Example sentences of "can [not/n't] be [verb] without " in BNC.
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| 1 | The initial hypothesis suggested above about baptism being more a social than a religious ceremony is so general and broad that it obviously can not be tested without being broken down into its constituent parts . |
| 2 | Products for which they have authority to supply are also given code numbers and unless invoices are referenced to order number , with suppliers and product codes , payment can not be made without investigation . |
| 3 | Progress can not be made without exploring blind alleys . |
| 4 | Seemingly , as the rules are at present drafted , if no " return day " as defined has been fixed , then amendment of a pleading can not be made without leave ( see Ord 7 , r 17 ) . |
| 5 | The concept of a failure rate of over 25% in the First Division has raised objections from those who understand that an omelette can not be made without first breaking some eggs but would rather not run the risk of being dairy produce . |
| 6 | It can be said in conclusion that these developments have become central to the future of the ‘ GIS revolution ’ of the late 1980s , since it is now clear that the massive ( and desirable ) growth of the use of GIS can not be supported without improvements to the use environment experienced by the user . |
| 7 | The occurrence of /aI/ in one dialect and /eI/ in the other is a result of the agreement within each community on a consensus norm of usage within that community , and the difference can not be explained without some reference to this fact . |
| 8 | The success of the Peronist movement and , to a lesser extent , of Vargas and Cárdenas , in gaining widespread acceptance for their visions of national unity can not be explained without reference to a second major element of the Latin American political tradition which is related to corporatism and which also cuts across class-based Marxist politics : caudillismo , and its modern corollary , populism . |
| 9 | Such questions can not be answered without many more secondary studies . |
| 10 | This question can not be answered without knowing just what it is that a manager does . |
| 11 | ‘ ( a ) no evidence shall be admissible in any proceedings before a judicial authority exercising its jurisdiction or functions in Great Britain to prove that any such person has committed … any offence which was the subject of a spent conviction ; and ’ ( b ) a person shall not , in any such proceedings , be asked , and , if asked , shall not be required to answer , any question relating to his past that can not be answered without acknowledging or referring to a spent conviction or spent convictions or any circumstances thereto ; … ’ |
| 12 | It is one of the great drawbacks of much ‘ popular ’ social writing in newspapers and magazines that statements are made , the validity of which can not be accepted without more evidence . |
| 13 | The figures of net contributions to the EC can not be accepted without question . |
| 14 | The Dogon were aware that the planet Saturn had rings and that the planet Jupiter had four moons , which are pieces of information that can not be obtained without the use of a telescope — an artefact the Dogon have yet to discover . |
| 15 | This is so , for example , if its inclusion is not material for the purposes of giving a true and fair view or if , in effect , the parent is not able to exercise dominance over the subsidiary or holds its interest in the subsidiary exclusively with a view to resale , or the information necessary for group accounts can not be obtained without disproportionate delay or expense . |
| 16 | Using lead/acid or nickel/iron cells a range of 100 kilometres between rechargings can not be exceeded without using batteries with too high a weight as a ratio to total vehicle weight . |
| 17 | The importance of the relationship can not be demonstrated without an analysis of the accounts of the firm . |
| 18 | The 1970's can not be concluded without a reference to some of the societies who have enjoyed a special relationship with Henley and which started in this decade . |
| 19 | In Site Inscrit , roads and fences can not be constructed without permission from a special Committee but fertilisers can be applied and land ploughed . |
| 20 | December 's meeting showed conclusively that the Uruguay round can not be completed without a deal on agriculture . |
| 21 | The reason for this fall is the fact that romantic love can not be sustained without an underlying friendship . |
| 22 | The fact is that they hold the uterus open , which means that egg and sperm are allowed to unite , but the pregnancy is doomed because it can not be sustained without the uterus closing . |
| 23 | Moreover , uncontrolled activities can not be sustained without loss of plant and animal species , natural habitats , coast and hinterland , and the decay of buildings . |
| 24 | That can not be said to be a full description of reason within the disciplines , for they can not be sustained without values and judgement . |
| 25 | Even the simplest , most basic requirement we make of translation can not be met without difficulty : one can not always match the content of a message in language A by an expression with exactly the same content in language B , because what can be expressed and what must be expressed is a property of a specific language in much the same way as how it can be expressed . |
| 26 | What I should like to suggest is that the issue of subject specialization can not be tackled without examining our taken-for-granted assumptions about academic subjects , and their place in society . |
| 27 | There is no independently characterisable subclass of dogs for which being a pet is a necessary or canonical trait ( lap-dogs do not count , because they can not be distinguished without invoking the characteristic of pet-hood ) ; nor are there distinguishable sub-types of pet which are canonically or necessarily dogs ( except , of course , lap-dogs , which do not count here , either , and for parallel reasons ) . |
| 28 | Therefore , those powers can not be increased without the same process and amendment of the treaties . |
| 29 | It is now quite clear that the complexities of white racism ( which is the focus here ) can not be grasped without an exploration of the anxieties and ambivalences generated particularly by white male , but also female , sexual anxieties and desires . |
| 30 | POLICE are racing against time to find five stolen canisters of rodent poison so deadly it can not be handled without breathing apparatus . |