Example sentences of "can [vb infin] without [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Without radio play , a record can disappear without trace . |
| 2 | The fate of the DEA was symbolic of Wilson the supreme Whitehall technician — failure at every level , from the Cabinet command post to the interdepartmental bush , where drive , energy and strategy can disappear without trace . |
| 3 | Angelo 's judgement on Claudio , a death sentence for having got his bride with child , is severe but consistent with his principles , and he can affirm without hypocrisy , although self-righteously , Yet the confrontation with Isabella , come to appeal on her brother 's behalf , fills Angelo with desire for the first time in his life , and a soliloquy gives us this crucial information about his new state : Shakespeare there presents Angelo in a soliloquy nearer the mode of tragedy than comedy . |
| 4 | Was it , perhaps , in the 1960s that the notion became clear that no idol can exist without feet of clay ? |
| 5 | As a creative act architecture can exist without building . |
| 6 | If the advantages of decentralization of decision making are to be preserved , firms must be able to operate within a set of rules for competition that enable them to identify what strategies are likely to attract scrutiny , and what strategies they can pursue without hindrance . |
| 7 | They 're not something we can do without Secretary of State authorization , that will take time , and as Mr just mentioned , the budget , and we are still proceeding with that budget , but we do n't have extra money to do this within that budget at the moment , so , yes , we have n't ignored the problem . |
| 8 | THE unemployed can do without Peter Lilley 's daft comments as he plans to make more people jobless . |
| 9 | ‘ From an abomination like yourself , ’ she retorts , ‘ I can do without lectures on Jewish life . ’ |
| 10 | You can do without drink , you certainly do n't need it to loosen your tongue . ’ |
| 11 | The others feel that they can do without God in their lives ; they feel that He is irrelevant ; they want to follow false gods , like a good life , lots of material benefits , short-term happiness , and all the things which the Bible describes as being part of the ‘ broad way ’ . |
| 12 | You can do without carpet but you 've got to have somewhere to sit and the least you can make do with is one sofa or two good chairs . |
| 13 | ‘ Artists can do without bureaucrats , ’ I told him . |
| 14 | But living with another woman — it 's like saying you can do without men altogether . ’ |
| 15 | Nothing on earth can grow without CO 2 . |
| 16 | You should also make certain that she has a good tin-opener which she can use without difficulty . |
| 17 | His fellow judges disagreed with Lord Denning and his opinions probably do not reflect the law , though the emergence of such views from a source so eminent as Lord Denning demonstrates clearly the common law 's culture of uncertainty , within which repressive rules can emerge without embarrassment . |
| 18 | Furthermore , it assumes that monopolies have a single or unitary interest which the state can follow without question . |
| 19 | It is time MPs were given the same protection so they can vote without fear of reprisals . |
| 20 | Although most of us can recognize without difficulty the importance that the emotions play in our lives , the subject has been given little systematic attention by the disciplines most concerned with furthering understanding of human behaviour . |
| 21 | The maximum demanded stepping rate to which the motor can respond without loss of steps when initially at rest is known as the " starting rate " or the " pull-in rate " . |
| 22 | Now Saddam can invade , the Soviet Union can fall apart and Japanese asset values can collapse without gold showing any reaction . |
| 23 | Then there 's a jolt — I 'm not the same as these women , I have no children , no dependants and I have skills I can sell without impediment . |
| 24 | Her mother tended to see all expenses as a sign of innate vulgarity , and had tried to instil into her children the view that the truly refined can manage without toys , clothes and entertainments . |
| 25 | Of all the changes in the last two generations , only the great reservoirs of water for the industrial cities of the North and Midlands have added anything to the scene that one can contemplate without pain . |
| 26 | It can go without water for as long as 18 months , and is capable of breeding at just three months old if conditions are suitable . |
| 27 | This means that gravity does n't have much effect on light ; light can escape without difficulty from the earth or the sun . |
| 28 | Progress will be shown by increased fluency ; an increase in the range of types of text which the pupil can tackle without frustration ; an increase in the range of approaches which readers can apply to particular texts according to their own purposes and those of the texts — skimming , scanning , close reading and so on . |
| 29 | I have also systemised the business and built an in-depth team which can live without Bob Payton . |
| 30 | And I can live without love ! |