Example sentences of "can be [vb pp] without [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus , for over sixty years , there have been specially equipped and staffed clinics throughout the country , where patients can be seen without direct referral by their general practitioners . |
| 2 | As such , it was an important milestone on the road to the closer association of the European Community , a facet acknowledged by the European Union of Federalists which reported that the Council ‘ marked the beginning of a real and organic cooperation between the nations of Europe ’ and ‘ the end of the illusion that the aim of European unity can be achieved without political machinery on a supranational level , . |
| 3 | Greater unity can be achieved without excessive centralization . |
| 4 | Some of the benefits of devolved management can be achieved without full trust status , but , for local management , one of the major gains of full trust status is full control of capital . |
| 5 | All the more significant credit decisions are made under the orders , or with the approval , of politicians , who maintain their ‘ strongholds ' ’ and influence in the banking system through their control over appointments ( no management position in a bank can be obtained without political approval ) . ’ |
| 6 | This and other studies ( e.g. Cole and Fichtler 1983 , Stohlgren and Parsons 1986 ) have led to the conclusion that the most appropriate management strategy for such wilderness areas is to restrict camping to a few designated sites , where activity can be sustained without excessive damage . |
| 7 | No history of the arts can be written without full attention to both . |
| 8 | Often value to one side can be given without significant loss to the other , who may then attempt to gain on other points . |
| 9 | The issues are extremely complex and little understood by the public , so no great attention is fastened on these debates and concessions can be made without apparent loss of face . |
| 10 | Yet , problems related to patients could not be modified , and undoubtedly further study is required to define for how long and at what speed the impeller can be rotated without microscopic damage to the gall bladder in vivo . |
| 11 | All these points can be acknowledged without serious effect upon the method . |
| 12 | A strong case can be put forward to demonstrate that no decision can be taken without full consultation with parents and due deference to their views . |
| 13 | Filing is a process of systematically classifying and storing records so that they can be produced without unreasonable delay . |
| 14 | ( For an example of the sort of materials that can be produced without undue expense see Chapter 5 . ) |
| 15 | Foreign bases can be closed without congressional approval . |
| 16 | In the semantic analogues to these continua , two readings which are close together on the continuum can be coordinated without zeugmatic incompatibility ( this is the semantic parallel to mutual intelligibility and interbreeding ) , whereas readings which are far apart are incompatible . |
| 17 | If it can be weathered without undue damage , interest rates should fall sharply in the latter half of next year . |
| 18 | They are all more aggressive than treatment with laser and carry a higher risk of complications and only cryotherapy can be performed without general anaesthesia . |
| 19 | An appeal can be marked without significant cost being incurred at that stage and frequently appeals are marked as a holding operation while advice is taken on the prospects of the appeal succeeding . |
| 20 | ( 4 ) In defending the ‘ flocculus hypothesis ’ , Ito fails to cite a study done in rabbits showing that motor learning in the VOR can be acquired without vestibular stimulation . |