Example sentences of "pass [adv prt] without [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some genuine truths have been reduced to cant and passed down without explanation . |
| 2 | ‘ What has always impressed me deeply … is the blind despotism of fate … the terrible , indifferent Fate , this tyrant Chance , slays or spares , mutilates or rewards , annihilates or passes by without herd , without thought , with absolute blankness of purpose , aim or passion . ’ |
| 3 | The funeral passed off without incident , and by 1630 hours the majority of the platoon was able to return to Omagh , leaving a section under the command of the platoon commander to cover the post-funeral gathering in the church hall . |
| 4 | Mercifully , the event passed off without incident . |
| 5 | Mussolini 's visit passed off without incident , mainly because many people suspected of anti-Fascist sentiments had been put under arrest and because there were large numbers of security men mingling with the crowds . |
| 6 | Regional and municipal elections planned for Dec. 6 were held as scheduled and passed off without incident , despite the shadow cast over them by the Nov. 27 abortive military coup , the second attempt during 1992 [ see p. 39185 ] . |
| 7 | His funeral , held on May 23 , was attended by several thousand mourners , but passed off without violence . |
| 8 | Completion dates tend to be on an " on or before " rather than a fixed date and frequently pass by without completion taking place … |
| 9 | Evening after evening passed by without Annie the postmistress finding a letter for him in the grey bag the mail van brought in . |
| 10 | The care with which he maintained this position ( highly artificial , though usually passed over without mention ) is evident , with hindsight , on practically every page of The Lord of the Rings . |
| 11 | Barth travels far and wide through the Bible , from Genesis to Revelation , and digests , criticises , and re-states a vast amount of material from the previous history of Christian thought , and from contemporary discussion — much of this in lengthy pages of tiny print , which readers are sometimes relieved to discover can be passed over without loss of the main drift ( though it should be said that some of the finest passages are to be found in the small print ) . |