Example sentences of "[conj] leaves " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the years passed , telephone , telex , facsimile and computer data traffic all came under this original warrant , so that not a single communication enters or leaves Britain without being subject to interception by GCCS 's successor , GCHQ . |
| 2 | The orthodox Jew touches his fingers to his lips , then to the mezuzah each time he enters or leaves his home . |
| 3 | The religious police seem to be very active at the moment and everybody who enters or leaves Pat 's compound is searched . |
| 4 | When the child goes off to university or leaves home |
| 5 | AS another week begins , every working mum today has an extra worry on her mind as she drops off her children at the childminder 's or leaves them with a nanny . |
| 6 | Next , I shall discuss some difficulties which it either generates or leaves unsolved . |
| 7 | The law states that if a physical system is thermally isolated ( that is , if no heat enters or leaves the system ) , the thermodynamic quantity known as entropy must increase or stay constant . |
| 8 | The funnel described in this chapter makes the animals come out of the soil or leaves so that you can see what they look like and find out how many there are . |
| 9 | So first thing every morning , the shrew trots round the course , clearing away any twigs or leaves that might have fallen across it with side-swipes of its delicate fore-legs . |
| 10 | It coats the artichoke or leaves in a rich and langourous fashion . |
| 11 | Old bottles , minerals , stones , shells , tiny baskets filled with dried flowers , old wooden or papiér mâché boxes , miniature bottles in different shapes , pretty dishes containing pot-pourri , an assortment of small vases stuck with single-stem flowers or leaves … |
| 12 | It will be in everyone 's interests to ensure that accounts are taken and valuations made promptly and , perhaps , if the involvement of a third party as independent valuer , arbitrator or mediator is contemplated to break any deadlock , that a time limit be imposed for agreement inter partes. ( b ) Calculation of what is due to the outgoing partner The first and obvious step in the valuation process is the taking of an account up to the date when the outgoing partner dies or leaves the firm , unless that happens or ( except in the case of a death or bankruptcy ) is made to happen at the end of the firm 's normal accounting period . |
| 13 | In a closed economy with no government sector where no money either enters or leaves the system it would be possible for total liquidity adjustment between banks to occur in such a way . |
| 14 | I can only liken this to a trance-like state which neither drains you of energy nor leaves you feeling elated afterwards . ’ |
| 15 | This is an extremely powerful kick that leaves no one in any doubt when it thuds home ! |
| 16 | Japlac is a high gloss lacquer which produces a mirror-like finish that leaves ordinary paints looking lacklustre in comparison . |
| 17 | The French messenger Mountjoy , bringing an insult from the Dauphin , is met with a fierce defiance that leaves him , in this version , visibly shocked . |
| 18 | It is a real moral aberration that leaves at liberty those who violated human dignity and those who rose up against the constitutional order . ’ |
| 19 | It is a moving story that leaves one marvelling not only at the bravery of Middleton himself but that fate had brought so many courageous men together in the one crew . |
| 20 | Tony surprises an oncoming motorist by assuming a position that leaves his legs on the gravel road but takes the rest of him down among the lake-side vegetation . |
| 21 | And what sort of God did they believe was best worshipped in a basilica that leaves no lily ungilded ? |
| 22 | Ms Diane Abbott , Labour MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington , said the inner cities needed a war on drugs ‘ that enlists and involves the community , not a war that leaves the community feeling that it is under threat ’ . |
| 23 | The train that leaves Montreal comprises only a couple of day coaches , linking up with the main service 10 hours later at the junction town of Sudbury , Ontario . |
| 24 | I join the queue that stretches back through three carriages , in pursuit of a warm can of Travellers ' Fare lager — the only substance known to man that leaves the body in exactly the same state as it entered . |
| 25 | Is carved of brighter stone that leaves the starlight dim — |
| 26 | Gooch has led the way with monumental batting efforts and a strict diet of training and practice that leaves younger men breathless . |
| 27 | Gooch has led the way with monumental batting efforts and a strict diet of training and practice that leaves younger men breathless . |
| 28 | Goals by Mick Harford and Julian James enabled Luton to come from behind and claim a win that leaves them only three points behind Coventry , the club fourth from bottom , with four games each to play . |
| 29 | Computer chemistry is an all embracing title that leaves the reader anticipating what is to follow . |
| 30 | Regular means at least three times a week and vigorous as anything that leaves you slightly breathless , but not gasping for oxygen . |