Example sentences of "[adv] leave [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though she was a performer of indisputable talent , one was none the less left with a nagging impression that overarching each of her individual characteristics was another role , one she played to the hilt : that of the grande dame , the First Lady of the American cinema , the Duse of the double-feature . |
| 2 | Thereafter she toured abroad each year , sometimes taking long leave from the Imperial Ballet until she resigned altogether in 1913 . |
| 3 | So you 're only left with a thousand so |
| 4 | The Hoge Raad held that the point as to the cases in which there was ‘ occasion to transmit a … document for service abroad ’ was entirely left to the domestic law of the state of origin of the documents . |
| 5 | Greeks , Romans , Saracens and Normans have all left behind a rich cultural heritage of theatres and temples , bridges and aqueducts , churches , towers and palaces . |
| 6 | It is very complexed and probably better left to a qualified solicitor . |
| 7 | Despite those veterans seen in the marathons , jogging is tough on the joints and better left to the young and the truly athletic . |
| 8 | Maybe some things were better left to the natural course of time . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Between January 1939 and June 1940 she worked on the French–Spanish border to alleviate the wretchedness of the defeated Spanish Republicans , only leaving on the last boat to sail for Britain from Bordeaux . |
| 11 | She apparently left through an unlocked door . |
| 12 | Taking your choice of scavenger from the above , we are just left with the obligatory plec among our catfish selection , and , as mentioned earlier , I have to opt for the Pseudocanthicus spinosus . |
| 13 | Corresponding in their insignificance to the islets of the sea , two small clumps of trees , one on each side of the only fault in the impeccable joint , marked the mouth of the river Meinam we had just left on the first preparatory stage of our homeward journey ; and , far back on the inland level , a larger and loftier mass , the grove surrounding the great Paknam pagoda , was the only thing on which the eye could rest from the vain task of exploring the monotonous sweep of the horizon ( 4 ) . |
| 14 | This work is best left to a professional builder , with experience of altering and renovating chimneys and flues . |
| 15 | Fixing mirrors to ceilings requires some skill and knowledge , and is probably best left to a glazier . |
| 16 | Persuading recalcitrant joints to co-operate is best left to a bad dream . |
| 17 | The present UK government and the CBI have indicated strong opposition to these proposals , on the grounds that employee involvement is best left to a voluntary approach . |
| 18 | The issue is whether or not there should be a strong framework and organizational commitment to instruments of public policy or whether or not there is a belief that such interventions are illegitimate and best left to the mysterious movements of market forces . |
| 19 | Boards are cumbersome bureaucratic legal bodies best left to the cumbersome bureaucratic legal task of representing share-holders ' interests . |
| 20 | The built-in functions and the macro language are dealt with in a separate tome which is best left to the initiated ! |
| 21 | It is arguable that such determinations are best left to the elected representatives . |
| 22 | Moreover , there was nothing egalitarian about the set-up and there was no expectation that the state would do much and interfere extensively in the " private " sphere of power and economic arrangements : these were seen as best left to the unseen hand of " impersonal " market forces . |
| 23 | Because of Berkeley 's criticisms of them , Locke 's views on language and abstract ideas , views which were implicit in the discussion of nominal essences , are best left for the next chapter . |
| 24 | Through a misunderstanding about the Tsarina 's intentions , Eugénie did not accompany her husband , who was thus left at a slight disadvantage when Alexander appeared accompanied by the Empress Maria . |
| 25 | Being the observer in the Land Rover on patrol is unpopular because observers do the paperwork on incidents ; those who can not drive are thus left with a great deal of boring work . |
| 26 | Children were often given confusing information , not taken to the funeral and generally left with a poor understanding of the finality of the event . |
| 27 | Descent : Routes on the left half of the cliff join a terrace which leads easily left to the broad descent rake known as Ledge Route ; those on the right lead to the top of the buttress and directly on to Ledge Route . |
| 28 | Her father was just leaving in a blue Rolls-Royce . |
| 29 | I am the first person to admit that success is not that frequent at Athletico and on those rare occasions when it comes we are always left with a nasty aftertaste to spoil it . |
| 30 | Not the richest of pickings , usually left to the fly-by-night minicabs . |