Example sentences of "[coord] without much " in BNC.
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| 1 | The old wood of the door frame gave up the struggle and splintered , freeing the tongue of the lock , and without much more trouble I pulled the door open towards me , swinging it wide . |
| 2 | Reluctantly , and without much enthusiasm , Blair clambered down the river bank and waded across the stream . |
| 3 | Religion in the West is considered to be serious and solemn and without much humour . |
| 4 | Local races that produce the cyclists of the Low Countries are characteristically kermesses , a large and mixed bunch of riders chasing round a small town-and-country circuit : all very physical , and without much time or inclination for tactics . |
| 5 | Breaking up the confused concourse of horsemen into three echelons of a sort , in the darkness and without much noise and shouting , was a problem , and no very exact division resulted . |
| 6 | At this point , the Reina Sofía is less a Centre Pompidou than a Kunsthalle , a place for temporary exhibitions and without much of a collection . |
| 7 | Exhausted and without much hope for the future , she gradually slipped into a permanent state of depression , which made life even more difficult for Josh , although neither of them realized this . |
| 8 | Also lonely , and without much dash , to my mind . |
| 9 | He was tall and fat , and without much hair . |
| 10 | During the Second World War the capitalist allies worked together with Communist Russia without either side altering its views and without much real communication . |
| 11 | Oxford in the late 1950s brought together a coterie , which , after graduation , and without much else on , led to Private Eye . |
| 12 | If you want to learn a language that will get you somewhere quickly and without much effort then I would advise Pascal — Turbo Pascal being my favourite — or Basic , and QBasic in particular . |
| 13 | I left school at the age of 17 , anxious to get into the wider world , and without much thought went to the university of my home town , at that time a pretty universal habit . |
| 14 | One of the more fascinating changes has been the introduction of word processing equipment , whereby someone who types his article can just send off something like a floppy disk to his publisher , and without much intervention it appears as the printed article . |
| 15 | One of the more fascinating changes has been the introduction of word processing equipment , whereby someone who types his article can just sent off something like a floppy disk to his publisher , and without much intervention it appears as the printed article . |
| 16 | As it was , on the fourth day England batted steadily but without much conviction , Steele and Close the top scorers , and were all out on the last morning for 254 , leaving West Indies to make 323 runs in a minimum of 294 minutes . |
| 17 | She also set about losing her virginity , and accomplished this feat without difficulty , but without much pleasure , in her first term . |
| 18 | The conductress tried to console her with a glass of sweet , strong tea but without much success . |
| 19 | Finally , if you are trying to sell your house , but without much success , aromatherapy may be the answer . |
| 20 | He 'll beat him black and blue , ’ she said hopefully , but without much conviction . |
| 21 | I decided to seduce him , but without much hope of success . |
| 22 | Over the last three years , I have attempted to persuade both the Nat West Bank , with its building in the city of London , and the London Docklands Development Corporation , which supervised the building of Canary Wharf , the tallest office block in western Europe , to permit races to be staged — but without much success . |
| 23 | The company had been working with DBase III , but without much joy , simply because of the system 's relative inflexibility and technical complexity . |
| 24 | Dorcas , the engineer , had once tried to explain electricity to Masklin , but without much success because Dorcas was n't too certain about it either . |
| 25 | In 1153 , for example , when the bishop of Langres brought a complaint against Duke Eudes II of Burgundy in the royal court , all four royal summonses to the duke met with excuses ; in the end , therefore , the royal verdict was given by default to the bishop , but without much expectation that a long-term solution to the conflict had been achieved . |
| 26 | He first tried his hand at Formula One racing in 1963 but without much success . |
| 27 | At the same time it should be remembered that in non-sociological cultural studies , as in much general writing , the question of effect is commonly raised but without much or any evidence and often by simple and even casual assertion . |
| 28 | ‘ And did any ask of you , towards the end of the evening , to help him hoist a long bundle on to the wagon with the wood ? ’ asked Cadfael , directly but without much expectation , and shook to the simple answer . |
| 29 | Christmas was coming , but without much conviction in a darkened Britain . |
| 30 | He had been watching Clare and Underwood for some time , but without much of interest developing . |