Example sentences of "but [pers pn] be leave to " in BNC.
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| 1 | A directive is addressed to member states within the EC but it is left to each individual government to decide whether or not to implement the directive . |
| 2 | Strangely enough , the most critical discovery had already been made , before Hess published his idea , but it was left to two other geologists , F.J. Vine and D.H . |
| 3 | Mark Pretty removed the offending hold , but it was left to Robin Barker to make the first free ascent of the Free Monster E6+ 6c ( F7c+ ) . |
| 4 | Austen Chamberlain stiffly told them that the meeting was unprecedented and irregular , but it was left to Birkenhead to denounce them all for impertinence , stupidity and disloyalty . |
| 5 | The moormen exchanged an uneasy glance , but it was left to Denning to state the purpose of their visit . |
| 6 | ‘ did especially appoint John de Metingham ( then Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas ) and the rest of his fellow justices … that they , according to their discretions , should provide and ordain , from every county , certain attorneys and lawyers , of the best and most apt for their learning and skill , who might do service to his court and people ; and that those so chosen only and no other , should follow his court and transact the affairs therein ; the said King and his council then deeming the number of seven score to be sufficient for that employment ; but it was left to the discretion of the said justices , to add to that number , or diminish , as they should see fit : ’ |
| 7 | But it was left to Bruce Coward of the Harbour Bookshop in Dartmouth to explain the origins of the bargain bookshop phenomenon ( beyond the obvious attraction that cheaper items , including books , will have in times of recession ) . |
| 8 | But it was left to Watson to sum it all up . |
| 9 | The Romans used the dome construction to a limited extent , but it was left to Byzantium to develop this type of covering to its logical conclusion . |
| 10 | But it was left to Oxford Hawks in the gold shirts and Gloucester City in the red to battle it out for the minor places in a Central South derby . |
| 11 | But it was left to young Joey to fill the manor 's big top with cheers as he raced away to make it 3-0 . |
| 12 | Just Like A Man , As Soon As The Tide Comes and Surface Of The Moon all received favourable receptions from the polite audience but it was left to Spit In The Rain , Stone Cold Sober and the band 's ode to suburbia Nothing Ever Happens , to set Middlesbrough Town Hall alight . |