Example sentences of "but without " in BNC.

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1 But without the help of ACET and other voluntary organisations I would not have been able to maintain my independence . ’
2 With independence the Irish Free State developed a type of political party organization on modern lines , but without the genuinely class-based politics one finds in other European countries .
3 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 .
4 This leaves you with a working variometer but without total energy .
5 Practise opening more airbrake during the hold off as a means of getting the glider down fully held off , but without such a long float .
6 But without the resumption of a regular supply of red iron , it can only be a matter of time before these tragic people die . ’
7 ‘ So she became a writer in English , but without Englishness presumably ? ’ asked my friend when we met again .
8 He mentions the climate , but without filling in the summer smells of this novel , or the fog and white nights and wet snow of others .
9 But without any hard feelings . ’
10 And as Stavrogin describes his search after new and ever stronger and more bizarre sensations , and as he laments his boredom , and as suicide is touched on , tracts of Crime and Punishment open up again : but without the astral , feathering humour of America , anatomy , and ordinary ghosts .
11 In the novel he stays polarized , but without bulk and in a tragic sense without force ; he goes through the motions ( ‘ the habits of a decent man ’ and so forth ) while his great-sinner infamies are unloaded upon a past which he can not even renounce .
12 The older scholarship treated history as the march of events , combining change and continuity , but without a mind or will of its own .
13 The choreography likewise evokes changes of weather and mood but without displaying any overt narrative development .
14 My parents both have well-paid jobs but without selling their house they could not afford such a sum , and I doubt if many people could .
15 And sitting , as they do , in parliament , but without real power , they are perfectly placed to intervene with ministers who are making decisions which might affect their own region .
16 But without television coverage , the promoters could not afford to meet the costs , and the Scots , Welsh and Irish looked like missing the opportunity .
17 Then , as now , the vote was taken against a background of anti-apartheid pressure , especially from local councils , but without the intrigue which surrounded the recent centenary tour to the Republic .
18 Reform will bring chaos a la russe , according to the leading West German expert on the GDR economy , Doris Cornelsen : ‘ But without reforms disaster looms anyway .
19 Algeria will be going to the finals if they beat Egypt in Cairo next Sunday , but without the national team 's coach , Kamel Lemoui .
20 But without high rates , or when foreign investors become worried about the short-term prospects for the currency , these inflows will not be readily forthcoming at current exchange rates .
21 But without new supplies from Algeria it is doubtful whether it can sustain an offensive for long .
22 ‘ This is ‘ gesture legislation ’ — a statute that says we do not approve — but without any real means of enforcement , ’ he says .
23 Knowing our past does not automatically yield solutions to the problems of the present : but without a knowledge of the past it would be impossible even to contemplate addressing these problems .
24 The MOAC Lightranger certainly lives up to name being a lightweight boot but without sacrificing weight for durability .
25 It may seem a chore to gather invoices to document your expenses , but without these , items of expenditure may not be allowed as a deduction from income by the Inland Revenue .
26 People were queueing to get in , but without ration stamps .
27 She had walked down through suburban Summertown , taking her time but without reluctance ; watching the tidiness of the shoppers and the smartness of the shops with something akin to smugness - how little energy and vitality they had , compared to her own shopping street , with its untidy market atmosphere permeating even the Safeways and Boots which had tried to raise their modern , never-had-it-so-good façades in challenge to the poverty and squalor , and had failed .
28 Maggie looked quickly at him but without comprehension .
29 Always try to expose as much of the hook as possible but without risking the boilie parting from the hook during the cast .
30 This uses the same 1272cc engine as the G40 but without the unique G-lader blower .
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