Sentence examples for left firmly from inspiring English sources

But in what has been a major bull market, the fund, like many of its ilk, has been left firmly in the starting blocks producing sub-standard returns.

The result could be chaos in the world markets, and OPEC left firmly in control.Another reason to doubt that an invasion would kill off OPEC is the state of Iraq's oil infrastructure.

As far as the frankly outdated idea of "selling out" goes, former indie darling Mills is on board, oars at the ready, gentle whimsy left firmly at the door like a bad teenage habit (thumb sucking, anyone?).

But Lucasfilm has already shown that it is not entirely allergic to George Lucas's later movies, even though the Star Wars creator's ideas for future instalments were left firmly on the shelf when he sold his beloved space opera saga to Disney in October 2012.

A flinty old friend of ours from the country writes: I was persuaded by my family the other day to attend the graduation of a grandniece of mine from Yale, pretty much against my will, for college is something I left firmly behind me, and, besides, I keep a close eye on the weather out here and I knew from the forecast that that particular day boded no good.

The New Yorker, June 7 , 1982P. 29 A flinty old friend of ours from the country writes: I was persuaded by my family the other day to attend the graduation of a grandniece of mine from Yale, pretty much against my will, for college is something I left firmly behind me, and, besides, I keep a close eye on the weather out here and I knew from the forecast that that particular day boded no good.

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A rival pretender almost succeeded in overthrowing the new king, but Agesilaus defeated him and left Nectanebo firmly established as ruler.

Nonetheless, Otto maintained the essential successes of his father and left a firmly established realm to his son and successor Otto III.

But not everyone thinks having the parents in tow is a good idea: University of East Anglia student Alys Earl left hers firmly at home.

Too many foreign distributors focused on the usual talk-heavy techno-orgies (such as Metropolis, Appleseed, Paprika), which left anime firmly mired in geek territory.