Example sentences of "[verb] place without a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The failure to recall the current gear suggests that gear changing often does take place without a specific episodic memory being formed , in fact it is likely that this is the normal state of affairs , the relative infrequency of the failure being reported probably simply reflects the fact that the need for conscious awareness of the current gear is itself rare .
2 No retro-bolting should take place without a common consensus of opinion , including that of the first ascentionists .
3 Successful though holidays may be they would not take place without a large bank balance .
4 The third lesson is that local economic development can not take place without an overall strategy for national and regional development .
5 It is inconceivable that these dramatic changes in demographic structure could have taken place without a major effect on the geographical distribution of population in Britain and on its composition in different localities .
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