How To Use Lead In A Sentence

He described the sequence of events leading up to the robbery.
The Pepper Street gang, of which Jackie was the acknowledged leader, was not a gang of drug-selling hoods.
Band leader, Ray Blue, is also a composer, arranger and performer on tenor, alto and soprano saxophones.
Well, the good news is a few weeks ago they were talking about it being the main source of law, so there has been some concession there, which the Iraqi women leaders have been fighting for.
Neo-Liberal leadership is a lot like the mob: "Yooz can take de money or yooz can have terrible tings happen to ya."

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Companies need to be able to handle surges, otherwise the cost of generating leads is wasted and prospective customers who cannot get through may get such a bad impression of the company that they do not bother calling back.
He was in awe of China and pleaded that if India should progress it should learn a lesson or two from the communist regime.
Despite their superficial similarity, submersion of minorities in English-only programs in the USA and Canadian immersion programs are different and they lead to different results.
Lead commentators, Don Cherry and Ron MacLean broadcast from a remote area. Mike Plume: “8:30 Newfoundland” « Mudpuddle
A minute later Arsenal extended their lead after breaking with searing pace.
Words are confusing, but they're nothing compared to non-words, mainly because non-words lead to rash assumptions and misunderstandings.
All of which leads us to the world wide web. Times, Sunday Times
These same people also routinely said they felt comfortable with Bush as a leader with values and dignity.
It has full-size trees, sand banks leading down to a stony beach, and water cascading down a rock outcrop.
A UT cheerleader named Harley Clark syllogized: A & M has a hand sign, A & M is winning, UT has no hand sign, therefore UT is losing.
The Government should give industry a lead in tackling racism .
If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
U.S. network CNN for what it called biased reports on political unrest and on the alleged assault and torture earlier this month of opposition leaders, including Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of the main ANC Daily News Briefing
Severe paruresis in school aged children can also lead to complete school refusal by the child, as well as more pervasive anxiety that can spread into other areas of life, such as social anxiety or even panic attacks. WebWire | Recent Headlines
In 1896, New Jersey passed a law that made it easy to charter a company - and it quickly became a leading venue for incorporations.
There have been no arrests and police are set to offer a reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the perpetrators.
Could the hearts of kings and the counsels of cabinets be known with that literal exactness which is so desirable in politics, and yet so unattainable, we should probably find that Prussia's apparent readiness to lead Germany was owing to her determination that German armies should be led nowhere to the assistance of Austria. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 39, January, 1861
This is the obedience of faith to which personal conviction leads.
But that previous column leads one to question whether a session bean is necessary at all, introducing the possibility of using entity beans and their Home methods instead of session beans.
The course leader outlined the programme we would be following.
The company is closing down two of its factories, leading to 430 job losses .
The money is commonly laundered via cash deposits to friends or family members' bank accounts and is quickly withdrawn to be paid to the gang leaders. Times, Sunday Times
I've seen leadership schools set out on the fringes, including one in an outpost of Jerusalem that teaches would-be messiahs to lead in the coming apocalypse.
All three leads are simply stellar in their roles and the interactions ring absolutely true.
The two leads give crackerjack performances, their timing, dynamism and interaction almost flawless.
The record was, I think, called Peace, a heart-warming exhortation for world leaders to avoid war – although many of them, unbelievably, have completely ignored the doughty cloggers' message in the intervening years. Which footballers have produced their own food and drink?
Those who have it make the best friends, the best leaders, the best models to follow.
It is best to set out all the circumstances that may lead to a deduction from wages and put these in the documentation you provide to employees. Times, Sunday Times
Sudden ruptures of the artery can lead to fatal blood loss or severe brain damage.
He is like a Tyrannosaurus Rex, leading a herd of corporate dinosaurs over the cliff and bellowing as he goes.
The report criticized a former commissioner and two device division leaders for their role in approving Menaflex. FDA to Revoke Knee-Device Approval, Saying It Erred
It is no more a sign of weakness to change leadership in wartime if success depends on it than it is to remove a baseball pitcher who is getting shelled in order to prevent the game from becoming hopelessly lost.
This latest fly is based on an earlier marabou tailed damsel nymph that was weighted down with lead wire.
At the end of the novel she marries the stockjobber, a leading promoter of the American railway scheme.
Police recovered what was later identified as a charred right human foot in the backyard and documented a fire pit with drag marks leading to it. Edmonton Sun
Staff vehicles enter at the rear of the building by means of a ramp that leads down to a subterranean car park.
Civilisation as we know it today can only lead to an increasingly unjust, and inequitable, distribution of power across the globe.
It is probably a measure of the depths to which political conversation has sunk — all the more remarkable given the chaos that male leaders have through the generations created — that this non-gender-specific "ballsiness," as it were, is so frequently trotted out as a measure of high praise. Half-cocked
But he claims his leading inspiration was his own acid trips in the early '80s.
Solutia Inc is one of the world's leading providers of glass interlayers for laminated glass installations.
Named Tecumseh after the Shawnee leader, he was rechristened William in a Catholic ceremony at age 9, after he was informally adopted by a prominent Ohio politician when his father died.
This led rebel leaders to agree to combine their forces in one division under a unified command structure.
All three impulsively committed a felonious act that lead to their incarceration, i.e., attempted murder and kidnapping, attempted murder, and murder.
I have had my share of stalkers and lechers and most times, I am careful enough not to allow it to lead to something dangerous. Passing Time
Words regarding the necessity to change the souls of human beings to effect real change in the world should not be interpreted to mean that black religious leaders were adopting a quietistic approach to civil rights.
There's a reason that those invites a fortunate few received, allowing them to attend the après-opening private reception at the latest, greatest Place To Be, the Feral Cheerleader, are tinctured with a hue you cannot find at Sherwin-Williams. James Scarborough: "Stay Free© or Die: The Menstrual Hut Project," International City Bungalow Gallery, Long Beach, California
Once the victim's mind had "snapped" into cult mode, the unsnapping requires a massive assault on the victim's mind to untangle the coded messages injected into it by the sinister forces of the cult leader. Warren Adler: Martha Marcy May Marlene: A Brave Movie
Finance ministers and central bankers from the G-20 advanced and developing nations are meeting in South Korea Friday and Saturday to prepare for a summit of G-20 leaders next month. Japan Calls for Currency-Market Cooperation
Hamilton is setting fast times on the road, but no-one is matching the splits of leading duo David Millar and Laszlo Bodrogi.
She was unceremoniously dumped to be replaced by a leader who could win the election.
She nodded, leading the septuplets inside.
There's no insight into Alexander's transition from beloved leader to drunken megalomaniac; one minute he has his subjects hanging on his every word, and then next thing you know he's declaring himself a god.
For the past decade they have travelled the world, haranguing its leaders about the effects of globalisation, campaigning for ‘fair trade’ and chanting about the dangers of climate change.
A 35-year-old Briton languishing in a Bangkok jail under sentence of death for a crime he says he did not commit is planning to protest his innocence by refusing to plead for a royal pardon.
They say that simply flushing out rogue unleaded petrol is sufficient. The Sun
Apart from causing public nuisance and inconvenience to the commuters this also leads to road accidents.
However, the measure intended to foster democracy will result in all three party leaders imposing a three-line whip on their respective MPs – a move hardly likely to ease the public's mistrust of Parliament. European Union: The referendum is an absurd sideshow | Observer editorial
It may be the leading risk factor for cerebral aneurysms and subarchnoid hemorrhage.
The Absolutely Fabulous star will lead the cast of a new weekly whodunnit sketch. The Sun
But new national guidelines say the lack of a filtration system and automatic chemical treatment can lead to the development of the cryptosporidium bug, which can cause severe gastro-intestinal infections.
I don't think anybody that is associated with the Labor Council today under my leadership would believe that it runs factionally.
I'm delighted that our local communities and voluntary groups are taking the lead on renewable energy for lighting and heating.
A study session held by the Beijing government for leaders of the "open" Church – organized as a sight-seeing tour for the first time – is set to conclude tomorrow.
These electrical signals send electrical impulses across the skin to an implanted receiver/stimulator in the shoulder to the electrode leads in the arm and hand.
But their recording finds them in less than top form, and Solti sometimes leads them astray.
The EPO and VEM merger hopes to set itself up as the market leader for share issues over the Net.
In the next level of technique not only does the nage initiate action to draw out uke's movement, but he uses the energy of his action to lead the response given him by uke.
Many people confuse the workings of capitalism that lead to lower costs and greater profits with free trade.
The ayatollah broke with Iran's clerical leadership and became a vehement critic, denouncing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and calling the postelection crackdown the work of a dictatorship. Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz
Just getting anyone in the area to tell the platoon where the former mukhtar lived had taken three months of pleading, and after several false leads that day, the soldiers had found him. The Coming Normalcy?
Then, suddenly, the house turned itself into a Richard Curtis film - the one in which all those hard-hearted world leaders listen to a young wee Scots lassie who tells them that, yes, they can make poverty history, now!
Cigarette smoking causes lung inflammation, which can lead to oxidative stress, emphysema, small airway fibrosis, mucus hypersecretion and progressive airflow limitation. PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories
As if a lentivirus from a genetically modified cocoa plant is going to implant a promoter in out cells that will lead to cancer. A Genetic Quest for Better Chocolate - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com
The day before the event they will set out guide posts and will work from 8.30am to 4pm on the day, leading walkers on the route, manning checkpoints and providing information.
A leading rocket scientist, Nair's contribution to the development of multistage satellite launch vehicles is immense.
The lead found in captive condors and released condors with low levels in their blood had isotope ratios similar to lead found in dead livestock and wildlife that had not been killed by hunters.
If used to designate eternal distinctions in God, it leads to tritheism, which is a form of polytheism.
I have a mild frontal lobe disorder that leads me to perseverate, and thus I've continued to work out the theory and do experiments anyway.
We want to talk about the kind of leaders that can lead us to justice. Christianity Today
The opposition melted away after their leader died.
Will they unite behind the new leader?
A teenager, scarred for life when she was bottled in the face in a nightclub row, is pleading for witnesses to come forward.
There is a difference, too, between appeasing men of violence and seeking to limit their appeal, just as the leaders of global terror must be separated from those who could become their followers.
In the cephalopoda (as also in the crustacea) the same passage serves to void the excrement and leads to the part like a uterus, for the male discharges the seminal fluid through this passage. On the Generation of Animals
On the far left, the lead hanger runs the belt by pushing a lever with his knee and hangs the first shackle.
Party conferences, like American party conventions, have increasingly become stage-managed for the televised projection of the positive party image and strong leadership.
They also come across a cryptogram, which is rather difficult to solve, but which eventually they manage to decypher, and which leads them to the treasure hoarded by the pirate, who by that time has met his end. Across the Spanish Main A Tale of the Sea in the Days of Queen Bess
Poor sanitation always leads to the spread of disease and to deaths from infectious diseases. EMOTIONAL ROLLERCOASTER: A Journey Through the Science of Feelings
The leading aviators became as famous as sports stars and Hollywood actors.
Like the novel, it portrays Gilead, a dystopian society not too far in the future.
Australia plays a leading role in advancing APEC's responses to human security issues such as communicable diseases, emergency disaster relief preparedness, counter-terrorism, climate change and energy security. Australia Strengthens APEC
Wisconsin amassed 311 yards and a 17-0 lead in the first half, leaving little doubt that Alvarez would get to celebrate another big win. USATODAY.com
While such drinks as the Sour Appletini have been getting lots of press lately, it seems the tried and true classics still lead the pack in popularity, at least according to the latest survey of bar managers and bartenders.
So they plead with her to give them a taste of the flavored milk.
It is a matter of intellect, thought, indirect leadership, advice, and consensus-building.
Because it's basically like a film noir grifter gangster story and Ed's the leader of a con team and they do this complicated grift.
He has made derogative remarks, made players uncomfortable playing for him, and is not leading the team in the right direction.
Lack of experience leads to doubt which forms one of the five hindrances.
And how can those who profess to revere this charismatic figure, propound views so intolerantly divergent from those of their great leader?
Where my taxi driver and dhobi would have peace, their leaders see advantage in strife - where and when does India reach the tipping point and choose its path? Shahnaz Taplin-Chinoy: The Ecstasy and Agony of India -- From the Political to the Tribal
Over hedge and fence they race, hounds in the lead, redcoats and hangers-on following on horseback.
Have you ever worked for a leader you would describe as a micromanager? Jacksonville Business News - Local Jacksonville News | Jacksonville Business Journal
There is no known cure for hebephilia and no effective initial screening mechanism, says psychologist James Cantor, who leads a team of researchers from Toronto's Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and other hospitals in studying the role of the brain in causing pedophilia and hebephilia. The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed
The knot will keep the line from pulling through the turning block or fairlead. Sailing Fundamentals
They impose liturgical traditions, organisational structures, communication methods and leadership models which are alien to their environment.
Taormina fell behind with a rough start in fencing, which is new to her, but made up the gap quickly in the swim and overhauled the leaders in the run to finish with 5,704 points in her debut. USATODAY.com - Athlete of the Week breezes through Windy City
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Bush and his war cabinet, including Rumsfeld, Cheney and Powell, hastily convened at the White House to consider an airstrike to "decapitate" the Iraqi leadership. 'I HAVEN'T SUFFERED DOUBT'
Just as many chefs use tequila in marinades, to cure fish or in ceviches, bar chefs should follow their lead and develop cocktails with complementary flavors to go along with the dish.
Flying in very high altitudes does weird things to him and can easily lead to an MS relapse.
Negotiations will be preceded by what the leaders called a "scoping exercise" to ensure that both side share the same goals and level of ambition for the negotiations. The Seattle Times
Leaders like that get only the bare minimum of effort and never rouse employees to cooperative activity.
The rebel leaders stated that they are willing to enter into dialogue with the government.
Play was on the halfway line when the interval came, with France leading by two goal points.
Meanwhile taking strong note of the police behaviour towards peaceful students demonstration leaders of the central university andolan samiti have threatened to intensify their agitation in support of their demands. NC-Congress coalition government responsible for the agitation on Central University issue
Thin sections were placed on the grids for electron microscopy and stained with lead citrate.
My uncle was the leader of my Cub pack.
He showed his athletism by becoming the Bearkats 'all-time leader in total offense with 6,159 yards and finished second in the nation in the Football Championship Subdivision with 354.2 total yards per game as a senior. Undefined
IBS does not lead to colon cancer or ulcerative colitis or any other serious diseases.
The single-sided fish defects of KFC copper alloys applied to lead frame produced by domestic corporation were studied and analyzed by energy spectrum analysis, SEM and metallographic analysis.
Their proposal to the Jewish council of religious leaders also called the Sanhedrin that they cooperate in getting rid of this troublemaker was met with enthusiasm. Puzzlements & Predicaments of the Bible
Our lead vehicle became stuck in a volleyball net.
He is indeed a leading intellectual. Times, Sunday Times
But when a rival dad challenges his title, it leads to a roadside competition of epic proportions.
Holding the chain railing, we followed our leader and had up-close encounters with yellow tails, sergeant majors, blue tang, trumpet fish, and other reef dwellers.
His efforts have turned up critical leads, brought forward witnesses and suggested potential persons of interest. Times, Sunday Times
Despite his position on the progressive wing, he emerged as leader of a party riven with internal divisions in 1976.
The observation of even the miscellaneous objects in a large city leads to a variety of concepts, and in the end, by comparison, to the general notion, _city_. The Elements of General Method Based on the Principles of Herbart
Up to 30,000 government soldiers and an equal number of UNITA troops are set to be 'quartered' as part of the peace agreement signed by Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos and UNITA leader Jonas Savimbi in November 1994. ANC Daily News Briefing
Leader should be kind to people , people should be loyal to leader.
When you hear the terms imam and ayatollah, these refer to Shiite religious leaders. CNN Transcript Nov 24, 2006
Secular, it opposed deification of any kind, including of a leader like Mao Zedong.
The truth is we'll never know for sure who would have been better, but the simple fact that party leaders are unwilling to allow its voters to hash these questions out for themselves is troubling.
Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness begins and concludes on the Thames, that ‘tranquil waterway leading to the uttermost ends of the earth’.
The leading spin bowler will also feature automatically in one of them. Times, Sunday Times
Each new exhibition of the irrevocableness of the break between Jesus and the leaders was a severe test of their loyalty. The Life of Jesus of Nazareth
It was understood from the time he got to St. Louis that he was a leader, and the players elected him one of the team captains.
The students and faculty sometimes lead the community members through a brief demonstration of a PBL case tutorial session.
As a result, many aspiring leaders look to outside organisations for the support they need, often paying for external coaching. Times, Sunday Times
Only in 1920 after Moscow cleared Russian chauvinists out of leadership of the Ukrainian Communist Party did the new Soviet administration seriously address aspirations for self-determination.
The officer leading the inquiry has been taken off the case.
He had witnessed diminutive bison with semicircular horns; animals "of a bluish lead color, about the size of a goat, with a head and beard like him, and a single horn, slightly inclined forward from the perpendicular"; and "a strange amphibious creature, of a spherical form, which rolled with great velocity across the pebbly beach" of a lunar island. Kim Kardashian Fails the P.T. Barnum Test
Yesterday, the four political leaders sent out their season 's greetings. The Sun
Such pulmonary embolisms, leading to sudden death, can stem from immobilisation, multiple trauma and dehydration.
Coun Popple represents the Acklam ward and is deputy leader of the Conservative group on the council.
Kimmel pleaded with the network to get this done.
To make matters even worse, sharp needles of pain were shooting across her eyes and the soup felt like lead in her stomach.
Intel makes the lead on technology what to calculate in processor.
The partisans fought a revolutionary war in a constantly shifting pattern, and their leadership did so with a political aim.
Metal, paper and chemical makers were among the leading gainers, helping blue chips to an impressive advance.
This is Iraq's first time international since rever (Ph) imposed its ban in 2002 in the lead up to the U.S. - led invasion. CNN Transcript Jul 13, 2009
According to the CDC, the "age-adjusted death rate decreased significantly for 10 of the 15 leading causes of death," including heart disease, malignant neoplasm cancer, various chronic diseases of the liver or respiratory system, influenza and pneumonia. The March of Health Progress
The best parts of Brian's talent are still here, as if this was the long-delayed sequel to Smile or something, as the close-cropped vocal harmonies, the thick arrangements, and his affecting, if quaky lead vocals are all here in force.
Special platforms were built for the leadsman, but the term chains was retained.
The obscurity of the pleading which is, if I may so with respect to the drafter of it, exceedingly clever, because the pleading is in terms always of a duty of care to do something and it is there the elision of two very separate ideas.
While the transition from nameless minor leaguer to major league leader seemed to happen overnight, he knows it is at least partially a product of his many years of toil.
Factories are using the top-shelf blade steels, leading-edge frame materials, and state-of-the-art synthetics to make knives that used to be reserved for the work of a custom knifemaker.
The course teaches you the skills and knowledge needed to command, lead and support non-commissioned personnel. The Sun
The police have checked out dozens of leads, but have yet to find the killer.
The two delegates approached the supreme leader on several occasions trying to beg mercy for their fellow reformers.
Labor Party leaders have denounced the talk as an attempt by the right to escape indirect blame for the assassination.
We should recant all opinions which are in conflict with those proclaimed by the central leadership.
Right now: Palin a great choice, shows McCain as an insightful, decisive leader, master chessplayer, with the right stuff for America. Report: Palin's Spokesperson Didn't Know About Pregnancy Two Days Ago
This can lead to reduced coral growth, inability to recover from hazards like cyclones, smothering of coral by sediment, fish poisoning and unusually high growth rates for organisms that overgrow coral or support its rivals.
It's my duty to pass on the tradition of the great Alaskan lead dogs.
The ancient way to settle a quarrel was to choose a leader from each side and let them fight it out.
At the Fallowfield lead mine, near Hexham in Northumberland, it is associated with witherite; and at Bromley Hill, near Alston in Cumberland, it occurs in veins with galena. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"
Beijing is contending for the leadership of the twenty-first century.
A tribal leader urged Baghdad to support the uprising. Times, Sunday Times
It is necessary to hold these pastilles in place, which is done by means of a grid or frame, of antimonious lead, surrounding and firmly binding them.
Hickstone gave a very mannered performance in the lead role.
The word 'internship' carries no legal definition and therefore often leads to graduate exploitation," said Mr Curtis. BBC News - Home
In a bold response, Congressional leaders added a measure to the energy bill raising fuel economy by one mile per gallon.
The city now seeks to amend the claim to plead fraudulent misrepresentation and deceit and to seek punitive damages.
When I try to add a Folder widget, the browse button is greyed out and I can't edit the preset chrome URL, which doesn't lead me anywhere. Four Experimental Firefox Extensions Worth An Extra Click | Lifehacker Australia
He exudes a sense of self-possession and hauteur that leads critics in the media and among his party to label him arrogant.
Penis envy is right -- you notice how it's always guys like Sam and Randy leading the charge for this kind of thing? OHSU biotech breakthrough -- worthless to Portland (Jack Bog's Blog)
Lead, selenium, tellurium and sulfur are added to copper alloys to improve machinability.
A focus on texts and their position in all kinds of Italian secular vocal music of the time leads to a rather wordy book not very easy to follow in its layout, especially when a music example precedes its reference.
Doherty took a 6-2 lead last night, compiling a 107 break in the second frame but Dale hit the highest break of the televised stages with a 140 in the seventh frame.
The fins have strong leading rays, which form a row of sharp spines along the dorsal fin.
The Polar Race, which will last between 30 and 40 days, has been organised by two of Britain's leading modern day adventurers.
The letter is believed to be the first which appeared signed "ATTICUS," and was written many months before the author became known as Junius, and before any necessity had arisen for the exercise of that habitual caution which he afterwards evinced in the mention of any circumstance at all likely to lead to his detection. Notes and Queries, Number 18, March 2, 1850
We list five leading websites for conserving your cash. Times, Sunday Times
That's two uses of the term allegedly thus far and we're still at the trail head of the lead sentence! Conservative Bloggers Rediscover Term "Allegedly"
Yet her evidence suggests more of a constant interchange between the two leading trading nations of the day. Times, Sunday Times
In his weekly post, Williamson wrote that "the killing of Jesus was truly 'deicide' " and that "only the Jews leaders and people were the prime agents of the deicide because it is obvious from the gospels that the gentile most involved, Pontius Pilate, … would never have condemned Jesus to death had not the Jewish leaders roused the Jewish people to clamour for his crucifixion. Bishop's blog raises tensions between Jews and the Vatican
The rapid change in temperature can lead to chilblains and dry skin.
He called the PM a failed leader and tried to partly blame him for the fiasco over failure to deport foreign prisoners. The Sun
If that's not going to be the case, with the super-structure of the EU so wieldy and its policy-making machinery a barrier to future economic efficiency, then its leaders and citizens have a problem. Europe is Acting as Though it Wants to be Left Behind
The two leaders had earlier led a march of hundreds of demonstrators in defiance of a government ban on protest rallies or gatherings of more than four people.
Now, I'm not saying that wow is the devil or anything knee-jerkingly reactionist like that (although I * do* have some serious issues with some elements of it: the grind, only having one somewhat flawed model of guild leadership, etc, etc). Becoming Gamer; or "My last ever log out."
The question of the Labor leadership is a question about Labor's future direction and policy vision for Australia.
If at all, the Euro increases trust in sane long term policy just like the EU institutions in general for Italy, thus reducing investment risk which leads to more growth. Matthew Yglesias » What’s the Matter With Italy?
I slow the line as it zips through my left hand and the leader begins to unfurl. Times, Sunday Times

How To Use Lead In A Sentence

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