Example sentences of "be left to " in BNC.
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| 31 | But youth was too important a force in society to be left to the sometimes romantic , sometimes subversive trends of the multi-faceted ‘ Jugendbewegung ’ ( youth movement ) at the turn of the century . |
| 32 | He died in 1753 , in his ninety-third year , having made arrangements for his great collections , valued at £80,000 , to be left to the nation , on the condition that £20,000 be paid to his daughters . |
| 33 | Quite a lot ; but two main areas that should be left to a builder will be all structural work to the roof , such as forming the dormer windows , and alterations to the rafters ; and supplying and fixing the additional staircase , which must be correctly fitted and properly secured . |
| 34 | Nothing would be a worse prescription for the future of the Community than for what are patently political matters to be left to the determination of the European Court , which is both unsuited and incapable of settling them . |
| 35 | He was n't planning to fight indoors but it might happen and sweeping the floor clear of glass was the same as cleaning his guns — not a task to be left to someone else . |
| 36 | Ian Kennedy , Reader in Law at King 's College , London , who gave the 1980 Reith lecture on medical ethics , felt that firmer legal guidelines were required to ensure that handicapped babies were not left to die , and that the decision could not be left to parents and doctors . |
| 37 | Where there is a climate of trust , respect and responsibility , initiatives can be left to others ; is there a need for the head to meet every visitor , make every telephone call or sign every letter ? |
| 38 | ‘ The relief of cruelty , ignorance and destitution is not a task that should be left to charities . |
| 39 | It would be wrong to conclude from this debate that science is too important to be left to politicians . |
| 40 | Politics , like sex education , is something that should be left to the family . ’ |
| 41 | Far too important to be left to the position dictated by historical accident or cultural prejudice . |
| 42 | David Eccles , the Minister of Education since 1959 , registered a growing public concern with the content of education — what was to be taught , and how , and to whom — and a spreading belief that such questions could no longer be left to the professionals . |
| 43 | Indeed it does , and it seems the job can not be left to the mere television reviewer either , for criticism soon leaked from the cultural pages to the overtly political ones , even reaching as far as the editorial sections of some newspapers . |
| 44 | Whether the damage to the structure is likely to be greater can be left to your own judgement . |
| 45 | This task is , in my view , something for all of us , and can not be left to doctors or parents to determine , unless we decide formally to authorize them to do so by law . |
| 46 | The subsequent application of such rules or guidelines must properly be left to those with particular knowledge of the circumstances of the cases in question . |
| 47 | It seemed , somehow , monstrously unfair that a decision of such importance to England 's cultural future should be left to a person from Pakistan . |
| 48 | If one believes that education is for all children and must be regarded as in many ways the great equalizer , it is hard to accept the proposition that education in morality and religion should be left to parents whose fulfilment of this obligation will be far from equal . |
| 49 | Because of this statistics are often dismissed as irrelevant or to be left to specialists . |
| 50 | This is not something which can be left to governments or industry ; each one of us must be aware of our own actions — what products we use , how we treat the earth and so on . |
| 51 | It should be left to individuals to decide when to retire … . |
| 52 | 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 . |
| 53 | Indeed the identi-kit minister called ‘ God 's man ’ used to appear on the back cover of Life and Work in advertisements inviting legacies to be left to the Church and Ministry department , was aged about 60 and had white hair and a moustache . |
| 54 | The grosser absurdities of the consultative document have disappeared , and it is now apparent that the cross-curricular elements ( those aspects of learning that will not slot into the conventional ‘ subject ’ boxes yet are still too important to be left to chance ) are going ( somehow ) to be retained . |
| 55 | If politicians came to the conclusion that education was too important to be left to the educators , bear in mind the massive input of public resources , education 's failure to demonstrate significant improvement of standards , poor marketing , uncertain professional leadership and the fact that every year youngsters leave school ignorant of much they might reasonably be expected to know and lacking skills that could have been acquired in 11 years of schooling . |
| 56 | 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 . |
| 57 | All this may sound obvious and low key : something that can be left to local people and needs no special emphasis in the introduction of major change . |
| 58 | An example may help : property could be left to somebody on condition that he did something . |
| 59 | Farriery , in the strict sense of the term , would be left to shoeing-smiths . |
| 60 | In 1843 Mr Read of Crediton suggested attaching a farm to the College , where every kind of stock-farming , manuring , buying and selling , could occasionally be left to the judgment of the senior students . |