Example sentences of "could be [vb pp] without " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( According to a circular of March 20th , 1931 , stone-breaking , stone-pounding and corn-grinding were no longer among the tasks prescribed for casuals ; none could be imposed without the approval of the Minister . |
| 2 | Yes , where , sorry , Ian Smith , Ryedale District , yes , er where it was considered those allocated sites could be developed without extending development into the greenbelt . |
| 3 | The development strategy adopted in the Greater York study never envisaged that the settlement , or the district that got the new settlement would therefore get a corresponding reduction in the amount of land it had to provide to meet the needs of the Greater York area , the strategy we use to identify sites within the Greater York area that could be developed without compromising greenbelt objectives , and that the new settlement would be added on outside that area without a reduction in that that figure . |
| 4 | Thus the maximum term of imprisonment which could be inflicted without a jury quadrupled between 1884 and 1899 . |
| 5 | Although it was possible that the Pennsylvania law could be upheld without overturning Roe v. Wade in its entirety , the timing of the case ensured that the highly divisive issue of abortion was almost certain to be an important factor in the 1992 presidential and legislative election campaigns . |
| 6 | To make things still worse , he added that it would in any case be quite useless for them to make plans without the king 's approval , for nothing could be achieved without his collaboration . |
| 7 | Whether it was the Vietminh , the Binh Xuyen , or , most likely , Trotskyists , who were responsible , it obviously shattered any confidence that the restoration of French power could be achieved without such savage resistance . |
| 8 | A pair of researchers arrived at the extraordinary conclusion that fusion of deuterons could be achieved without the application of massive external energy , which had previously been thought to be an indispensable condition . |
| 9 | Of course , the same result could be achieved without putting the bookkeeping through a Loans Fund . |
| 10 | He was convinced that full employment could be achieved without requiring all the measures of State intervention which a year before ( at a previous conference ) he had argued were essential . |
| 11 | The CSG bill was adopted by the Assembly on Nov. 16 by " engaging the government 's responsibility " ( a procedure whereby a bill could be enacted without a vote unless a motion of no confidence was tabled and passed ) . |
| 12 | In Masailand such thoughts could be entertained without abandoning the imperial obligation to attempt improvement ; there DO-hood was constantly being born anew , the same irresistible force meeting the same immovable object . |
| 13 | Variety found that it ‘ fails to engage any sympathy or interest : entire reels could be interchanged without it being evident ’ . |
| 14 | The Revenue believes that the proposals would significantly simplify the personal taxation system , as in most cases returns and payment could be accepted without any further enquiries or correspondence . |
| 15 | He walks to the crease with a swagger , totally confident , undoubtedly one of the few batsmen to whom the word ‘ Unforgettable ’ could be applied without risk of hyperbole . |
| 16 | It is a measure of Edward II 's loss of control of his family that a matter as important as his heir 's marriage could be arranged without his prior knowledge or consent . |
| 17 | There would be public inquiry after public inquiry — for the law ensured that no closure could be made without one — and many areas would be deprived of valued rail services . |
| 18 | Consequently , a Filing Working Party was established and , alter extensive examination of the reference construction , it was found that the only changes considered viable ( ie that could be made without having to completely revise the titles of some 60,000 active files ) were to the first three fields of the reference structure , establishing the basis for a limited computerised search facility in the proposed index system , rather than the extensive facilities envisaged by the FAOR Team . |
| 19 | Payment could be made without the transfer of currency , and negotiable instruments acted as a means of credit . |
| 20 | The Secretaries of State could take powers under the Act to widen the circumstances under which such restrictions and revocations could be made without compensation , but they are extremely reluctant to face the wrath of the industry , for obvious reasons . |
| 21 | The survey of tax practitioners who are members of the institute , part of a research project at Bristol University , found that NIC compliance costs were unnecessarily high and considerable savings could be made without a fundamental change in Government policy . |
| 22 | It also stipulated that no subsequent change to the borrowing rules could be made without the approval of at least 85 per cent of the shareholders . |
| 23 | On Feb. 25 , 1990 , as part of a programme to introduce full convertibility of the lira , the upper limit on capital outflows which could be made without ministerial agreement was raised to $50,000,000 . |
| 24 | The committee agreed that a single system was desirable , and suggested ways in which it could be implemented without excessive financial or administrative difficulty . |
| 25 | Managing director Tim Hely Hutchinson said that the profitability of the publishing business , together with the contribution from Bookpoint , was now such that its organic growth plans could be funded without significant net cash usage . |
| 26 | Farms could be accumulated without being enclosed , and individual yeomen could , by exchanging strips in the open fields with their neighbours , consolidate their holdings and thereby create a unit which was easier to work . |
| 27 | The Ministers were asked to see Lord Salisbury ( the Lord President ) and Lord Kilmuir ( the Lord Chancellor ) one by one in the Lord President 's room in the Privy Council offices , which could be reached without leaving the building . |
| 28 | The individual paper by-products may have particularist historical value , but their dispersed character makes it unlikely that their meaning could be reconstructed without the aggregate data from which they were derived . |
| 29 | A total ban has not been ruled out in the event that scientists discover minerals which could be extracted without damaging the environment . |
| 30 | THE VALUE of the try within the game could be increased without changing the Laws of the Game . |