Example sentences of "can be [vb pp] without " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | At this point , an isolated plantation will be noticed up on the hillside to the left , and if it can be reached without damaging walls it should be . |
| 2 | The TB20 is a handsome modern aircraft that can be aviated without requiring the pilot get dirty , strain his neck or feel he 's driving a museum piece . |
| 3 | The biggest advantage of this new probe is that it now allows samples to be taken continuously from a conscious , living organism , and these samples can be analysed without further preparation . |
| 4 | The facts of deixis should act as a constant reminder to theoretical linguists of the simple but immensely important fact that natural languages are primarily designed , so to speak , for use in face-to-face interaction , and thus there are limits to the extent to which they can be analysed without taking this into account ( Lyons , 1977a : 589ff ) . |
| 5 | Likewise communications to staff can be standardised without becoming impersonal . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The first action using any new technique is usually one of the most interesting , for the simple principles can be seen without any complications of secondary purposes or complicated gear , and this is true of the first beach reconnaissance at Rhodes . |
| 8 | The nodes or links point to text blocks , but the semantic net can be seen without necessarily seeing the text blocks . |
| 9 | Thus Baudelaire and Flaubert can be seen without contradiction as both realists and early modernists . |
| 10 | There are few columns or piers in these domed forms of construction , thus leaving open spaces in the interior where wall , vault and ceiling pictures can be seen without interruption . |
| 11 | Some things can be done without it but we do need money . |
| 12 | They want ties that link them more to each other — through mutual defence pacts — and to the West , if it can be done without infuriating the Soviet Union . |
| 13 | Nothing can be done without the spirit of contradiction ’ . |
| 14 | What is more , it can be done without in any way making the exhibition more ‘ dull ’ or ‘ serious ’ than it would otherwise be . |
| 15 | See what can be done without filtration if you have a pollution-free source of water and can make one or two water changes a day . |
| 16 | Nathaniel Houlton , a widower living in Bristol , itemized the details of his coffin in a will drafted on 26 May 1767 : ‘ First , It is my Will and Desire ( if it can be done without being Offensive ) to have my Body kept for the space of One Week at the Least after my Demise , before my Coffin ( which I direct shall have a Double or false Lid , as my late Wife 's had ) , be closed up ; … |
| 17 | It is also because improving practice in the area of assessment can be done without requiring large increases in financial resources . |
| 18 | We have proved that it can be done without necessarily having the best players — Haguellar |
| 19 | We have proved that it can be done without necessarily having the best players in the world . ’ |
| 20 | The product shows what can be done without formal specifications , however just how much of a lead the company has given itself is debatable : IBM said that its network node specifications will be published at the end of the month for public scrutiny . |
| 21 | Limitation of family size will not happen unless it can be done without trespassing on conscience and unless practicable means are available ; and unless it is perceived to be in the families ' interests to do so ( Coale 1973 ) . |
| 22 | ( b ) If the law requires updating this can be done without taking up time on the floor of the House . |
| 23 | I do not see how this can be done without a trial of both the action and the claim to contribution . |
| 24 | The first viewing of a sequence can be done without sound so that the learner has time to think about the place , the people and the situation before having to cope with what they are saying . |
| 25 | All of these are transactions which can be done without asking participants to act in front of the camera . |
| 26 | That is a tenable argument as is the belief that in any case little that is practical can be done without help from outside agencies . |
| 27 | All this can be done without interfering with the operational or planning processes currently under way in the organization . |
| 28 | Little can be done without permission — the same security system which prevents light-fingered customers from making off with the goods , also trains an unblinking eye on the shop-worker . |
| 29 | I believe that it can be done without internment . |
| 30 | Some management writers take the view that a matrix should not be resorted to if it can be done without . |