Sentence examples for left idle for from inspiring English sources

Now they are left idle for two or three years on sites".

If, for instance, great crested newts are no longer feared as an expensive obstacle to construction, developers might allow the creation of temporary nature reserves on "land banks" that are often left idle for years waiting for development opportunities.

The election worker also claimed: Counters worked quickly, but were left idle for periods of time.

None of the participating farms were left idle for this time period, possibly due to the associated loss of income or lack of shed capacity.

A check of the buses outside the same Harlem school where the settlement was announced Friday morning found that buses run by two of the companies in the settlement were left idling for as long as 15 minutes.

- the "use it or lose it" warning to property developers which some have presented as a "land grab" - has been advocated in the same terms by Tory Mayor of London Boris Johnson who backs the compulsory purchase of land which developers choose to leave idle for year after year.

In the dystopian society they envisage, machines have taken over most jobs and humans are left idle – except for those who know how to code.

The government has also increased the tax on land left idle, and speeded up the procedures for its re-distribution.

Students whose parents cannot afford to pay for summer activities are at greater risk for getting into trouble if left idle and unsupervised all summer.

In "The Museum of Final Journeys," which opens the book, we're in the lush, green east of plantations left idle by the emergence of plastic as a substitute for jute.

The fee will be introduced immediately for new customers and from 1 October for existing cardholders to cover the administrative costs of running accounts left idle.