Example sentences of "had [be] without " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was attributable mainly to an increase in the number of branches , from 158 in 1953–54 to 189 in 1957–58 ; losses in Bedfordshire ( 15 branches down to 11 ) and the Fenland ( 23 down to 15 ) , both of which had been without a tutor-organiser for much of the period , were more than offset by gains everywhere else , notably in Essex ( 27 branches up to 40 ) and Suffolk ( 14 up to 32 ) . |
| 2 | Notice that over 40 per cent of those people unemployed on the day of the count had been without work for over a year . |
| 3 | By April 1986 , 186,711 men had been without work for more than five years , a sum nearly five times greater than the same group four decades earlier . |
| 4 | Of managerial and professional workers unemployed in 1985 , 18.1 per cent had been without work for up to six months , compared to 12.2 per cent of those who had been without a job for between two and three years . |
| 5 | Of managerial and professional workers unemployed in 1985 , 18.1 per cent had been without work for up to six months , compared to 12.2 per cent of those who had been without a job for between two and three years . |
| 6 | While 39 per cent of those unemployed for up to six months were manual workers , this group made up almost half the unemployed who had been without work for between two and three years . |
| 7 | Of the total sample , 5 per cent had been without work for more than a year . |
| 8 | Taking men of working-class origin of the same age group in 1983 , and signifying unemployment as a separate category , the survey found 22 per cent were upwardly mobile , 40 per cent remained in working-class positions , while a further 11 per cent had been pushed down into unemployment , and over half of this last group had been without work for over a year . |
| 9 | For a period of months , several hundred school children in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets — mostly Bangladeshi in origin — had been without places but the court held this did not mean that the respondents were in breach of their duty if they were taking steps to remedy the situation . |
| 10 | I told my mother where I had been without explanation as to why I had chosen not to go to our own church , and she said nothing . |
| 11 | She tried to make allowances , constantly reminding herself of the responsibility Nathan was carrying and how long he had been without sleep . |
| 12 | Alone of the 15 union republics , the Russian Federation previously had been without its own Communist Party , its party organizations being an integral part of the CPSU . |
| 13 | His nomination for chair of the National Bank was rejected ( the Bank had been without a chair since the scandal in August 1991 , when the previous chair had been dismissed — see p. 38399 ) . |
| 14 | They could n't remember a time when they had been without it . |
| 15 | Mr Milburn , whose comments have been supported by consultant Sheila Shearson , said Darlington had been without a fulltime accident and emergency consultant even though money was allocated for the post two years ago . |