Example sentences of "[noun pl] be left to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Implementation of these broad guidelines is left to the national parks boards or committees . |
| 2 | People have sought gold in our islands for at least two thousand years , and I do n't believe any significant pannable sites are left to be discovered . |
| 3 | As to schools , a DES spokesperson let it be known that such concerns are left to the LEAs and that studies of this kind are likely to be part of religious education . |
| 4 | Rather more in line with British cinema 's future disdain for anyone outside the middle classes is Williamson 's Two Little Waifs ( 1905 ) , in which two adult gypsies are left to the flames while their daughter is carried off to her convalescence in a suburban garden . |
| 5 | The provisions that he refers to are in the agreement that we have signed , which provides greater safeguards than before to ensure that the Community deals with those matters that are most appropriately dealt with by the Community and that other matters are left to national Parliaments . |
| 6 | Such matters are left to the members of each firm to decide for themselves . |
| 7 | The immediate outcome of the failure of the Triple Alliance was that the miners were left to fight alone . |
| 8 | Some obvious and important matters were left to one side for years because I could n't see a way forward , or had no time to do the experiments — or could n't find the funds to buy the equipment or chemicals needed . |
| 9 | Many plants are left to self-sow and thinned with a hoe , while others are grown from saved seed , but there are always some varieties for which seed must be bought . |
| 10 | The eggs are left to their own devices and will hatch after 10 to 18 days during which time they develop into larvae 5mm long . |
| 11 | Such things are left to Budd . |
| 12 | It is a matter of common experience that disorder will tend to increase if things are left to themselves . |
| 13 | But the six-day week , the 7.5 hour shift and the other things that make Asforby possible would be impossible if things were left to the National Union of Mineworkers . |
| 14 | So long as international affairs were left to the uncontrolled interplay of nation states , mutual suspicion would generate arms races which , in turn , would generate wars . |
| 15 | The nationalization acts creating public corporations usually made it a statutory requirement for such machinery to be set up , although the form and details were left to the parties . |
| 16 | How many brides were left to sleep alone on the first night of their honeymoon ? |
| 17 | Son and daughter are instituted heirs and prior legacies are left to each . |
| 18 | Pensioners and law abiding citizens are being made to pay for council work that never gets done , poor street lighting that never gets fixed , empty houses being left to vandals , cemeteries neglected . |
| 19 | This is probably so , but may be offset by the fact that the fields are left to the birds more quickly , enabling subsequent broods to be reared undisturbed . |
| 20 | Pupils were left to their own devices to organise a fundraising afternoon , which included a series of sponsored events . |
| 21 | Future prosecution for gross human rights violations was left to the judiciary despite widespread opinion that it was irredeemably tainted by past association with the military . |
| 22 | At one extreme , frequently referred to as ‘ bottom-up ’ planning , most of the work of formulating strategies and plans is left to the business units themselves . |
| 23 | I am surprised not only that 20 minutes is left to me , but that education has been tabled at this stage in the debate on the Loyal Address . |
| 24 | The others are left to the localities . |
| 25 | Black tea is perhaps more familiar to most people ; the withered leaves are left to fully oxidise ( ferment naturally ) to the familiar dark brown colour before they are dried . |
| 26 | Non-Russian papers were left to local military supervision until the end of Civil War , and largely to their own devices throughout 1922 , unless they exhibited blatant defiance of high political directives , as in the case of Georgia . |
| 27 | The presentation of annual budgets is left to the Chancellor of the Exchequer , though he is careful to consult with the Prime Minister about the strategy and discuss changes beforehand with ministers whose departments are likely to be affected . |
| 28 | Since the development of schemes was left to local initiative and was dependent upon the co-operation of the local magistrates ' court , national coverage was patchy and the services offered were variable . |
| 29 | Always done with royal approval , which was sought beforehand , the collection of such levies emphasised two factors : that the crown 's right to tax and to organise the general defence of France was recognised ; equally , that , in practice , the responsibility for carrying out defensive projects was left to local initiative and energy . |