Example sentences of "[noun] but without [art] " in BNC.

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1 In conversation I 've likened Rocktron 's Utopia system to buying a modelling kit already assembled ; you get the end result but without the fun of putting it together .
2 As a final note on the range of legal options , it should be pointed out that there have been several suggestions that a new form of incorporation should be introduced to combine some of the features of company and partnership but without the problems associated with limited partnerships .
3 He attended a primary school some miles away and tried secondary schools but without a great deal of success .
4 The key sites were two henges ( like Stonehenge but without the stone ) , a stone circle and a structure for the exposure of dead bodies prior to burial .
5 I mean for every great Cure record you get an inferior follow-up with all the same ingredients but without the spark .
6 Here was the connubial complement to Miss Havisham 's wedding feast but without the cobwebs .
7 The only possible response from the independents would be to also reduce their fares but without the cross-funding safety net .
8 For 22 years , North Down has been the personal bailliwick of James Kilfedder , the former speaker of the ill-starred Northern Ireland Assembly and an independent Unionist who sits on the Conservative benches in the House of Commons but without the party whip .
9 More recently , Marzi , Stefano , Tassinari and Crea ( 1979 ) , also using a post-cued partial report technique but without a mask , obtained a partial report advantage which decreased with increasing intervals between stimulus presentation and cue .
10 A similar series of separate openings has recently been found in Astraspis which is another early heterostracan but without the large shield-like armour .
11 By the 1840s naturalists were depicting relationships in two dimensions but without the orderly pattern of circles , producing images of relationships similar to geographical maps .
12 A repeat of the simulation but without the heterogeneous reactions confirmed that the western hemisphere depletion was almost entirely due to heterogeneous processes whereas the change in the eastern hemisphere was due to homogeneous chemistry .
13 Meetings , despite their reputation for being boring , are rich in opportunities to learn about behaviour but without a review mechanism the opportunities are mostly missed ( see Meetings on page 106 ) .
14 Of similar champion qualities but without the rough and tumble approach of the male Connors , is the feminine German , Steffi Graf , who was born around the time that Connors was striding into the competitive world of senior international tennis .
15 The pub 's east wall was also used for playing handball , he says ‘ like squash but without the racket ; I 've seen men 's hands running in blood after playing to a final . ’
16 We could do a lot of things but without the finance you just ca n't do it !
17 The failure of the League of Nations in Danzig was a failure of nerve and understanding on the part of the member states : unforgivably they minimised the difficulty and frustrations of the position they had carved for Poland — a country emerging to modernity after over 100 years of partition , a country without financial capital , with hostile neighbours , border problems , huge minorities but without a port of its own .
18 He is a good midfielder but without the goals he 'll never really be considered a great player .
19 The big boys of power boating were here in the two litre class … using the same engines as the Formula One racers but without the extra tweaking .
20 The cull grenade is the old Norwegian method but without the explosive in the bomb ; and the Spanish , Icelandic and Korean whalers had removed the explosive because the explosions were spoiling too much of the meat , which was a major export product to the Japanese market .
21 As you see , a primitive but excellent way of making a richly flavoured stew with a slightly thickened sauce but without the addition of stock , wine , or even water .
22 A hundred years on and the scene at Balcombe is much the same ; trains faster and far more frequent are still thundering through the tunnel but without the cheering villagers to wave them on their way .
23 There was a different rug on the floor but without the fire on it 's much warmer to curl up on a human .
24 It 's bad enough with er Collimore and Hill wrestling on the floor but without the goalkeeper coming and getting involved .
25 The next two Tours were won by Swiss riders , Ferdi Kubler and Hugo Koblet , popular men but without an impassioned following .
26 Gilbert Forbes , still in his butler 's costume but without the tail coat and his toupee , was standing at the back of the group , his bald head pallid above his painted face .
27 They are like miniature temples : one gabled room , entered through a columned porch but without a surrounding colonnade .
28 The view is persuasively developed in the later portions of the book but without a sense of its controversial character .
29 In other instances the consolidator provides a master air waybill that indicates the first airline by inserting that airline 's stamp accompanied by a mention of the consolidator 's agency but without an indicating of the flight number .
30 Me — at a health farm — it 's the last place I could see myself , especially with my build which resembles that of a heavyweight wrestler but without the muscles !
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