Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] [be] [adj] without " in BNC.
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| 1 | Earlier than most Americans he saw that this might not be possible without some American involvement . |
| 2 | However , he also argued that , under imperial initiative , the process of social transformation in India could not be complete without either a proletarian revolution in Britain or ‘ the Hindoos themselves … grown strong enough to throw off the English yoke altogether ’ . |
| 3 | I loved the sadness of it and the staginess … and the tragedy of their loving each other so much that they could not be happy without each other or even manage to make anyone else happy , despite all their niceness and good intentions . ’ |
| 4 | And I should also mention that this could n't be possible without the generosity and help of Percy and a sincere thank you Percy . |
| 5 | Joe could n't be sure without checking , but he thought that the street was somewhere outside of Soho proper and bordering on the fringe of Chinatown . |
| 6 | We could n't be married without their consent . ’ |
| 7 | Although the images of the film belied the opinions expressed within it ( ‘ unless the camera lied , Matthew appeared to be a loveable , reasonable , biddable child capable of enjoying life within its limits ’ ) , the mood of the programme was that we could well be better without mentally handicapped people , who have an unsatisfactory life and require an unfair devotion of care . |
| 8 | A certain self-reflexiveness even finds its way into otherwise realistic novels , such as Anthony Burgess 's Earthly Powers , as if no contemporary novel could quite be complete without at least a moment of creative hesitation and self-examination . |
| 9 | Memories of boyhood days would not be complete without mention of some of the boys with whom we played , boys we grew up with , and who to this day remain our good friends — the life-long friends of Jerry and me . |
| 10 | Kamari Tours offer several interesting excursions and a visit to Santorini would not be complete without a boat trip to the active volcano on Neo Kameni or New Burnt Island , which last exploded in the 1950s . |
| 11 | This book would not be complete without a glance at a place where , more than any other , the ideals of colonial administration and administrative reality appeared to exist in harmony together — those rolling grasslands of the Great Rift Valley , on either side of the border between Kenya and Tanganyika , where lived the people who more than any other fascinated the Europeans who came to East Africa : the Masai . |
| 12 | Christmas would not be complete without holly , but before growing your own , take John Kelly 's advice to ensure you choose the right sex ! |
| 13 | The spring garden would not be complete without rhododendrons and azaleas , with their colourful May blooms , but try to colour coordinate them as indiscriminate splashes of red , pink and yellow can be disturbing . |
| 14 | This book would not be complete without providing you with some information on the subject . |
| 15 | Your stay in Gdynia would not be complete without a visit to the city of Gdansk ( formerly Danzig ) , birthplace of the Solidarity movement . |
| 16 | The catalogue of Ceauşescu 's British admirers would not be complete without a mention of the former Bishop of Southwark , Mervyn Stockwood . |
| 17 | A review of recent developments in social work , especially in the context of Conservative Party policy , would not be complete without some reference to the development of private practice . |
| 18 | This introduction would not be complete without reference to the semantic and linguistic engineering of the term case management into care management in the UK DoH reforms . |
| 19 | The picture would not be complete without some idea of the mining costs of the time . |
| 20 | The same applies to the examples that I discuss in chapter 4 : some of these show gross differences between social groups on the basis of hundreds or even thousands of tokens , which would not be apparent without quantification . |
| 21 | Even so self-sufficiency would not be possible without a fall in oil demand by the end of the century . |
| 22 | Consequently , early systems were unsuccessful , and the realisation that effective MT would not be possible without fundamental work on text understanding led to a cutback in funding . |
| 23 | That would not be possible without a memory faculty , which can remember times , locations , numbers , and other information . |
| 24 | In a letter he wrote : ‘ The smooth and effective running of non-urgent patient transport services would not be possible without the very considerable efforts of those volunteers . |
| 25 | Section 8 of the Railways Act 1974 allows grant payments to be made to suitable applicants , provided that there will be a significant environmental benefit , the anticipated expenditure is of a capital not revenue nature , British Rail will carry the desired freight , the rail freight facilities will encourage a transfer from road to rail and that , relatively speaking , the wanted rail freight facilities would not be viable without a Section 8 payment . |
| 26 | To confine the word to either sense would hardly be possible without pedantry ; though , on the one hand , we may agree that a thing which has no owner — a rare event in a civilized country , except in the case of a few things , like wild animals at large — is not property , and , on the other , we may often avoid confusion by using the word ‘ ownership ’ for the most extensive right which a man can have over material things . |
| 27 | A visit to Northampton would n't be complete without seeing Althorpe House , the home of Lord and Lady Spencer ( parents of Princess Diana ) . |
| 28 | Any visit to West Dorset would n't be complete without a walk along a section of the coastal path . |
| 29 | Although not based at Wallingford , this FOCUS would n't be complete without mentioning , senior project engineer . |
| 30 | What I 'm , what I 'm trying to do is , is just er highlight er paths where they are , and , and , and drawing people 's attention to er to , to rights of way in the county , er obviously a lot of people probably would n't be , maybe people that 've just moved into the area , that sort of thing , people like myself who were n't too familiar with Oxfordshire before , er those sort of people probably would n't be aware without a book like this that there were a lot of paths on their doorstep , and some very pleasant countryside as well . |