Example sentences of "[is] leave [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the end of the phase excitation interval transistor Tl is also switched off and the winding current is left to flow around the path through diodes DI and D2 . |
| 2 | It can also become pitted if it is left soaking overnight . |
| 3 | ‘ One is left wishing that , just once , he might fart , burp or forget to shave , ’ writes a former Tory MP , Matthew Parris , now a columnist . |
| 4 | Yesterday , however , the ministers endorsed a counter-proposal prepared by senior treasury officials , which asks that the current zero-rating mechanisms are maintained ‘ for a limited period ’ , on the grounds that too little time is left to adapt to a new system . |
| 5 | The liquor is left to cool and is eventually turned into harmless glass blocks . |
| 6 | Molly is left to grieve for Sam but , unbeknownst to her , he remains on earth as a ghost . |
| 7 | One is left to wonder if the malevolent unseen spirit was waiting to claim its victim , having been unable to satisfy its evil appetite . |
| 8 | One is left to wonder how many whites have fallen foul of ‘ their own myths ’ and begun at a ‘ psychological disadvantage ’ to blacks because of the misguided belief in ‘ natural ability ’ . |
| 9 | The jongleur is left to watch over some souls , but is approached by St Peter , with whom he plays two different games of dice , gambling for the souls . |
| 10 | Furthermore , it is all too easy for both people to decide to let go at the same moment , so that no one is left holding a wing-tip . |
| 11 | A water softener must be fitted after the supply to the drinking water so that this is left providing hard water for drinking . |
| 12 | His description of the galleries of Dent on either side of the narrow street is all that is left to remind us of their undoubted presence , ‘ I regret the loss of the grotesque and rude but picturesque old galleries , which once gave character to the streets ; and in some parts of them almost shut out the sight of the sky from those who travelled along the pavement . |
| 13 | Lewis Jones is left baffled by BBC1 's whodunnit , A Masculine Ending |
| 14 | But one is almost totally dependent on the biographical sources for such humanizing detail ; and if it is sometimes given amongst the flood of factual information , often it is not , and one is left to speculate . |
| 15 | The reader is left to judge for himself . |
| 16 | No cupboard is left unopened , no room is left unlocked , and no smell unwhiffed thanks to an enormous ‘ scratch ‘ n ’ sniff ’ screen . |
| 17 | Consequently the daughter is left to pick up the pieces of the havoc caused by the strain of raised blood-pressure and general anxiety the next day . |
| 18 | The input of the substitute is left energised by the mains even when the radio is switched off . |
| 19 | Davidson added that Somerset has about four cases to hear next week which means that Chilcott is left kicking his heels for another seven days . |
| 20 | Percy Lubbock , at the end of The Craft of Fiction , acknowledged that as soon as we have finished reading a novel we begin to forget it , and what is left to talk about is a vague cloud of fading impressions : ‘ the book vanishes as we lay hands on it . ’ |
| 21 | GEOFF THOMAS was just 19 minutes away from joining the millionaires ' club — now he is left to reflect on a season bankrupt of good memories . |
| 22 | The Law Society is left to reflect that ‘ … |
| 23 | The name of the funeral director can then be kept in a safe place with other important documents , such as the Will , so that whoever is left to deal with the situation can contact the funeral director . |
| 24 | This is left oversized , the tenons cut on the ends of the back uprights and the positions for the mortises marked off by laying the rail piece over the tenons . |
| 25 | If a quantum mechanical system is left to go its own sweet way without interference equation [ 9 ] will take care of its development . |
| 26 | Even the reported jealousy of John , which is the intratextual spur to Nicholas 's applying his wits to " " bigyle " " him ( 3294 – 00 ) , is left looking like a contrivance , validated by its function which is to excuse what is " really " a gratuitous trick . |
| 27 | One is left hoping that this painstaking and honourable labour of loathing helps to exorcise the most evil spirit in Norwegian history . |
| 28 | It is distinguished by its flavour , the cheese being smoked before it is left to mature . |
| 29 | The wasp has no other effect on the environment and the bumble bee is left to busy himself among the plants , pollinating the flowers in a naturally effective way . |
| 30 | At that time all that is left to do is swing with the punches and part with as little bad feeling as possible . |