Example sentences of "it was left to [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was left to Western businessmen to manufacture CCCP T-shirts which ended up on the Soviet black market , an acute case of carrying coals to Newcastle . |
| 2 | In practice , it was left to each overlord to co-ordinate according to taste . |
| 3 | Possibly the deaths of the Chancellor and the Treasurer undermined the confidence of the King 's surviving ministers , and it was left to other loyalists to act on their own initiative . |
| 4 | But it was left to young Joey to fill the manor 's big top with cheers as he raced away to make it 3-0 . |
| 5 | It was left to another youngster , Russell Beardsmore , playing so tiny he looks like a mascot among the big central defenders , to show United the way . |
| 6 | Boldness triumphed and they moved on towards Perth after sending a detachment of the Camerons to try to capture the fortified barracks at Ruthven , where it was left to stalwart Sergeant Molloy of Guise 's Regiment to give them their first rebuff . |
| 7 | It was left to subsequent decisions to extend the application of the rules still further to those decisions which did not affect a person 's legal rights but regulated the grant of a privilege , etc . |