Example sentences of "[be] better leave to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps she said things that would have been better left to silence . |
| 2 | The Government generally take the view that matters of pay and hours are better left to negotiation between employers and employees , or by their representatives , and that they should certainly not be dealt with in legislation or in codes of practice provided for in statute . |
| 3 | Arguments over the validity of the notice and justification of the motives of the partners serving it are better left to an appropriate tribunal ( judge , arbitrator or mediator ) than carried on in acrimonious correspondence . |
| 4 | They contend that the allocation of valuable property rights in information would be better left to private contractual negotiations rather than formal law . |
| 5 | British strategists decided the tribes were better left to themselves in ‘ human nature reserves ’ , to use the words of one military diarist of the time . |
| 6 | Women who could carry a child under each arm on a day 's shopping trip were told they were not strong enough to do men 's work ; that lifting and lugging were better left to the lads after all . |
| 7 | Maybe some things were better left to the natural course of time . |
| 8 | Since the main argument for authority depends on such factors it is impossible to generalize and indicate an area of government regulation which is better left to individuals . |