Example sentences of "be left [prep] last " in BNC.
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1 | Controversial matters , such as the Investment Services Directive , European Company Statute , the Thirteenth Company Law Directive concerning takeover and other general bids , the Tenth Company Law Directive concerning cross-border mergers between public limited companies , and the Company Taxation Directive concerning arrangements for taking losses into account , have been left until last and it is not at all certain whether all or most of these directives will be adopted by the end of 1992 . |
2 | The best has been left until last however . |
3 | The respect the government accorded them was correspondingly limited : it was significant that among the great civil reforms of the reign that of urban government should have been left until last , and that when enacted it should have concentrated power in the hands of a very narrow élite . |
4 | The terminology used in discussing literary texts has been left till last because it is the one which has traditionally been most familiar to English teachers . |
5 | The worst news of all is left till last . |
6 | Some locations present special problems for the haulier , and Belfast is one of them , so this delivery was left until last . |