Example sentences of "has left a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is there in Stanley and the Women , which persuaded Marilyn Butler — somewhat against the odds , but none the less intelligibly — to interpret it in the London Review as a critique of male supremacy , but which has left a very different impression on others . |
| 2 | Violet has mostly dug up her patch and planted vegetables in it , but she has left a little strip of grass , about three foot long , which she mows with a lawn mower she bought at a jumble sale for two pounds . |
| 3 | Climbing the steps through the central arch to the altar-like plinth , I see that someone has left a pot of red begonias . |
| 4 | Martin Martin ( 1703 ) who wrote his well-documented Description of the Western Islands of Scotland has left a wide and varied record of many of the plant uses which were at that time extant . |
| 5 | The rampant sexism of the climbing and walking fraternity over the last 50 years has left a whole generation of older women with the legacy of being expected to have the white-bearded , old sod 's tea ready for him on the table when he comes home from a fabulous day out on the hills . |
| 6 | This is in contrast to Britain where woodland exploitation throughout prehistory and history has left a landscape largely bereft of natural woodland and where a mantle of alien conifers dominates many upland areas . |
| 7 | Similarly if someone has left a certain amount to somebody and has added that the sum can quite easily be offset , since the beneficiary is his debtor on account of Gaius Seius ' estate ; yet the beneficiary does not wish to enter that estate but claims the trust : our emperor replied by rescript that he was claiming the trust against the intention of the testator , since in trusts the intention of the testator is particularly to be regarded and observed . |
| 8 | If a testator has left a legacy of something belonging to him and has alienated it as a consequence of urgent necessity , the trust can be claimed unless it should be shown that the testator intended to adeem it : moreover proof of changed intention is to be required from the heirs . |
| 9 | This system , developed by the ministry of housing itself , has left a legacy of cracked and crumbling concrete wall-panels falling out of their steel frames . |
| 10 | The neck has been bound quite well , although the fret end-filing has left a few untidy marks along the way . |
| 11 | The discrediting of statism has left a massive vacuum at the heart of the Latin American left 's philosophy and the search for an alternative vision to the prevailing neoliberal orthodoxy is one of its most pressing tasks if it is serious about taking power through the ballot box with a radical programme . |
| 12 | The not altogether clear provisions regarding audit , finality and certainty mean that adjustments could well take place long after a partner has left a firm . |
| 13 | ‘ You 'll find an oilskin jacket in the locker at the foot of the stairs , ’ I said , ‘ and you 'll also discover that Ellen has left a Thermos of coffee on the stove , and I like mine without sugar but with milk . |
| 14 | ‘ Sport was the love of my life and having to give it up has left a void , ’ said Rosemary . |
| 15 | Much of the perched loose rock in this area has been cleared off ( probably 30 tonnes or so ) although this has left a largish patch of newly exposed rock surface . |
| 16 | As an artist Robin Winters has left a riotous trail across America and Europe in the past two decades , a path strewn with paintings , sculptures , drawings in all media , writing , installations , performances and events which appear to have combined all of the above . |
| 17 | On May 26th a full-blown review of the matter was announced , but it has left a bad smell of abuse of power . |
| 18 | Can I ask erm what 's happening to the Harlow Playhouse based Youth theatre cos obviously that has left a big gap in performances cos there 's nothing in this programme . |
| 19 | The war had no sooner ended than a Mass Observation report Puzzled People ( 1947 ) described how ‘ the explosion or disintegration of orthodox beliefs has left a vacuum ’ , and as early as 1950 the ‘ quest for a post-war purpose ’ was being anxiously scrutinised in a study of young people 's lives . |
| 20 | By reference to the TUC 'S report on industrial democracy , it states the movement 's own position as follows : that the development of participation at national and local level has left a gap at company level which can only be filled by employee representation on the company board . |
| 21 | A hole shows where an insect has left a gall . |
| 22 | Fortunately , Colin Chapman , the link between the motoring enthusiast and the glamour of Grand Prix racing , has left a legacy in his famous Lotus name . |
| 23 | This has left a section of the community without effective access to legal services for expensive litigation . |
| 24 | Lack of money and bureaucratic confusion has left a legacy from the Victorian era with the state looking backwards , remodelling ancient buildings and patching up a system of care which is fragmentary , pitifully inadequate and increasingly inadequate to the elderly age group . ’ |
| 25 | Having successfully manoeuvred an inoffensive farewell , one discovers that one has left a book in the room . |
| 26 | He was one of the last people to leave the old town of Wadi Halfa after its inhabitants had been transported south , and he has left a chilling account of the empty town 's last days . |
| 27 | ‘ Killer ’ , as you probably know , is currently under suspension following the harmless headbutting of a linesman during the Scrimley Arsenal game , and this has left a big hole in Mr Hudd 's forehead , not to mention our defence . |
| 28 | As though the real Jonathon is somewhere else and has left a copy of himself behind so that no one notices he 's gone . |
| 29 | The closure of the unit in the mid-1980s has left a large and unfilled worldwide gap . |
| 30 | He ‘ s had a couple of bumps , as well , one of which has left a long and jagged crease in the body almost from headlight to tail-light ; that one was n't his fault , but he drove away from it fast to avoid the questions that would certainly follow . |