Example sentences of "do without [noun] " in BNC.

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1 But this could not be done without noise , especially the last , and hearing it the defenders lit first torches and then large beacons along the walls and opened up with their guns .
2 Fortunately for frail elderly people , there are many who offer altruistic neighbouring acts , that is to say , they are done without assumptions of reciprocity ; the gratification which they obtain is in a sense their own private business !
3 All this must be done without delay or argument because the safety of all those people flying in the 521 other Boeing 707/300 aircraft could be at stake .
4 I believe that it can be done without internment .
5 Well , perhaps not kindly , she decided ; it was more along the lines of automatic courtesy , done without thought , and the moment he saw she had the door he moved away , his hand once more at his companion 's elbow .
6 a mi a very minor point that is that while we 're er carrying on these negotiations and I , I think it can be done without thought without er making the timespan from the start of this bypass , there is one minor point in that and I think it could be dealt with and , and that is the people of Brandon can see that , that the pedestrian crossing near the small roundabout in the centre of the town is far too close to that roundabout and they er believe that it causes considerable traffic hold ups and I see erm no reason why this pedestrian crossing should n't be moved
7 For a moment Louisa wondered whether this platitudinous sentiment might be turned to advantage , but it could not be done without contrivance ; and when she looked up she saw how the Rector 's face aspired to bravery .
8 All morphologic measurements were done without knowledge of the tissue source .
9 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 .
10 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 .
11 And if we did if we were to consider that you we 'd refuse you on the grounds that it was done without permission , you 'd have a perfect legitimate right to appeal above our heads and the Department of the Environment would rule against you could rule against us as they did with Mr Crendon
12 It seems to me a matter of the highest possible importance that where a quasi-judicial function is being exercised , under such circumstances as it had to be exercised here , with the result of depriving people of their property , especially if it is done without compensation , the persons concerned should be satisfied that nothing unfair has been done in the matter , and that ex parte statements have not been heard before the decision has been given without any chance for the person concerned to refute those statements .
13 Then subsequent research by Maryan Ainsworth revealed the mechanical underdrawing of the Met 's panel , done without changes , and probably taken from a pattern or tracing .
14 Everything was done without Admiral Canaris 's knowledge ? ’
15 Little is done without reference to the mother , and the mother , for her part , may empathically share the child 's feelings , and even know telepathically what the child is doing when out of sight .
16 For , in truth , humble flagman Ken Evans and race starter Captain Keith Brown both with years of successful racing experience behind them were carrying out their duties according to the book , as they and others like them have done without criticism in the past .
17 However , before these aims can be achieved , we first of all have to recruit and this , as I said before , can not be done without literature required .
18 That is to say , they were more formal , more polite , and rather more distant than usual , asking permission to do things that usually they would have done without question .
19 She wondered what she would have done without Sadie 's friendship .
20 A widely accepted understanding of power is that it is the ability of A to cause B to behave in a manner intended by A that B would not have done without A 's intervention .
21 Where a statutory authority is under a mandatory obligation to supply a service , whether with a saving or nuisance clause ( that nothing shall exonerate it from proceedings for nuisance ) or whether without such a clause , the authority is under no liability for anything expressly required by statute to be done , or reasonably incidental to that requirement , if it was done without negligence .
22 This was done without Z 's authority .
23 Section 13(4) removes ‘ conspiracy to injure ’ from the field of trade disputes because it involves an action which would not be actionable in tort if done without agreement or combination .
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 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 .
26 Canvassing is still done without uniformity of approach or agreed method and its results are often badly inaccurate .
27 They could have done without De Gaulle 's sentiment .
28 But new barriers were built up at every step , so he continued to seek an opportunity to resign , if this could be done without disobedience to the will of God .
29 Skill is a functional concept aimed at the understanding of how it is done without recourse to the detail of underlying physiological mechanisms .
30 Erm I would suggest that if you are going to contact them yourself about this , that you make sure it 's done without prejudice .
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