Example sentences of "but leave the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Baltic Council had on Jan. 5 appealed to the leaders of the Commonwealth of Independent States ( CIS ) to withdraw the troops , but to leave the military hardware for the Baltic States to form their own militaries . |
| 2 | Mow with a free conscience , ride your bike more often but leave the real culprit , the car , in the garage . |
| 3 | The ends can be shaped and the whole thing cleaned up , but leave the top edge until the jointing is complete . |
| 4 | use the new schedules to classify new stock , but leave the old stock classified according to earlier editions of the schedules ; or |
| 5 | He stopped the car , but left the temperamental engine idling . |
| 6 | The Andrews also climbed on Porthmoina Island but left the main cliff , its ravens , badgers and ledges of campion and sea thrift alone . |
| 7 | The nine colonies which uncapped but left the dead larvae inside had one of the genes , that for uncapping , but not the other for removing . |
| 8 | But leaving the second homes as a constant figure and separate from is that right ? |
| 9 | Replacing the shoebox but leaving the tell-tale sea of marbles , he stood on Vic 's bed and tried , without success , to jump and pull himself up to the small opening . |
| 10 | This increases the significance of the information system to that of a recommender as to what to do based on value and choices but leaves the final decision to the manager . |
| 11 | This system encloses one speaker , generally the bottom one , but leaves the other speaker open ( the 2x12 cab ) at the back . |
| 12 | To end the list prematurely and clarify the point , the law of theft includes , in the words of that anonymous poet particularly loved by teachers of ‘ A ’ level economic history , ‘ the man or woman who steals the goose from off the common , but leaves the greater villain loose who steals the common from the goose ’ . |
| 13 | A harvest which removes the cobs but leaves the dead plants standing is not like a harvest at all . |