Example sentences of "could be left to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other issues — of ‘ low politics ’ — could be left to voluntary groups , the market , or local government . |
| 2 | An example may help : property could be left to somebody on condition that he did something . |
| 3 | But the appeal of the romantic movement does not explain why those who were not party to it , such as Michael Faraday , who was a visionary and wrote beautifully , have been completely written out of conventional histories of 19th century Britain , as if he ( and David Brewster and Thomas Henry Huxley and the rest ) were just peripheral figures , keeping things ticking along so that statesmen could make grand decisions and the widening of human understanding could be left to poets . |
| 4 | These matters could be left to the two parties to agree as they arise , but the standard forms assume that prior agreement will lead to a smoother running project . |
| 5 | Mr Dixon heaved a sigh of relief at having gained at least one point , and decided that the question of leaving school could be left to the parents and the Principal– Hank was grateful to him for his promise not to discuss either matter with anybody . |
| 6 | She had a weak chest and needed a lot of attention , whereas I was robust and could be left to my own devices . |
| 7 | how the other part of space is used could be left to individual departments on the basis that |
| 8 | Within the ‘ middle class ’ zones of owner-occupation of housing , politically active people tended to see politics as an arena for establishing the broad outlines of policy ; the ‘ details ’ of execution of policy could be left to suitably qualified experts and were not really the business of politics . |
| 9 | In Basque law the farm could be left to any child — even a daughter — while co-heirs were bought out : this encouraged emigration of younger sons ( the rich returned ‘ Indian ’ was a feature of Basque life ) and thus mitigated some of the evils of rural over-population . |
| 10 | We are long past the stage where talk about the curriculum could be left to the academics ; beyond the stage where the views of the professions and the wider society had to be sought . |
| 11 | The protecting and controlling function of the superego could be left to the influence of the surrounding society . |