Example sentences of "[adv] be left [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But when their parent can no longer be left alone and they decide , as many of them do , to leave work in order to care for her full time , their major problems begin . |
| 2 | It will just be left blank for the whole of the time . |
| 3 | The Cambodian seat at the UN , it was stated , should not be left vacant before a political solution was reached . |
| 4 | In contrast , an active attack should not be left unattended and can be identified by the clean appearance of the ‘ flight holes ’ and the little patches and piles of fresh bore dust which fall from them . |
| 5 | Their farms could not be left unattended at this crucial time . |
| 6 | Whigs and Tories were agreed during the crucial debates of 1830–32 that democracy was an unpalatable and dangerous form of government , that " a stake in the country " was an essential title to political power , that landed property had a special part to play in guaranteeing the stability of the social order and the authority of the Constitution , that the " wild " — as distinct from the " rational " part of the public should not be left undisturbed to exercise pressure on governmental policy . |
| 7 | And yet this matter of the battle at Pilleth could not be left unanswered , for the sake of his tenure . |
| 8 | The ERM can not be left unmodified . |
| 9 | At all events , she should not be left alone to be just herself . |
| 10 | He could not be left alone , as he was not safe . |
| 11 | Whenever she wants to go out , she may have to arrange for someone to come and ‘ sit in ’ if her parent can not be left alone ; and suitable ‘ mother-sitters ’ are always much harder to find than ‘ baby-sitters , . |
| 12 | It is not clear precisely why it was thought that inferences might be drawn from this revelation , but if they might , the jury should not be left alone to draw them . |
| 13 | He was hoping that she would not be left alone after his death . |
| 14 | Lee stated that the economy had reached a " stagnant situation that can not be left alone " . |
| 15 | I like to think my husband would be devastated by my untimely demise , but I know that he would not be left short of cash to buy black ties and Kleenex . |
| 16 | Furthermore , the interpretation can not be left undecided : both speaker and hearer must select a reading ( the same reading ) if the sentence is to play its part in a normal conversational exchange . |
| 17 | Thus it is a general policy to ensure that mineral working is carried on ‘ with proper regard for the appearance and other amenities of the area ’ , and that when the working is finished the land should ( wherever practicable ) not be left derelict but ‘ restored or otherwise treated with a view of bringing it back to some form of beneficial use ’ . |
| 18 | This can not be left unchallenged . |
| 19 | Yet this is not to say that lexical decisions should always be left open until the end of the utterance , as in HARPY . |
| 20 | Unless they 're a danger to their human neighbours , they 'll probably be left alone . |
| 21 | ‘ I know , but I 'd rather be left alone down here . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'd rather be left alone . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Now if you do n't mind I 'd rather be left alone to finish drying my hair . ’ |
| 24 | However , we also saw that there were good computational and psycholinguistic reasons for supposing that the phonemic interpretation of a stretch of sound would often be left ambiguous for some time . |
| 25 | Unfortunately , instead of being integrated in a general hospital as planned , the wing will now be left high and dry . |
| 26 | The problem is very much a private one and I hope Graham will now be left alone to get on with leading the team on this tour . ’ |
| 27 | In the vital chapter ‘ The Shadow of the Past ’ Gandalf says a great deal about it , but his information boils down to three basic data : ( 1 ) the Ring is immensely powerful , in right or wrong hands ; ( 2 ) it is dangerous and ultimately fatal to all its possessors — in a sense there are no right hands ; ( 3 ) it can not simply be left unused or put aside , but must be destroyed , something which can happen only in the place of its origin , Orodruin , Mount Doom . |
| 28 | Brückner could n't be left alive with that knowledge . |
| 29 | The KGB 's next victim wo n't be left dead with a poisoned pellet in him , like a wood pigeon that a kid takes a pot shot at with his air gun . |
| 30 | The Arle Court plant wo n't be left empty . |