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

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1 Once the eggs have hatched the tiny fry are without parental care and become free swimming for a brief period during which time they must find their own host anemone .
2 Bruges are without suspended midfielder Alex Querter , while Gert Verheyen is struggling to overcome an injury .
3 Eighty per cent of staff and 20 per cent of heads of residential care homes are without professional qualifications .
4 Juventus were without leading striker Roberto Baggio , recovering from a cracked rib , and England midfielder David Platt , out until the New Year after last week 's knee operation .
5 The synaptic zones are without glial processes , the participating axon branches or dendrites are separated by a synaptic cleft about 20 nm wide , and the presynaptic knob contains mitochondria , glycogen granules and vesicles .
6 But the USSR is without outside élites and pressure groups , let alone an electorate , to rescue the careers of those who push their luck too far .
7 No new procedure is without technical problems , which account for the phenomenon of the learning curve that occurs with all new technical treatments .
8 ‘ ( a ) the name of any person is without sufficient cause entered in or omitted from a company 's register of members , or ( b ) default is made or unnecessary delay takes place in entering on the register the fact of any person having ceased to be a member , the person aggrieved or any member of the company , or the company may apply to the court for rectification of the register . ’
9 A staggering portrayal by Dominique Visse in the Prologue ( as Human Fragility ) , three very fine characterizations ( Jocelyne Taillon as the Nurse , Alexander Oliver as a classic Iro and , rather unexpectedly , Martyn Hill as Eumetes ) , a decent Ulysses from Christophe Prégardien : the cast was without real brilliance , leaving stardom for the music and , better still , the ensemble work .
10 Infusion of 200 ml oleic acid ( 24% ) into the terminal ileum of four patients was without significant effect on plasma PYY and enteroglucagon concentrations .
11 Our winter world is without human inhabitants .
12 Everton are without broken-leg victim Mark Ward and Polish winger Robert Warzycha , who misses the next two games because of international duty .
13 Everton are without broken leg victim Mark Ward and Polish winger Robert Warzycha , who misses the next two games because of international duty .
14 The gesture may have been made for the sake of appearances : after all , how could a minister be without Christian charity ?
15 Although not entirely convinced that the necklace was without real value , Alice did not protest as Félix fastened it around her neck .
16 The election was without socialist candidates but still consisted of the Tsar enemies , mainly liberals and social revolutionaries .
17 Some of the worst tyrants have in fact been without private vices : as Bertrand de Jouvenel once noted , ‘ power is the most perfect form of self-indulgence ’ .
18 Zimbabwe are without experienced allrounder Kevin Curran , while a certain G.A .
19 None of these approaches suggest that group politics is without substantial defects .
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