Example sentences of "and leave the [noun] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , as justly observed by you , we must do all we can and leave the rest to God . ’ |
| 2 | But it remains true that the cabinet , its members and senior officials concern themselves with broader issues and leave the trivia to underlings . |
| 3 | Better to stick to the direct action and public protests we knew and could control , and leave the inquiry to people like the local authorities . |
| 4 | One canon stipulated that the parish clergy were to avoid discussing predestination in their sermons , and leave the topic to bishops , deacons , and ‘ learned men ’ , who would approach it ‘ moderately and modestly by way of use and application rather than by way of positive doctrine , as being [ more ] fitted for schools and universities than simple auditors ’ . |
| 5 | When he does — if he does — report to DS Fox before you let him into the house , and leave the explanations to Fox . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ They chose the easy path of irresponsibility and leave the burdens to others , ’ MacDonald wrote as his divided ministry broke up . |
| 7 | Not that it would have mattered so much : we could have gone on , wrangling over terms and leaving the outcome to chance , and there is , after all , quite a lot to be said for anticipation . |
| 8 | ‘ After all , the man who fell in love with Princess Marama and left the paintings to Tiare was a Frenchman you might have heard of — Paul Gauguin . ’ |
| 9 | I was told one flight was full , and left the gate to mooch around the newsstands . |
| 10 | It did not but the lowing herd wound its way to and from the milking sheds , and left the world to darkness and to us each night . |
| 11 | It was all one to him whether he directed a battle or a raid from his headquarters and left the action to others , or himself went to work with lance or sword in the centre of the din ; they were merely complementary skills in the same comprehensive expertise . |
| 12 | ‘ And leaves the world to darkness , and to me , ’ she murmured . |
| 13 | And leaves the world to darkness and to me . |
| 14 | He runs the business side and leaves the animals to George and the keepers who work with him . ’ |
| 15 | Now Mr Jones fills a mechanical digger with the fruit and leaves the elephants to gorge themselves while he continues with his work . |