Example sentences of "[noun sg] could be [vb pp] without the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a desire on Mr. Cottrell 's part to retain the services of the plaintiff so that the work could be completed without the need to employ another sub-contractor . |
| 2 | Payment could be made without the transfer of currency , and negotiable instruments acted as a means of credit . |
| 3 | When , in 1968 , a new Theatres Act swept away the censorship of plays by the Lord Chamberlain , it was replaced with the 1959 test of obscenity , but added a qualifying provision that no case could be brought without the consent of the Attorney General . |
| 4 | The individual paper by-products may have particularist historical value , but their dispersed character makes it unlikely that their meaning could be reconstructed without the aggregate data from which they were derived . |
| 5 | ( In fact the benefits of competition could be gained without the private sector acquiring public sector assets , ie competition could be created between different parts of the public sector . ) |