Example sentences of "without having [to-vb] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This upward jerk can be very painful and is sometimes enough to dishearten the attacker and allow the hedgehog to scuttle away to safety without having to resort to the passive rolling-up defence . |
| 2 | Similarly , Message Queue Interface should improve the efficiency with which loosely coupled systems work : travel agents , for example should be able to request flight information from one system and get straight on filling in other details without having to wait for the remote system to respond . |
| 3 | Willy De Roose may have struck a lucky year enabling him to make the voyage from the Atlantic to the Pacific without having to winter in the Arctic but he did do an enormous amount of preparation and historical reading beforehand for his planning of the voyage so that he was able to snatch opportunities whenever they came . |
| 4 | Another good way of practising the start without having to go through the exhausting rig recovery is to sail along and lower yourself into the water . |
| 5 | Claydon has made no secret of the fact that his immediate goal is to win enough to secure a Tour Card for 1990 without having to go to the Qualifying School at La Manga . |
| 6 | If , later on , you want to change the data in the table , you can do it in your document without having to go near the original spreadsheet . |
| 7 | I returned to the toll office , got our money refunded plus a signed waiver that allowed us seven days to return to St Michael without having to pay on the Austrian roads . |
| 8 | Fief-rentes provided kings with a pool of mercenaries on whom they could call without having to compete in the open market with other war-lords . |
| 9 | Then Stren was in front of them , his sword appearing to materialise an inch from their throats without having to pass through the intervening air . |