Example sentences of "can [not/n't] [be] [verb] without " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their story ca n't be written without the story of the men , but then neither could the story of the miners be truly told without including the women . |
| 2 | Their political passivity about these communal services ca n't be understood without taking into account the benefit of keeping it all in the family — for men it secured their surveillance over the time and labour of women . |
| 3 | Er , which means I ca n't be fired without a great deal of hassle , er , but , I er , er , the kind of the down-side is I have to go to the office occasionally . |
| 4 | It is doubtless embarrassing to have to explain to a client that some needs are recognised but ca n't be met without depriving someone else whose needs are even more urgent . |
| 5 | There 's one case , however , where a buyer can be told at the inception of a matter that the lease will provide that it ca n't be assigned without the lessor 's licence : the Ecclesiastical Commissioners and one or two other bodies insist on such a covenant in all their leases . |
| 6 | And a large number of cellular users consider themselves trapped by ‘ unfair ’ contracts that ca n't be changed without penalty . |
| 7 | The true explanation of title by [ adverse possession ] … seems to me to be that man , like a tree in a cleft rock , gradually shapes his roots to his surroundings , and when the roots have grown to a certain size , ca n't be displaced without cutting at his life . |
| 8 | The initial hypothesis suggested above about baptism being more a social than a religious ceremony is so general and broad that it obviously can not be tested without being broken down into its constituent parts . |
| 9 | Products for which they have authority to supply are also given code numbers and unless invoices are referenced to order number , with suppliers and product codes , payment can not be made without investigation . |
| 10 | Progress can not be made without exploring blind alleys . |
| 11 | Seemingly , as the rules are at present drafted , if no " return day " as defined has been fixed , then amendment of a pleading can not be made without leave ( see Ord 7 , r 17 ) . |
| 12 | The concept of a failure rate of over 25% in the First Division has raised objections from those who understand that an omelette can not be made without first breaking some eggs but would rather not run the risk of being dairy produce . |
| 13 | It can be said in conclusion that these developments have become central to the future of the ‘ GIS revolution ’ of the late 1980s , since it is now clear that the massive ( and desirable ) growth of the use of GIS can not be supported without improvements to the use environment experienced by the user . |
| 14 | The occurrence of /aI/ in one dialect and /eI/ in the other is a result of the agreement within each community on a consensus norm of usage within that community , and the difference can not be explained without some reference to this fact . |
| 15 | The success of the Peronist movement and , to a lesser extent , of Vargas and Cárdenas , in gaining widespread acceptance for their visions of national unity can not be explained without reference to a second major element of the Latin American political tradition which is related to corporatism and which also cuts across class-based Marxist politics : caudillismo , and its modern corollary , populism . |
| 16 | Such questions can not be answered without many more secondary studies . |
| 17 | This question can not be answered without knowing just what it is that a manager does . |
| 18 | ‘ ( a ) no evidence shall be admissible in any proceedings before a judicial authority exercising its jurisdiction or functions in Great Britain to prove that any such person has committed … any offence which was the subject of a spent conviction ; and ’ ( b ) a person shall not , in any such proceedings , be asked , and , if asked , shall not be required to answer , any question relating to his past that can not be answered without acknowledging or referring to a spent conviction or spent convictions or any circumstances thereto ; … ’ |
| 19 | It is one of the great drawbacks of much ‘ popular ’ social writing in newspapers and magazines that statements are made , the validity of which can not be accepted without more evidence . |
| 20 | The figures of net contributions to the EC can not be accepted without question . |
| 21 | The Dogon were aware that the planet Saturn had rings and that the planet Jupiter had four moons , which are pieces of information that can not be obtained without the use of a telescope — an artefact the Dogon have yet to discover . |
| 22 | This is so , for example , if its inclusion is not material for the purposes of giving a true and fair view or if , in effect , the parent is not able to exercise dominance over the subsidiary or holds its interest in the subsidiary exclusively with a view to resale , or the information necessary for group accounts can not be obtained without disproportionate delay or expense . |
| 23 | Using lead/acid or nickel/iron cells a range of 100 kilometres between rechargings can not be exceeded without using batteries with too high a weight as a ratio to total vehicle weight . |
| 24 | The importance of the relationship can not be demonstrated without an analysis of the accounts of the firm . |
| 25 | The 1970's can not be concluded without a reference to some of the societies who have enjoyed a special relationship with Henley and which started in this decade . |
| 26 | In Site Inscrit , roads and fences can not be constructed without permission from a special Committee but fertilisers can be applied and land ploughed . |
| 27 | December 's meeting showed conclusively that the Uruguay round can not be completed without a deal on agriculture . |
| 28 | The reason for this fall is the fact that romantic love can not be sustained without an underlying friendship . |
| 29 | The fact is that they hold the uterus open , which means that egg and sperm are allowed to unite , but the pregnancy is doomed because it can not be sustained without the uterus closing . |
| 30 | Moreover , uncontrolled activities can not be sustained without loss of plant and animal species , natural habitats , coast and hinterland , and the decay of buildings . |