Example sentences of "[vb pp] [to-vb] without [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Question : Which piece of equipment works for you for 365 days a year , 24 hours a day , saves you money , protects your reputation , helps you comply with the law , and is expected to function without complaint for up to 10 years ? |
| 2 | Another limitation placed upon the scheme is the amount of advice which a solicitor is permitted to give without reference to the Area Director . |
| 3 | The establishment of the Bank of England in 1694 meant that the government was now assured of loans at favourable rates , but always on a Parliamentary basis , since the Bank was forbidden to lend without Parliament 's approval . |
| 4 | The Music Publishers ' Association has produced a Code of Fair Practice which offers helpful advice as to when church musicians may be permitted to copy without application to the publisher . |
| 5 | Because the queues at the sandwich bar had been so horrendous that she had decided to go without lunch and now she was feeling disconnected and light-headed . |
| 6 | A.K.P. are currently engaged in an epic work and require the services of an independently minded school-leaver prepared to work without supervision at hours of his own choosing . |
| 7 | But they had had to operate without anaesthetic and with only limited supplies . |
| 8 | At the same time all £50 landowners were summoned to serve without pay . |
| 9 | The Hundred Group recommends that nationalised industries should be allowed to borrow without Government guarantee and that the borrowings should be excluded from the PSBR . |
| 10 | Hard up old folk will be forced to go without medicine because they can not afford it , Age Concern said today . |
| 11 | The in situ DNA methylation reaction is allowed to proceed without shaking of the tray , for a length of time sufficient to statistically obtain one methylation event per DNA strand , which is inversely proportional to the size of the DNA probe ( the restricted translational and rotational freedom of the DNA molecules embedded in the gel pores increases the stringency of the latter consideration ) . |
| 12 | Despairing in his heart that anything further could be done to improve the conditions of seafarers , Plimsoll nevertheless continued to work without respite to promote the cause in which he so passionately believed , and did so until illness forced him out of the public scene . |
| 13 | Offences are not allowed to pass without retribution . |
| 14 | ‘ This can not be allowed to pass without redress ! |
| 15 | The criticisms contained in the report are expected to cause considerable embarrassment to the government , which maintains that since energy saving reduces costs it will come about naturally if market forces are allowed to function without interference . |
| 16 | This situation has arisen because restrictions were not introduced years ago when , using a great deal of public money , the industry was encouraged to expand without control . |
| 17 | Nixon had tried to govern without congress and Ford had been pathetically inconsequential ; Carter , in his memoirs , claimed to have had a reasonably good relationship with the legislature , but this was not a widely shared view . |
| 18 | As to my hon. Friend 's comment that the security forces should be allowed to operate without constraint from political considerations , I can give a categorical assurance that no such restraint for political reasons will be imposed . |
| 19 | The Great Machine could be left to operate without interference . |
| 20 | Here , you were licensed to admire without discrimination : the body as aesthetic object , pure and simple . |
| 21 | This she did , at which stage she had managed to go without drinking , but had not yet been to see her solicitor . |
| 22 | Ever since 1969 , when he had his first show , his cartoonish black-and-white paintings have managed to comment without mercy or a smidgen of socially redeeming tact on , among other things , men 's — and women 's — looks ( Warhol 's nosejob painting must be an important icon in his private gallery ) ; issues of health ( a hilarious series of men in the throes of having heart attacks ) ; bestiality ( pert Fifties housewife on her knees doing something unspeakable to a poodle with her arm ) and religion ( famous Biblical figure on the cross getting a pie in the face ) . |
| 23 | In so doing Railfreight chalked up an achievement which would scarcely be considered feasible by any other European railway administration : only in Britain is the freight-carrying railway required to function without government subsidy . |
| 24 | He wanted to sleep , and the prospect of a bed , even one which he would be required to occupy without companionship , was so attractive that he missed at first the signs that all was not well . |