Example sentences of "[be] do without " in BNC.
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| 1 | The opposition leader Hugh Gaitskell pressed the point and eventually , on 14 May , Eden was forced to admit that an underwater spying operation had been carried out against the Russian ships by Crabb but that it had been done without official approval . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | It was one of six in the same building , but because the conversion had been done without planning permission , it did n't officially exist , and they 're saddled with a mortgage of £39,000 . |
| 5 | And if I might just come in on this thing that 's always thrown up against Mrs. Thatcher about her rejoice , she said rejoice when South Georgia had been retaken and the rejoice was because it appeared to have been done without any casualties — that was what she was rejoicing for , not the victory erm |
| 6 | Even gentle exercises , such as Yoga , can put tremendous stress on the body if they are done without first dealing with the fundamental issues of end-gaining and faulty sensory perception . |
| 7 | Fortunately for frail elderly people , there are many who offer altruistic neighbouring acts , that is to say , they are done without assumptions of reciprocity ; the gratification which they obtain is in a sense their own private business ! |
| 8 | We 'll carry on what we 're doing without having to write pop songs to get to Number One . ’ |
| 9 | She knew that he had been doing without luncheon , and now he could afford some . |
| 10 | Kathleen evidently ran things around here and nothing could be done without her say-so . |
| 11 | Here in the social services , which , in volume of resources involved , represent between one-third and one-half of the activities of the state , the question , it seems to me , can not be posed by disconnected , spasmodic pluses and minuses but by presenting a broad and large conception of the manner in which resources ought to be redeployed to meet modern realities , and this will not be done without soberly assessing but boldly facing the in-built obstacles to that redeployment . |
| 12 | Before the conversion of Granby House , it was not clear how this could be done without incurring enormous expense . |
| 13 | Some things can be done without it but we do need money . |
| 14 | They want ties that link them more to each other — through mutual defence pacts — and to the West , if it can be done without infuriating the Soviet Union . |
| 15 | Meanwhile , Mrs Hollidaye revealed to Dot how many things were to be done without even having to move from bed . |
| 16 | The need , however , was for a permanent body to deal with matters affecting Nonconformity , to encourage unity amongst the various denominations or at least to cut down on needless competition , to present a united Nonconformist ‘ witness ’ when required and to give a ‘ Nonconformist ’ answer to political questions whenever possible , that is , when this could be done without alienating the Methodists , especially the Wesleyans . |
| 17 | He would have preferred holding her back but that could n't be done without her getting frightened that something bad had happened . |
| 18 | Nothing can be done without the spirit of contradiction ’ . |
| 19 | But as far as efficiency is concerned the work could be done without nearly so many . ’ |
| 20 | He taught us that it could be done without in normal circumstances . |
| 21 | What is more , it can be done without in any way making the exhibition more ‘ dull ’ or ‘ serious ’ than it would otherwise be . |
| 22 | But I put it at the bottom of the list and consider it can really be done without . |
| 23 | ‘ Would wish to have a number of super-numerary posts to enable training to be done without disrupting work ’ … |
| 24 | Another essential aspect of rabbit clearance when this is to be done without the use of guns is nets . |
| 25 | Obviously this needs to be done without undue pressure ; hammering is out of the question , and the stakes must not be broken . |
| 26 | The pastoral work of the church can not be done without adequate financial support and I am afraid the support we are getting at the moment is simply not enough for all we are doing . ’ |
| 27 | See what can be done without filtration if you have a pollution-free source of water and can make one or two water changes a day . |
| 28 | John Ostrom points out that most dinosaur nasal passages bypassed the mouth cavity , so chewing could be done without breathing , very typical of creatures with high respiratory rates ; i.e. endotherms . |
| 29 | TODAY does not believe in merely telling the Government that something must be done without being able to suggest positive moves . |
| 30 | The army captain and the naval navigator practised swimming ashore at night , taking turns to act the part of a sentry while the other stalked around the acting guard until this could be done without the swimmer being detected . |