Example sentences of "be left [prep] the [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such arguments may seem trivial when bodies as thoughtful as the Church of England have taken it upon themselves to ponder the issue of the use of nuclear weapons ; but the bomb has not gone off and when it has receded into the background we will be left with the demand for electricity . |
| 2 | — KOLESTRAL-SUPER can be left on the hair for 10–20 minutes . |
| 3 | A ‘ rather terrible ’ third old lady displayed such a regularly outrageous temper that she was constantly locking herself in her room , expecting her meals to be left outside the door for her . |
| 4 | In an exceptionally dry year ( when straw is already dried out at mowing time ) the corn may be carted without stooking , but normally it should be left in the field for a week or more for the straw to dry and the grain to harden . |
| 5 | If not , it should be left in the oven for another hour and then be checked again . |
| 6 | Lettuce for vegetarian fish can be left in the tank for several hours , allowing them to browse , which is what they would do in nature . |
| 7 | The great , distinguished people of the world do not know that these beggars can in the pride of their souls , look down on them as the unfortunate ones , who are left on the shore for their worldly uses , but whose life ever misses the touch of the lover 's arms . ’ |
| 8 | This has meant that dead animals are left by the roadside for the council to collect , and the local slaughterhouses have been receiving sick animals as some farmers try to use it as a replacement for the knacker 's yard . |
| 9 | The mercurial Polish international has been left on the bench for the last three games following a 5–1 defeat at Brentford . |
| 10 | The bike had been left with the fireman-uncle for him to sell . |
| 11 | You may have to adjust the truss rod and shave or sand the bottom of the saddle slightly to achieve a reasonable action , especially if the guitar has been left in the heat for a period of time . |
| 12 | For scanning electron microscopy , the tissues were left in the fixative for 3 hours at room temperature . |
| 13 | For light microscopic examination , pieces of tissue from the gastric corpus were left in the fixative for three days at room temperature and , after dehydration in a graded series of ethanol , were embedded in Historesin ( LKB , Bromma , Sweden ) . |
| 14 | Boost : If your hair is particularly dry it will benefit from a deep conditioning treatment , which is left on the hair for up to 30 minutes . |
| 15 | Mats of prostrate herbs , like variegated thymes and marjorams , can be used to break up expanses of soil , or you could plant an overall ground cover of bugle , saxifrage , heather or ivy , provided room is left around the roses for annual mulches and access for pruning or cutting . |
| 16 | Bread and cheese is left in the kitchen for anyone who is hungry during the night . |
| 17 | Cara God knows how much time there is left in the world for any of us . " |
| 18 | The total amount of ‘ common funding ’ is set at such a level that a sum of money is left in the pool for furnishing the ‘ further funding ’ element . |
| 19 | Before the 1947 Town and Country Planning Act , ribbon development was common along existing road patterns and land was left at the rear for agriculture , market gardens or allotments . |
| 20 | His body , bound in chains , was left on the gibbet for over two years before being removed by John Stewart , younger of Ballachulish , the one member of the Appin gentry who actively promoted the legal defence of his kinsman . |
| 21 | The calcium phosphate-DNA was left on the cells for 12-16 hours then the medium was changed and the cells harvested 48 hours after transfection for RNA preparation . |
| 22 | ‘ The swinging signboard fell down and was left in the garden for 14 months . |
| 23 | Although the lungs were removed during mummification , the heart was left in the body for its crucial test in the judgement of the dead . |