Sentence examples for had left less from inspiring English sources

When he had left less than an hour earlier, there had been no such bedside commotion.

Perhaps someone up to no good — or, perhaps, someone disoriented in a maze of identical structures, ducking the rain and looking for the house he had left less than an hour before.

Chen Xiwen, the Chinese Communist Party's director of rural policy, said at a news conference in Beijing on Sunday that three rounds of precipitation and extra irrigation efforts had left less than a third of China's wheat acreage still suffering from drought.

But recent disclosures have left less to celebrate.

Morgan Stanley has left less on the table for Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner than Goldman Sachs did.

The recession has left less money for farmers to protect their animals, says Suárez.

It is no longer shameful to be seen swotting.All this work has left less time for play.

However it said strong growth this year has left less capacity for further mid-term growth in some markets.

He also said the recent opening of the new parking garage has left less room for taxis.

This has left less money for social programmes that were already starting to feel the pinch of diminishing returns after big initial success.

None of the oil that did leak reached the shore; a successful clean-up has left less than half a barrel's worth of oil on the surface, far out to sea.