Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] be [vb pp] to chance " in BNC.

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1 The opportunities for the education of the student during her ward allocation must not be left to chance .
2 An early decision was made that use of the system must not be left to chance .
3 Most practitioners will have their own list of preferred specialists and the aquisition of such important know-how must not be left to chance ( see further Chapter 3 ) .
4 Moreover , the Commission considered that the social benefits that would accrue from economic developments arising from the internal market could not be left to chance .
5 If there is an element of design on Pechorin 's part in the duel he fights , an element which incorporates a knowledge of the loaded dice to be employed by his opponent in the form of an unloaded pistol , the outcome can still be ascribed to chance , in a sense that must be meant to characterise the hero 's fine indifference .
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