Example sentences of "[noun] have left the " in BNC.

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1 Almost every one of those in the second category has left the country .
2 for the animal in its mud burrow , valuable time will be lost if it can not prepare itself for foraging until after the tide has left the shore .
3 However , an exception provides that recognition will not expire solely because the death of a shareholder or shareholders has left the recognised body with no shareholder able to exercise such voting rights .
4 My paper tells me that a dispute over pay between the leading British manufacturer of seaside rock and his chief sugar boiler has left the latter jobless and the former with umpteen sticks of rocks bearing the legend Mean Bastard all the way through .
5 It is suggested that the decline of the rule in Rylands v. Fletcher in recent times has left the individual injured by the activities of our industrial society without adequate protection .
6 Where such a summons has not been served because the defendant has left the district after issue , successive summonses may be issued for service in any district to which he has moved ( Ord 7 , r 19(2) ) .
7 It 's as if that bright warm light has left the room , but the air is still full of her presence and I 'm smiling to myself while I fiddle with the bed .
8 Although the overlap in personnel is less than many commentators might suppose , the presence of Ian Paisley is such that , despite his best efforts to keep his roles as Church and Party leader distinct , the simplifications of unionist politics into just two parties has left the Church firmly associated with the DUP .
9 The stress on mineral extraction has left the settlers ( now almost 10 million as was estimated early in 1982 ) in effect abandoned , and their fate is reported in terms of disputes over land , the sowing of their land with weed seeds from the air and even the poisoning of their drinking water .
10 Nigel Clough 's arrival at Liverpool , Wales ' World Cup prospects and his natural thirst for goals has left the Reds ' striker itching for action in a season which could turn out to be a memorable .
11 Although the peloton has left the high Alps , there is still much tension .
12 Jinkwa had left the command vehicle under the control of the Environments Officer and ventured forth in a scouting party with two of his troopers .
13 Dr Neil had left the kitchen , to finish his toilet , presumably .
14 But the fighting had left the British and French armies even weaker .
15 I was driving my car along an unlit street in Bristol , England : all of a sudden the two inner wheels of the car had left the road and I travelled for quite a few yards at an angle of 45 degrees , after which I landed with a large bump .
16 When the car had left the front door and they had promised to behave , Michael was sent to check on Mrs Murphy , up to her sleeves in the sink .
17 The small airstrip was well away from the house and even before they turned to land a car had left the property and was heading out to meet them .
18 She said he did n't have an enemy in the world and that his murder had left the whole family devastated .
19 Peter Heatherston , the Raith captain , quipped that the player-manager 's brace of goals had left the squad dreading the week ahead in training .
20 So , a victory for Oxford United ; it came after a few of the supporters had left the ground , it came in injury time — Oxford United one , Portsmouth nil , reporting on the match , a very happy Nick Harris .
21 Travis had left the door open — she seized her chance , and was through it like a shot .
22 Many of those affected by the relocation had left the south as refugees from the conflict there in the previous decade .
23 Like so many others , by this time Millend had left the cloth trade and , in this case , been turned over to corn and saw milling .
24 The bunch pulled out by the weathercock had left the rest of the twigs loose in their binding .
25 As the modified aircraft had left the Long Beach and Oxnard facilities , they were test flown and ferried to Marine Corps Air Station El Toro in Orange County .
26 The nervous tension of the build-up to the wedding had left the royal couple absolutely drained .
27 By February 1187 at the latest , however , Richard had left the south and was in Normandy to welcome his father on his arrival from England .
28 The Committee has left the matter open in the hope that a satisfactory formula can be constructed .
29 Laura Lynch has left the building .
30 In keeping with the Foucauldian critique of reflection theory , Kendall outlines a general shift away from versions of social histories of art that employ images as mere backdrops for cultural analysis : ‘ The shift towards theory and the invocation of new disciplines and methodologies has left the work of art with an uncertain status and a disquieting future ’ .
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