Example sentences of "leave [prep] only " in BNC.
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| 1 | The point is that , unless you have such focuses for new building , you are left with only two alternatives : to force all new building back on to those urban wastelands ; or else to let new housing grow , like fat around a middle-aged belly , on the outskirts of existing villages and country towns . |
| 2 | In 1933 roughly 4,000 banks shut their doors , and the United States was left with only half as many as it had had in 1929 . |
| 3 | NUISANCES AS ISOBEL AND KAREN HAD BEEN , NIGEL FELT DEPRIVED at being left with only his wife . |
| 4 | Though Norwich reached the FA Cup semi-final at Villa Park in 1989 , they were left with only three survivors from the team which lost to Everton when Ian Crook withdrew yesterday . |
| 5 | By 1980 the Soviet Union was left with only two substantial associates in the region , Syria and the PLO , themselves uneasy allies against Israel . |
| 6 | If the manufacturer did this test on every yard of cloth he made he would be left with only worn-out cloth for sale . |
| 7 | We are left with only five texts in which the linguistic confusion does not appear to be attributable to textual interference . |
| 8 | The Battalion at this time was left with only five officers and 100 other ranks , and became a line of communication battalion . |
| 9 | After Alexander 's conversation with his doctor he was left with only two leads ; these were as follows : |
| 10 | ‘ Formidable ’ was left with only four serviceable Fulmars , with no immediate replacements available . |
| 11 | The committee , in their own inimitable style , had eliminated too many girls and were left with only four for the final . |
| 12 | They risked all for our liberty but today are left with only one freedom — the freedom to grow old in poverty . |
| 13 | The Deutsche Bundespost Telekom last year failed to make enough operating profit to offset losses by its sister units , according to yesterday 's edition of Focus magazine : the weekly reckons that Telekom 's 1992 profit totalled about $4,065m and after transferring $3,125m to the government , it was left with only $935m to offset losses of $1,685m at the Deutsche Bundespost Postdienst postal service and $185m at the Deutsche Bundespost Postbank savings bank . |
| 14 | I am now left with only two questions : What is that little metal sliding bit for ? |
| 15 | At the end of April Duke John , left with only a handful of fortresses , fled to England . |
| 16 | We are then left with only one equation unc or unc or |
| 17 | And so Oliver was left with only the drunken nurse . |
| 18 | We are therefore left with only two certain pieces of contemporary evidence for the religious situation of the persecution period — as I have said , the Book of Daniel and the petition of the Samaritans of Shechem who wanted to dedicate their temple to Zeus , and more precisely to Zeus He ] lenios ( Jos . |
| 19 | Shaking his head at Feargal , amusement dancing in his eyes , Donal turned back to the barman and Ellie was left with only her drink , or Feargal , to stare at . |
| 20 | And when they tied up at Water Gypsy 's permanent moorings , he gathered his few possessions together and left with only the most perfunctory of farewells . |
| 21 | On Nov. 20 , Ghana Broadcasting Corporation reported that the parliamentary elections had been postponed until Dec. 22 ; the report quoted Mr Justice Ofori-Boateng as saying that as a result of the withdrawal of the four parties , 38 constituencies had been left with only one candidate each . |
| 22 | Whether anything has changed in the issues which divide the US and its European partners is no clearer after this encounter , and we are left with only the haziest idea of whether the mutual admiration is any more than skin deep . |
| 23 | They integrated with the Picts , the ‘ painted men ’ , finally absorbing them and their culture completely , leaving behind only robbed brochs , broken hill-forts and a few stone carvings as evidence of the Picts ' passing . |
| 24 | Instead , it flashes across between them , coming ‘ vertically from above ’ , and leaving behind only the marks of its passing , much as lightning scorches the earth where it strikes . |
| 25 | Like the Cheshire cat , many great industrial enterprises , such as Firestone and Dunlop in tyres , have already vanished , leaving behind only their brand names as images to be exploited by their new owners . |
| 26 | The cumulative effect has been to remove much of the archaeological evidence for settlement from the slopes and uplands , leaving behind only the remnants of flint implements and pottery and the deepest post holes . |
| 27 | In the last quatrain the ‘ fire ’ of life is still ‘ glowing ’ even though ‘ youth ’ has already passed away leaving behind only ashes . |
| 28 | But they soon fade into the background , leaving behind only thematic reminiscences which are picked up and swiftly developed in a manner suitable to the changing dramatic context . |
| 29 | Six ships they had had ; and they left with only three . |