Example sentences of "[not/n't] been [verb] without " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet it has not been built without cost . |
| 2 | This continuity had not been maintained without a struggle , and once again when the GLC was abolished there were moves to distribute the responsibilities of the ILEA between the constituent boroughs . |
| 3 | However , the " sombre professionalism " or intellectual self-sufficiency of inter-war English studies had not been achieved without some breakdown of mutual comprehension within the discipline itself . |
| 4 | For example , Albert Sloman , Vice-Chancellor of the new University of Essex , while accepting the requirement of serving " national need " , considers that expansion has not been achieved without a " drop in standards " , despite Robbins 's claim to the contrary . |
| 5 | This success has not been achieved without close attention to methodology . |