Example sentences of "[modal v] be [adj] without [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An early neuropathy may be present without major disturbances such as orthostatic hypotension , impotence or urinary incontinence , but it may be enough to disturb the fine regulation of gut motility , causing slow transit constipation . |
| 2 | No selection of prickly perennials would be complete without Acanthus spinosus . |
| 3 | No consideration of the right to protest would be complete without special reference to the traditional form of industrial protest through picketing and demonstrating . |
| 4 | They represent , in Russell 's colourful phrase , the realm of " logical fictions " , and while the life as we know it obviously would be inconceivable without great many of such " fictions " ( they include , among other things , all the spatio-temporal objects of our everyday experience ) , there are a large number of others which are neither very useful nor indispensable and should be carefully guarded against if we are not to end up with an ontology crowded with all sorts of phoney entities . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , between a fifth and a quarter of firms within the zones considered that their output , employment and productivity would be lower without on-site incentives . |