Example sentences of "left to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where the countryside is more hospitable , this can be left to a thousand feet or so . |
| 2 | Persuading recalcitrant joints to co-operate is best left to a bad dream . |
| 3 | Move across , up and left to a rock ledge . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | When nobody from the long list of eminent organizations which had registered their opposition could be present , however ( which was most of the time ) , the burden of maintaining a presence and regular cross-examining was left to a few stalwarts . |
| 6 | It had been left to a nephew of Lucy Trigg 's , also a naval man , who put it in the hands of a London estate agent to sell for him whilst he was abroad . |
| 7 | It seemed , somehow , monstrously unfair that a decision of such importance to England 's cultural future should be left to a person from Pakistan . |
| 8 | ( viii ) In another case Paul deals with property left to a beneficiary who is charged with trusts of freedom for slaves . |
| 9 | The present UK government and the CBI have indicated strong opposition to these proposals , on the grounds that employee involvement is best left to a voluntary approach . |
| 10 | Go right and fall down , go left and push the crate right onto the button , go left to a wall , duck down and crawl under it , go left and fall down , go right , fall down and collect the main tape deck , go right , then up on the platforms , right , down , and collect the battery , push the crate left and go up on the lift , go left to a button , then jump two platforms to your right , and then onto the platform to your left , push the crate down onto the button and fall down , go up on the lift , then right to the next lift , go up the passage on the lift and ledge , and then go left along the top . |
| 11 | Go right and fall down , go left and push the crate right onto the button , go left to a wall , duck down and crawl under it , go left and fall down , go right , fall down and collect the main tape deck , go right , then up on the platforms , right , down , and collect the battery , push the crate left and go up on the lift , go left to a button , then jump two platforms to your right , and then onto the platform to your left , push the crate down onto the button and fall down , go up on the lift , then right to the next lift , go up the passage on the lift and ledge , and then go left along the top . |
| 12 | Once again it has been left to a recession to catch out those who overstretched themselves in the boom years . |
| 13 | He had little time to see them , to know them ; like others ' children , they were left to a nurse and Mrs Gracie . |
| 14 | In the case of Chequer 's Buttress the key is a long , long reach left to a rounded ‘ break ’ on the arête , the security of a good crack on the right fading as commitment takes over . |
| 15 | Fixing mirrors to ceilings requires some skill and knowledge , and is probably best left to a glazier . |
| 16 | This work is best left to a professional builder , with experience of altering and renovating chimneys and flues . |
| 17 | Bear left to a wooded gate after 200 yds . |
| 18 | It was left to a clinical teacher to absorb this stress , and to persuade me that there was nothing to gain from ‘ abandoning the cause ’ . |
| 19 | It was left to a subsequent generation to accept the often-skewed lens of the commercial motion picture camera as it focused upon the events of December 7 , 1941 . |
| 20 | The guardians applied , unsuccessfully , to the Public Works Loan Board and it was left to a sub-committee , consisting of the chairman of the Finance Committee , the chairman of the Board of Guardians ( W. T. Lansberry ) and the clerk to arrange the loan elsewhere . |
| 21 | Property left to a surviving spouse remains , as before , free of inheritance tax . |
| 22 | While the attitude of British fascists and anti-semites to the nazis must be left to a separate chapter , the logic of ‘ Jew wise ’ anti-semitism implied a similar outcome to Hitler 's genocidal programme . |
| 23 | But he suspects Major will fudge the issue by signing the treaty and accepting the so-called ‘ Delors Compromise ’ , whereby Britain will be formally committed to monetary union but its implementation will be left to a later parliament . |
| 24 | In further discussion the suggestion was made that the best course would be to introduce the Bill without any provision abolishing capital punishment and to explain in the Second Reading debate that , since the question of capital punishment was one on which there were differences of opinion transcending Party lines , the Government felt that the matter should be left to a free vote . |
| 25 | In view of the evident division of opinion among Ministers , it was suggested at the meeting of the Cabinet on 19th June that the best course would be to introduce the Criminal Justice Bill without any provision abolishing capital punishment and to explain in the Second Reading Debate that since the question of capital punishment was one on which there were differences of opinion transcending Party lines , the Government felt that the matter should be left to a free vote on the Report Stage of the Bill . |
| 26 | The Cabinet agreed that in these circumstances it was inevitable that the decision on this issue should be left to a free vote . |
| 27 | Reaffirmed their decision of 3rd November that the decision on this issue should be left to a free vote , preferably on the Report stage of the Bill in the House of Commons ; and agreed that Ministers who dissented from the advice which was to be tendered in accordance with Conclusion above should be free , if they so desired , to vote for the abolition of the death penalty , though they should refrain from expressing in debate views contrary to that advice ; … |
| 28 | Too often the role is left to a houseproud male or to the women who dig their own grave when entrapping themselves into a traditional duty , by doing it themselves out of resignation . |
| 29 | Now the existence and significance of such links is undeniable ( though the existence of homologies — as Shepherd describes them — is a different question , which must be left to a later chapter ) . |
| 30 | ‘ Now then , Delia , ’ brisk , all at once , ‘ when dealing with Wills the law provides a floor on what 's left to a wife . |