Example sentences of "[conj] what is leave " in BNC.

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1 I listened with great interest to my hon. Friend the Member for Liverpool , West Derby ( Mr. Wareing ) when he recounted all the difficulties that one experiences in that unhappy country , or what is left of it at the moment .
2 I want to question my belief , so that what is left after I have questioned it , will be even stronger . ’
3 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 . ’
4 The law therefore does not confer an explicit right of protest but it circumscribes our freedom to do so , and what is left can be enjoyed .
5 Take , say , from a salade niçoise the little pungent black olives of Provence , the fruity oil in the dressing , the sweet , ripe southern tomatoes , the capers and the brined anchovies which are all characteristic products of the region , and what is left ?
6 Every citation count is a ratio of citations per citable items , as each author , in preparing his list of references , may not include all of the relevant citations , and may also exercise editorial control over what is included , and what is left out .
7 Unhappily now we are older it has all disappeared , and we must fight again just to retain the few rights we still have , such as state pensions and what is left of the health service .
8 Traditions do change and adapt through the ages , but what is left is just as important to the community which upholds it .
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