Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pers pn] be left to " in BNC.

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1 In those latter areas it was left to the Serb-speaking parish priests , many of whom were illiterate , to act as upholders of Serbian culture .
2 With the McDevitt brothers filling the first two places it was left to Des Wilkinson and Les Coatup in fourth and seventh positions to give Wirral an easy win ahead of Sefton .
3 For years it was left to the family and close associates to keep the search alive .
4 But typical Mansell courage and skill took him past his arch rival … and with Patrasse in the pits it was left to Mansell to claim victory … only just though on a set of well worn and blistered tyres .
5 On the day Wright , awash with goals since his £2.5 million move across London , came face to face with his former Crystal Palace colleagues it was left to Merson to emphasise that Arsenal are playing like champions a little too late to worry Manchester United and Leeds .
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