Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] could be [vb pp] without " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is difficult to see how an anti-Tory majority could be built without a realignment . |
| 2 | It is a testimony to the magnificent holdings of the Centre 's Alexander Baykov Library , that much of this research could be done without setting foot outside the University Campus ( or , indeed , outside the Ashley Building ) . |
| 3 | Its principal task was to lay the foundations for the governmental structures of post-war Spain , so that , when the end of the war should finally come , the political transition from the Republican to the Francoist state could be effected without any hiatus . |
| 4 | Whether it was the Vietminh , the Binh Xuyen , or , most likely , Trotskyists , who were responsible , it obviously shattered any confidence that the restoration of French power could be achieved without such savage resistance . |
| 5 | It would also mean that any changes to the system at this stage could be rectified without high costs being incurred . |
| 6 | It was that disapproval could be conveyed without anger . |
| 7 | Alternatively , five inmates of the same average weight could be flown without luggage . |
| 8 | He was convinced that full employment could be achieved without requiring all the measures of State intervention which a year before ( at a previous conference ) he had argued were essential . |
| 9 | We had to ensure that all working surfaces were hygienic and dirt trap free , and that food could be transported without spilling . |
| 10 | Of course , the same result could be achieved without putting the bookkeeping through a Loans Fund . |
| 11 | The traffic impact of any development could be accommodated without serious detriment to the surrounding area , but although the above constraints are not seen as insurmountable , they may well act as a deterrent to development . |
| 12 | The Supreme Court ruled by seven to two on April 24 that a condemned prisoner could be executed without any appeal having been undertaken . |
| 13 | The assumption of the Government in the 1980s was that the trend towards earlier retirement could be managed without new legislation to protect older workers from discrimination in the workplace . |