Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] without [v-ing] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | If they have been accustomed to carrying a baby on the hip , they start to curve in that direction without realising it . |
| 2 | Even when I was a schoolboy I was able to disguise it because my parents made sure that I had the best of footwear specially made to build up my right foot without making it obvious that this was the case . |
| 3 | PATIENTS on life-saving drugs could be taking ineffective or dangerous counterfeit products without realising it , as victims of a trade ruse , manufacturers said today . |
| 4 | This must be at one end of the housing , clear of the other compartments , and then you will be able to slide the glass off this compartment without sliding it off the others . |
| 5 | This might well be so with the control of aggression and of self-seeking behaviour ; I shall make one or two remarks about this question without pursuing it at length . |
| 6 | But then it requires a fair amount of imagination to picture this place without seeing it . |
| 7 | Many mums who have apparently short labours have actually been gently dilating for a few days without realising it and without having any of the other traditional ‘ signs ’ of labour : a ‘ show ’ as the plug to the cervix is expelled , waters breaking or the first contractions . |
| 8 | With gloss paint the cause is painting over a dirty or glossy surface without preparing it properly and applying undercoat before the gloss finish . |
| 9 | NO ACCESS You do not have access to this module without supplying it 's associated password . |
| 10 | How can we understand Iranian foreign policy without seeing it as reflecting Islamic notions of morality ? |
| 11 | See if you can find the area of the faces of this cuboid without unfolding it . |
| 12 | This hangar was all closed up apart from one door , so he drove in in the semi-dark and reversed rapidly into what he thought was an empty corner without checking it first for parked vehicles . |
| 13 | See it again , right , I 'll just do it this time without talking it through , and you can just watch |
| 14 | The interior , austere and functional , refined the colour scheme and the instrumentation of the racing Dinos without loading it down with unwanted bric-a-brac . ’ |
| 15 | you can be infected for between 10–15 years without realising it . |
| 16 | Not only do we display even two or three surplus pounds in the form of an enormous bulge-tall people can often carry a surplus stone without showing it — but we also tend to burn up fewer calories than people of larger height and frame . |
| 17 | Perfect finish : to store an iced cake without smudging it , put the cake on the lid of the tin and then gently lower the tin on top of it . |
| 18 | There is nothing wrong with being realistic and I suppose Scotland has about 20 or so players who could fit into the national side without weakening it , especially as we have recently lost a third of that national side . |
| 19 | ‘ . Thus if Scargill was satisfied that ( a ) Branch members would accede to a call for a strike by their local officials , ( b ) that those officials would call a strike , and ( c ) that the National Executive ( over which he had a strong influence ) would sanction such strikes , then he could achieve the equivalent of a national strike without submitting it to the membership at large for their endorsement . |
| 20 | A figure in brown detached itself from the shadows , reached into the bin with a look of disgust on his face , and pocketed the crumpled paper without reading it . |
| 21 | Since they look very similar even a regular buyer could pick up the larger size without realising it — but of course the scanner at the check out would recognise the different bar code and charge the correct amount . |
| 22 | Laughing still , he swept two men aside like straw wisps , took a gash in his left arm without noticing it , and sprang straight at Hector , axe raised to strike . |
| 23 | ‘ They need to develop support networks which allow people to take these jobs without feeling it 's an achievement just to get through the day ’ . |
| 24 | Peter had said he would meet her , and she searched the faces on the other side of the barrier for his familiar friendly grin without finding it . |
| 25 | He could n't even ask a reasonable question without making it sound like an insult ! |
| 26 | After a short while the new way of moving begins to feel less strange and sometimes we can not understand how we could have moved so clumsily for so many years without realizing it . |
| 27 | Well that may be a bit of fun , but it is quite possible for you to write in a complicated manner without realising it . |
| 28 | It 's quite simple to stay out of range of any possible attack without making it obvious to everyone in the street . |
| 29 | Repeat all movements on 1 leg without straightening it . |
| 30 | True , only very talented people can use more than about six fonts on any one worksheet without making it look seriously overdressed , but it 's still an odd limitation . |