equally clear political substance.
I, for one, think that dogs should have a lead on anytime, apart from when they are in an open space.
More controversially, he continued to lie and mislead on the subject in his subsequent writings. Times, Sunday Times
How terribly twisted must one's mind become to lead one to kill another human being in cold blood after nursing some grouse over turf or money?
Even the plastic drainpipes were swapped for handcrafted lead ones. Times, Sunday Times
She said the Government's proposals had too many exemptions to be effective and it would be good for the city to be taking its own lead on the issue.
Its oddity of structure, its lovely color and enticing fringe, lead one to suspect it of extraordinary desire to woo some insect that will carry its pollen from blossom to blossom and so enable the plant to produce cross-fertilized seed to counteract the evil tendencies resulting from the more prolific self-fertilized cleistogamous flowers buried in the ground below. Wild Flowers Worth Knowing
At the time of Gene's call, I had already been preparing to check out a lead on an ivory-bill sighting in Louisiana.
Mechanical pencils have been withdrawn in favour of lead ones. Times, Sunday Times
With boos cascading from the stands, the Bulls finally got a basket when Nocioni buried an 18-foot jumper, and they immediately regained the lead on Deng's steal and layup. USATODAY.com
It is uncontrollable because small disturbances lead only to other chaotic motions and not to any stable and predictable alternative. Infinite in All Directions
This only confirms what common sense and elementary Keynesian theory would lead one to expect.
The name of Cambridge, and the global reputation of the university, offer a unique opportunity for the architecture school to lead on the world scale as a proponent of an alternative credo to the obscuratism and formalism of other schools.
Anything which features social interaction could lead on to group discussion of some aspect of communication.
In essence, temperance means the exercise of self-control that, in general, would lead one to avoid and resist the temptation to overindulge in hedonistic behaviours.
That said, it is part of the joy of popular science writing that it can lead one to the point of comprehending sentences such as: "These findings with MK-801 pretreatment suggested that LTP and/or LTD of the excitatory synapses received by the neurons of the VTA was induced in rats as a result of taking cocaine. Pleasure by David Linden - review
Sharpe took the lead on the climb and took it easy on the descent where the slates through the quarry were described as being ‘really slippy.’
The Canucks added to their lead on the power play just two minutes into the second, after Sedin deflected a point shot out of the air into the top corner past Markkanen. USATODAY.com - Hockey - Vancouver vs. Edmonton
It's been the lead on commercial television news bulletins most nights this week and on the front page of the local newspaper as well.
Can you not put a collar and lead on him or control him in some way? Times, Sunday Times
It was the lead on the television news and was reported in prominent front-page articles in most newspapers.
In the first game Kilkenny won the toss, served first and made an ace on the serve to lead one nil.
That might lead one to think that women may suffer more mineral and vitamin deficiencies than men. The Beat Fatigue Workbook - how to identify the causes
Did you ever get a lead on who's offering the dinero?
After two rounds, Duvergel had a comfortable lead on points with the gold medal plainly in sight.
Wherefore if Deme'tri-us, and the craftsmen which are with him, have a matter against any man, the law is open, and there are deputies: let them implead one another. Acts 19.
I took the lead on lap 41 when I passed him on the inside at the hairpin, and went on to win.
We feel disfavor for all ideals that might lead one to feel at home even in this fragile, broken time of transition; as for its ‘realities,’ we do not believe that they will last.
Then his unfancied side roared into a 2-0 lead only to get squeezed out in extra-time. The Sun
There is always the doubt of whether what is being portrayed is the truth or if you are being lead on by the ungoverned unfaithfulness of the narrator.
More controversially, he continued to lie and mislead on the subject in his subsequent writings. Times, Sunday Times
For the sake of keeping the two parts of the copy together the reporter or the copyreader ordinarily gives the story a name, such as "Fire No. 2"; the bit of lead on which the name is printed is called a _slug_ and the story is said to be _slugged_. Newspaper Reporting and Correspondence A Manual for Reporters, Correspondents, and Students of Newspaper Writing
For example at the Giro delle Valli Cuneesi, I took the lead on the first day and the whole team rode to defend it and then to try and help me get it back after I cracked with a 'kay' to go on the toughest stage. PezCyclingNews.com
Failing to raise the debt ceiling would do irreparable harm to our credit standing, would undermine our ability to lead on global economic issues and would damage our economy," he said.
Charlotte still occasionally uses the term blasphemy in contexts that would lead one to question how far she might favor advocating some manner of legal constraint on the right to critique religious belief. Archive 2006-02-01
But Robinson's mount, trained by Clive Cox, battled back to take the lead once again in the closing moments to win by a neck.
Keep her on a long lead on walks as well. Times, Sunday Times
If you have decided to surgically remove the "small-ish" residual tumor in the left breast, then the same thinking would lead one to consider removing any tumor in the contralateral breast should one be found. The Surgical Mind
Mechanical pencils have been withdrawn in favour of lead ones. Times, Sunday Times
MONTPELIER - The Montpelier girls hockey team outskated Brattleboro in the first period and took a three-goal lead on the way to Wednesday's 5-2 victory at Central Vermont Civic Center. RutlandHerald.com
His detractors lead one to imagine Mr Carey to be the archetypal cigar-chewing hard man in a sheepskin coat.
Yet competitive devaluations cancel each other out; they lead only to inflation.
The second thing is that your party needs a lead on economic competence. Times, Sunday Times
Lead on," said Pardon Dodge, with unexpected spirit; "I am not one of them 'ere fellers as fears a big river; and my hoss is a dreadful fine swimmer. Nick of the Woods
The delegator in chief will let Nancy or Harry take the lead on this one (as with everything else) but he'll be around to take credit in the end. NARAL and NOW make demands for next justice
Now Pelosi says, "Democrats are in the lead on fiscal soundness"--a statement that would be a real knee-slapper if it weren't so terrifying in what it reveals of the Democratic Party's economic policy psychosis. Other Comments
Darcy continued to build his lead on points, Clabby fighting with desperate skill and courage although clearly outgunned.
In fact it was Don who gave Bob the lead on a rental house in early September.
The hosts retook the lead on half-time with another converted try but the scores were levelled on 52 minutes.
Besides cancer, smoking can lead on to other diseases.
From a series of very well worked set plays St Mary's almost doubled their lead on four occasions only to be stopped by a series of goalline clearances.
A lifelong fan - he queued in a sleeping bag to see Leeds in the 1965 Cup Final - Ridsdale could sense one of those tides which, taken at the flood, lead on to fortune.
We feel disfavor for all ideals that might lead one to feel at home even in this fragile, broken time of transition; as for its ‘realities,’ we do not believe that they will last.
• At least 5 years industry experience with at least one title shipped as a Lead on a next gen platform in a similar role. Gamasutra Feature Articles
Vivico, which took the lead on planning for the Europe District of Frankfurt and is developing Isar in Munich, also is planning some new city-centric residential developments in Berlin, where the firm is in the very early stages of planning residential for the trendy political district near the main train station. The Lure of the City
Jason Gilchrist gave the Terps a 65-63 lead on a reverse layup with 1: 23 to play before Marcus Melvin evened the contest with a jump shot from near the right elbow with 14 seconds left. NCAA Division I Mens Basketball - Maryland vs. North Carolina St
The new surveys narrow Toomey's lead on our trend estimate to just 2.2 percentage points (46.5% to 44.3%), and shifts Pennsylvania into our toss-up column. New Polls Confirm Sestak's Rebound, Leads For Boxer And Brown
He said:'There are many aspects from his past that lead one to conclude that he is unsuitable for any public office. The Sun
Kris clicked a lead onto his halter, the young pinto thoroughbred following behind Kris sleepily.
The combative veteran gave his side the lead on the hour, and then helped them to a flattering 3-0 win.
Whit, our self-described "scrumptious" seminarian in Ohio, needs a lead on finding himself a trench coat for under $100. Archive 2006-10-22

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