Sentence examples for had largely left from inspiring English sources

While directing the government themselves, Burrus and Seneca had largely left Nero uncontrolled to pursue his own tastes and pleasures.

The movement took root on ground that mainstream civil rights organisations had largely left vacant, particularly in the black communities of America's deindustrialising northern cities.

The Republican Party had largely left him alone, but then a secretive group called the American Future Fund began spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on distortion-heavy attack ads.

Meanwhile, by the end of 2006 Kony and the LRA had largely left Uganda and were now based in the neighbouring countries of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Sudan.

Osborne, more socially liberal and with more understanding of the Tories' struggles in the late 90s (when Cameron had largely left politics to work in public relations), had become a party "moderniser" several years before Cameron.

Several years ago, the city instituted the test-based admissions process, which involves two exams given in one sitting, replacing a system that had largely left each district to set its own criteria, which could include tests, grades and teacher recommendations.

Some large security companies have largely left the screening business because, officials say, they have to submit such low bids to win contracts that it is hard to hire a reliable work force.

Foreign lenders have largely left the British market.

Law enforcement officials have largely left Bitcoin alone.

In the past, the Israelis have largely left it alone.

The Lebanese government — by design — has largely left them to fend for themselves.