Example sentences of "and leave it at " in BNC.

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1 Clearly something does happen in higher education ; it is not enough to argue that it trains an elite and to leave it at that .
2 So — strictly speaking — it is not correct to say that it ‘ happened ’ in the seventeenth century and to leave it at that .
3 And we used to stand down and leave it at that .
4 But one can not just say that the tau neutrino is heavy and leave it at that .
5 ‘ Is n't it enough to look at the work I 've produced and leave it at that ? ’
6 Some guy might walk past and say , ‘ Hey , you look nice today ’ , and leave it at that .
7 If you are not sure of the answers , say so , and leave it at that .
8 Some find it simpler to say that Jesus was human and leave it at that .
9 Unlike Sam , or even me for that matter , he could admire a girl from afar , and leave it at that .
10 You could take their word for it and leave it at that .
11 Do n't just look at it and think to yourself ‘ That 's a jug ’ and leave it at that .
12 I 'd rather not talk to the guests much beforehand simply because I find it works better just to say hello , and thanks for coming , and leave it at that .
13 Anyway , Michael said that if he had one he 'd settle for peeling off the Carlsson stickers and the other red flashes down the sides and leave it at that .
14 and leave it at that .
15 When you 're a child they say , ‘ You know you should n't do that ’ , and they give you a bloody good rollicking and leave it at that — they try to terrify you .
16 Let's just say it seems a bit questionable and leave it at that . ’
17 Call me old-fashioned , but I think a lot of American actors just do a sort of swagger and leave it at that .
18 Did he write col basso in the score and leave it at that ?
19 But we can simply say ‘ hello ’ , and leave it at that . ’
20 ‘ I do n't want to pry into your affairs , but you did ring me and you ca n't just say you 're going away and leave it at that . ’
21 This suggestion , that stylistics should characterize comparatively the language or style of texts and leave it at that , would seem to constitute a sort of minimal claim for the relevance of linguistics to the study of literature .
22 Well , well that 's what I said , but she says can I not just alter it and leave it at that ?
23 Buy a bottle at five to two and leave it at two o'clock .
24 you might as well buy it and leave it at home .
25 Many must have signed and left it at that .
26 Another reason to be wary of explaining linguistic differences as products of gender roles , and leaving it at that , is that such a proceeding just encourages stereotyping .
27 In general , people not actually involved in it saw the Council as the beginning of a new ecclesial era rather than a way of concluding some long-standing issues and leaving it at that , yet the Council 's documents remain for nearly all Catholics the most authoritative Church teaching of this century , beside which even papal encyclicals have comparatively slight standing .
28 If she 'd been more of a woman , he believed , she would have meekly accepted his word and left it at that .
29 He said a few kind but ambiguous words about the pieces enclosed being ‘ eminently suitable for the audience they were aimed at ’ and left it at that .
30 His mother told him she made things to sell and left it at that .
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