Sentence examples for being left instead of from inspiring English sources

BP and the Coast Guard say that their biggest challenge is explaining to eager and desperate residents why some oil is being left instead of being mopped up.

Ten days after a devastating earthquake knocked this region to its knees, most people finally seem able to focus on what is left instead of only what is lost.

(Despite looking so neatly cropped that he could have been leaving instead of coming, he was there for a trim).

We need to try to understand why these students are leaving instead of thriving.

State that you're sorry to share this news and that it's unfortunate that you're leaving instead of saying you're out of there.

So the family was left instead to debate the finer points of cookie table etiquette.

But the farm-to-table ethos has essentially bypassed the working class, which is left, instead, to live with the fallout of the low-cost food industry — obesity, diabetes, and, ironically, malnutrition.

However, in trying to prevent India and Afghanistan from building close ties -- especially in the economic arena -- Pakistan may end up being left behind, instead of being encircled.

"But I am surprised Diane Greene left, instead of putting people under her or around her".

Note that this time strand 1 will be going right to left instead of left to right.

Belmont's main distinction continued to stand out: races there were run to the left instead of the traditional American right.