Example sentences of "[noun] be [not/n't] without [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Although the authorities are directly in charge of broadcasting , governments are not without considerable powers over broadcasting .
2 And what the devil , Kee is n't without sexual experience after all : she has a past .
3 The change of crop was not without important social consequences .
4 His career was not without personal risk : the sculptor was nearly mauled in the dockyards at Puteoli while drawing caged animals destined for the arena .
5 These procedures are not without academic credentials ( Haynes 1980 : 102 — 7 ) , and describe the way most organisations have always behaved for most of the time .
6 However , the Locksfields firm was not without serious difficulties .
7 Even before birth a human being is not without legal recognition , for the antenatal life is protected by the Infant Life Preservation Act 1929 .
8 Such developments in South America are not without adverse environmental consequences , though they are more limited than those of African savannas where population levels are much higher .
9 I just have to wait for his letter , but I think the sensible thing to do would be to talk to you about what he 's putting you on because a lot of these drugs are not without potential side effects .
10 The concept of ch'i was not without local advantages .
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