Example sentences of "left to us " in BNC.
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| 1 | He regretted that bawdry of this kind was the ‘ only living folk-art left to us . |
| 2 | In the surrounding countryside farming continues in a way that is very little different from what was left to us by the Romans , though sunflowers have recently begun to replace some of the olive trees . |
| 3 | It was left to us alcoholics to sort out the thorny problem . |
| 4 | As we do not know exactly what will appear in second-hand booksellers ' catalogues , the choice of books will of necessity have to be left to us , but your certificate will state the title of the book which you have presented . |
| 5 | We were certain that , left to us , the places would get double-booked and lead to all kinds of tangles . |
| 6 | Some descriptions of armies on the move , left to us by writers of the chivalric tradition , notably Froissart , glow with light and colour . |
| 7 | The Canadian writer Mavis Gallant put it like this : ‘ The mystery of what a couple is , exactly , is almost the only true mystery left to us , and when we have come to the end of it there will be no more need for literature — or for love , for that matter . ’ |
| 8 | Left to us , friends and family , we would have said no , Erin , sorry , not for you . |
| 9 | If the hon. Gentleman wants to find a worse record in Scotland for waiting lists , he should look at the waiting lists that were left to us by the previous Labour Government . |
| 10 | So we stayed five days in this backpackers ' , had a look round Auckland , visited MOTAT the Museum of Transport and Technology , opened a bank account , sold the Krugerrands which had been left to us by my Mum and which financed at least half the trip , and recovered from jetlag by sleeping only at night . |
| 11 | There is a small minority who abuse the Ridgeway , but it should be left to us to disuade them . |
| 12 | but in the very unlikely , very unlikely er position whereby Norfolk are absolutely adamantly oppose our proposals then as Mr said it 's very difficult for us to build in , in neighbouring authority , there is however one procedure left to us and that of course will be for us to meet in private act of Parliament , well that is er almost unthinkable , but we do have a final resort to that with a , in many ways the problems in Brandon have to be resolved by , by doing a bypass and if in the end we have to do that I 'm sure that |