Oddly enough in this tucked-away spot, it was left to French people to make the breakthroughs.
It was left to Charles Dickens to be the primary bread winner for the family.
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It was left to Guinness, of course, to insure that the excitement never quite boiled over.
When the emergency was announced it was left to individual chemists to warn their regular patients.
It was left to welfare case-workers to distinguish the deserving from the undeserving poor.
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It was left to Fairclough to steer his own course, and he is proud of his achievements.
It was left to Disney to revive the fashion with their hit animation film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
Eventually, it was left to then Saints boss Chris Nicholl to break the painful news to Phillips.
It was left to the European Union to make the case for some solidarity with trade unionists.
But it was left to Kluivert to typify Newcastle's evening by directing his close-range shot wide late on.
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It was left to Howson to put the icing on the cake, running clear to finish with aplomb.
Bureau sources concede that when the probe was opened in May 1996, it was left to second-string agents.
It was left to Singapore statesman Lee Kuan Yew to spell out the implications of the Sinatra Principle.
It was left to Yakubu to level from Mikel Arteta's free-kick, extending both sides' unbeaten run to five games.
And so it was left to scrappy entrepreneurs like George Yu to put the most intriguing devices on show.
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This fall, it was left to elder statesmen like Sonny Rollins and Tony Bennett to carry the torch for tradition.
It was left to Kevin O'Brien, Ireland's centurion against England, to finish things off with two sixes off Pieter Seelaar.
In the end, it was left to Olly Murs to explain why the US is suddenly in love with our musicians.
Kennedy was assassinated that November, and it was left to Lyndon Johnson to get the legislation through Congress the following year.
In the absence of civic dignitaries to welcome the King, it was left to Mr Mountney to show him around the castle.
So it was left to Pietersen and Collingwood, well versed in establishing big partnerships against Australia, to alter the balance of power.
Denesh Ramdin and Jerome Taylor failed to contribute much and it was left to Fidel Edwards to keep Gayle company until stumps.
It was left to Gareth Breese, who battled away for 85 balls to make 43, to ensure his team reached a respectable total.
It was left to the SDLP's Eddie McGrady, in whose constituency the saint is reputedly buried to appeal, for unity on the issue.
With the spinners struggling, it was left to them to flog what they could out of a moribund surface in hot and humid conditions.
But it was left to goalkeeper Andy Ralph to save from Paul Furlong in the shootout before Karl Connolly's miss sent the part-timers through 4-3.
But when leading pair Kings Mistral and Akarus fell independently at the fourth-last it was left to Sir Rembrandt and Bindaree to battle it out.
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But the challenger failed a medical on the eve of the fight and it was left to Helenius to take the plaudits as the main attraction.
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