Example sentences of "[not/n't] have [be] [vb pp] without " in BNC.
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| 1 | Others suggested that their schools had an improved and more balanced curriculum , as a result of much more careful planning and prioritising , something which they felt could not have been achieved without devolution . |
| 2 | But in spite of the multiplication of new basic research tools in the humanities , it is surprisingly difficult to point , in specific areas , to solid , uncontroverted gains to scholarship which could not have been achieved without the new technology . |
| 3 | All this could not have been achieved without Macintosh computers , but again , they were only the means to an end . |
| 4 | ‘ Zero incidents would have been better , ’ said Malcolm Hartley , the site safety adviser , ‘ and this is our target for 1993 , but only one incident throughout the year is extremely good news and could not have been achieved without the strong commitment for safe working shared by the site 's work-force ’ . |
| 5 | This success could not have been achieved without the dedication of all the Chairmen , voluntary Officers , Committee members and teachers who have worked so hard for the Society during those years . |
| 6 | Clinical trials are about to begin in Oxford but this stage would not have been reached without research on animals . |
| 7 | The Panama Canal could not have been built without the help of Guppies . |
| 8 | And he admits to being impressed by new housing partnerships between the public and private sectors on projects which could not have been built without the co-operation of both parties . |
| 9 | It is a project of ambitious scale and could not have been realised without the generous sponsorship of the Menil Foundation , owner of an important group of works by Magritte . |
| 10 | The other seven would not have been elected without the contribution of transferred votes originally given to candidates of other parties . |
| 11 | Hampden Babylon could not have been written without the help of their triumphant indiscretions . |
| 12 | In summing up we may say : something has been made visible which could not have been perceived without the effort to make it visible . |
| 13 | Between humdrum research and showpiece research , what the humanities scholarly community is really anxious to see is work which is both ( a ) respected as an original scholarly contribution within its own discipline and ( b ) could clearly not have been done without a computer . |
| 14 | However , of the studies I have mentioned it would be difficult to claim that more than a handful fulfilled the criteria I mentioned earlier : both ( a ) respected as an original scholarly contribution within its own discipline and ( b ) could clearly not have been done without a computer . |
| 15 | Any writer dealing with Rodrigo must turn to Pidal , and this present work could certainly not have been accomplished without his scrupulous and immensely detailed account of the life and period of El Cid . |
| 16 | Would the same result not have been obtained without the group ? |
| 17 | The chairman of Oxfordshire County Council says the bridge would n't have been repaired without public support . |