Example sentences of "without [be] [adj] [coord] " in BNC.

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1 When one has an office , one should carry it out with courage and firmness ; without being depressed or crawling , one should not merely do what is possible , but should try , dare and risk making the office as beneficent as possible .
2 Favourable reviews came from Women 's Wear Daily , who considered it ‘ a funny , lovely , painfully gentle play that manages — without being fake-sensitive or psychedelically souped up — to understand just the thinking of today 's young people ’ .
3 And in the particular art of making programmes for preschool children , without being violent or patronising , we have some the finest producers anywhere .
4 loss of or damage to equipment contents or personal effects by burglary housebreaking or theft while the Caravan or private car by which it is being drawn is left unattended without being closed and locked
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6 You will not be entitled to redundancy compensation under Section 10 of the Scheme in the event that your appointment were to terminate at the expiry of the fixed term without being renewed or extended .
7 ( 7 ) In the event that a Member dies or in the event that the name of a Member is struck off or removed from the roll or his practising certificate is suspended or expires without being renewed or where a Member is a registered foreign lawyer his name is struck off the register of foreign lawyers or his registration is suspended or cancelled or ( where a Member is a Recognised Body ) its recognition is revoked or expires , the Directors may require the Member or , as the case may be , his legal personal representatives , trustee in bankruptcy , liquidator , administrator or administrative receiver to give a Transfer Notice in respect of all the Shares then registered in the name of the Member or deceased member .
8 ( 7 ) In the event that a Member dies or in the event that the name of a Member is struck off or removed from the roll or his practising certificate is suspended or expires without being renewed or where a Member is a registered foreign lawyer his name is struck off the register of foreign lawyers or his registration is suspended or cancelled or ( where a Member is a Recognised Body ) its recognition is revoked or expires , the Directors may require the Member or , as the case may be , his legal personal representatives , trustee in bankruptcy , liquidator , administrator or administrative receiver to give a Transfer Notice in respect of all the Shares then registered in the name of the Member or deceased member .
9 In part three ( chapters twelve to fifteen ) our objective is to examine what is involved in helping a person in doubt , and to see how this can be made practical and specific without being mechanical and stereotyped .
10 But you can race 100 per cent hard and fair without being nasty or cutting people up deliberately .
11 The Seagram Grand National looks to be an ideal race for Royal Cedar , who jumps economically without being spectacular and never put a foot wrong here .
12 It was here that the performance abandoned all semblance of script , but was nonetheless skilfully held together by the actors , who guided without being intrusive and did not for a moment step out of their roles .
13 In the great amount of talk about the permissive society , it is sometimes claimed that marriage is losing its sanctity because couples live together without being married and the number of illegitimate babies ( those born to unmarried mothers ) is rising .
14 Without being didactic or overly metaphorical , Seth has related his heroine Lata 's development to that of her country .
15 He points to the three British works in the recording project to demonstrate what variety it has to offer — the ‘ hard black-and-white ’ sound of the Birtwistle , the comparitively florid ‘ flute or clarinet-like writing ’ in the Maxwell Davies Concerto , the ‘ very expansive ’ trumpet part in the Blake Watkins , which is a ‘ wonderfully lyrical work without being sweet or silly in any way . ’
16 His book is honest without being sentimental and is nicely written .
17 And , without being narrow-minded or anything like that , I must say that lipstick does n't suit you . ’
18 The author manages very successfully to convey all his sadness and bitterness and at the same time great strength of his departure from this world without being verbose or over the top .
19 Mr Murphy said : ‘ Kids have a great time on our holidays without being aggressive or competitive .
20 This draws attention to the eyes and leaves liner looking dark , without being hard and unflattering .
21 Tonal quality is relatively bright without being hard and again naturalness is the keynote .
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