Preposition: of

• spirit: Yearly Meeting stresses that central to a meeting must always be constant discernment of the leadings of the Spirit.

Modifies a noun

• provider: Leonard Cheshire is the leading charity provider of services for disabled people in the UK.

• supplier: Bonners Music Shop is a leading supplier of piano stools across the UK.

• manufacturer: Laboratory Technician ADM Cocoa Hull Ltd, a subsidiary of Archer Daniels Midland Company, is a leading manufacturer of Cocoa.

• edge: Even for firms at the leading edge, the fight to be competitive never stops.

• charity: A leading charity which provides dogs for people with sight problems has been given a boost by staff at Southern Water.

Used with adjective complement

• leave: For the short cut take the flight of steps immediately down to your left leading into Via di Porta S. Pancrazio.

• select: Liberal Democrats in Lewisham have selected leading Lib Dem Chris Maines as their candidate to challenge Lewisham's sitting Mayor, Steve Bullock.