Example sentences of "[pers pn] without the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 How if we draw from the records of our knowledge to find a way to drive this ship of yours without the use of machines ? ’
2 ‘ I ca n't understand you without the Thing , ’ said Masklin .
3 ‘ He 'll probably never recognise you without the towel . ’
4 ‘ I did n't recognize you without the dog ! ’ some of them said .
5 Or perhaps it was just shock at seeing me without the gag .
6 You did n't recognise me without the leotard .
7 ‘ And I 'd be grateful if you 'd just tell me without the need to shake it out of you . ’
8 How could the working class make effective use of the political power which the vote was expected to give them without the opportunity to engage in an open discussion of political principle and perspectives ?
9 If you can allow your child or your teenager to experience these consequences ( short of any which might cause them serious pain or hurt ) , he or she will learn from them without the addition of sermons , scolding or smackings .
10 Asquith and Balfour enjoyed them without the striving .
11 Later , after he had been influenced by certain paintings by Cézanne , Picasso began to treat solid forms in a more arbitrary , empirical or experimental fashion and to explore the possibilities of representing them without the aid of traditional perspective .
12 They should be placed where horses can have free access to them without the fear of being trapped and hurt by a more aggressive horse higher in the pecking order .
13 The evidence is that communications from the judiciary to the Home Secretary on this topic are confidential ; and I accept that there is at least a tacit agreement that neither side will disclose them without the consent of the other .
14 ( 2 ) A licence must be refused if the body providing the canteen fails to undertake to make rules in terms of a draft approved by the board , and to refrain from altering them without the consent of the board .
15 She wanted Roman 's arms around her , she wanted to feel him againt her without the barrier of clothes , but there were things she had to say before she could allow that to happen .
16 If this is proved , the court makes a preliminary order , called a ‘ receiving order ’ , which protects the debtor 's property and prevents creditors from suing him without the leave of the court .
17 He 's missing but I want to find him without the law knowing I 'm interested . ’
18 ( b ) Every partner must account to his co-partners for his private profits This is recognised in s29 of the Partnership Act : ( 1 ) Every partner must account to the firm for any benefit derived by him without the consent of the other partners from any transaction concerning the partnership , or from any use by him of the partnership property name or business connexion. ( 2 ) This section applies also to transactions undertaken after a partnership has been dissolved by the death of a partner , and before the affairs thereof have been completely wound up , either by any surviving partner or by the representatives of the deceased partner .
19 This uses a video camera mounted on the tractor roof matched to a monitor screen on the dashboard to give the driver a view of what 's going on behind him without the need to turn round .
20 She saw Jesus Christ as the bridge between God and man , who showed just how much God loves us and gave access to Him without the need of other intermediaries .
21 But Mark would like to do it without the company !
22 I I do n't mind watching it without the noise .
23 We ca n't do it without the support of the PA , you know that . ’
24 Having achieved power in certain situations , the military has great difficulty in maintaining it without the support of other important groups in society .
25 Trainees will probably need a lot of guidance in completing the exercise in Handout 14 both because they are doing it without the benefit of parents and in order to keep their CBs both objective and closely related to the PBs .
26 What writers from past centuries believed about the world , the sky , themselves is often untranslatable , and we will never quite master it without the help of a guide .
27 I could n't have done it without the help my husband gave
28 It is said that 50 per cent of people in Basildon read the Sun , and the appalling ‘ Terry ’ Dicks also claims ‘ I could n't have done it without the Sun ’ .
29 Equity providers will back management teams because of the strength of character and entrepreneurial skills of their members , who , as a general rule , will : ( a ) have a high degree of commitment to the new business ; ( b ) have strong entrepreneurial instincts ; ( c ) have confidence in their ability to take control of the business and run it without the assistance of inter-group services ; ( d ) be able to take personal risks without adverse effect on their decision making ; ( e ) have the strength of character to cope with the frustrations and successes of the negotiation process ; ( f ) be few in number and therefore able to make decisions quickly ; ( g ) have strong family support .
30 Gradually more and more refinement of the behaviour is required until the child is able to complete it without the model .
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