Example sentences of "would [be] left [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 On this model the local authority would be left with a limited number of central staff concerned to monitor and regulate service delivery organized by private concerns — for example , in street cleaning and refuse disposal — or undertaken by autonomous voluntary agencies — such as housing associations or schools directly managed by elected governors .
2 And she would be left with a bewildering mixture of emotions : shock , hurt , relief , resentment , confusion , anxiety , and a collapse of her fragile self-esteem .
3 Board of Trade President Michael Heseltine warned rebels they would be left with a lame duck administration if they did not ratify Maastricht .
4 Were he to say any such thing we would be left with a therapeutic murder .
5 I thought if I wrapped myself up in chickenwire and cut myself out again I would be left with a realistic shape .
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