Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] be left to " in BNC.

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1 She had arranged to meet Luke in the bar for a drink , and she hoped that he had a dinner engagement so that she would be left to her own devices afterwards .
2 They should be left to the knowledge workers who , we would hope , understand the full potential value of the information being transmitted to the executives who will make use of that information .
3 They should be left to the collectors of Munros .
4 If they 're relatively technical , then I , then I 'd be grateful if they can be left to the officers , but obviously if there 's anything that erm , is political in anyway , big P or small P , then at least we can get in touch with the er , P A G , and if necessary call a meeting in respect Chair .
5 Sessions may be timetabled on a regular basis — once a fortnight or once every five lessons , say — or it may be left to teachers to request the room when they want to use video .
6 It should be left to individuals to decide when to retire … .
7 Edward Pearce holding forth , telling us no one should get involved in politics but Edward Pearce — that it should be left to the ‘ experts ’ .
8 The last straw was when a totally serious Westite Unionist remarked that , as it was a shooting matter , he recommended that it should be left to the army to investigate as it had a lot of experience of shootings of one kind and another .
9 So I think it should be left to the individual …
10 It is further submitted that , as Parliament has intervened by the Act of 1976 in the matter of pre-natal injuries to unborn children , it should be left to Parliament to effect any further change in the law that may be thought necessary or to develop the law from where it was left by the Divisional Court in Ireland in Walker 's case .
11 To the disappointment of the Law Society and the Lord Chancellor 's Advisory Committee , the Lord Chancellor declined to fund a full-time secretariat , claiming that it should be left to local or charitable sources .
12 It suggested that submission obtained by threats other than of violence might suffice for rape and held that it should be left to the jury , with adequate direction from the judge , to make up its mind whether or not on the facts of each case the woman had truly consented .
13 There is a small minority who abuse the Ridgeway , but it should be left to us to disuade them .
14 But foxhunters say it should be left to the council 's tenant farmers to decide .
15 Thank you er , Gillian Shepherd told other E C Ministers that she and virtually every employer 's organization in Europe remained strongly opposed to the proposals and said it should be left to companies at local level to council workers .
16 No one suggests he should be left to the mercy of mad killers , but if he 's really on the run he should be sheltering in some safe house , not bopping around town .
17 So it 'll be left to parents to consider whether or not the screaming knife is a potential emotional dangers for their child .
18 Contrary to declarations that there was no government policy for sterling and that it would be left to the markets to decide , by late 1981 the government intervened to reverse a fall in the exchange rate , and raised base rate to 16 per cent .
19 For example for ‘ ha ? ’ , if had , hag , ham , has , hat , haw and hay were found to be candidates , it would be left to further stages of analysis of the system to determine which of these is more likely to be the intended word , although they can be suggested in order of their frequency of use calculated from a corpus of English text .
20 Lizzy would be allowed to get away with blue murder while her father was around , it was always the same , then when he swanned off again , it would be left to Kate to pick up the pieces and get back some kind of equilibrium .
21 However , it would be left to the Board to consider whether and how this might be done .
22 A statement in early September 1989 by the National Assembly Speaker , Saadi Medhi Saleh , had referred to the regime 's commitment to a multiparty system , although decisions regarding the political forces which would be permitted to take part in it would be left to the " near future " .
23 , but if I do n't do it at half term it would be left to the end .
24 Accordingly , it will be extremely rare for a government to press the matter to a vote and it will be left to Members opposing the instrument to move its rejection .
25 There is , as yet , no system in operation which allows your competence to be assessed to a national standard , and it will be left to the discretion of your service manager , and course tutors if you have undertaken a back to nursing course , to decide whether you are ready to return , or what additional guidance or preparation you may need to bring you up to the required standard .
26 These orders fulfil that bear minimum and it will be left to others to do that job well .
27 If this happens he will be left to his own devices , with possibly disastrous results , caused by ignorance . ’
28 There does not have to be a statutory ban — it can be left to the good judgment of the court .
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