Example sentences of "[not/n't] be [verb] without [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition , by the use of the nomenklatura ( a list of important posts that could not be filled without party approval ) it controlled appointments to all significant offices ( Lane , 1985 , pp. 141–72 ) . |
| 2 | The war caused such widespread damage and disruption to national economies and trading patterns that the system of pegged exchange rates could not be operated without recourse to exchange controls . |
| 3 | Militant believes that basic reforms in society can not be achieved without victory in the class struggle . |
| 4 | This is not to say that adequate recognition can not be achieved without understanding , but rather an appreciation of the processes involved in understanding may facilitate the design of more efficient recognition algorithms and systems . |
| 5 | According to all the archival evidence available until very recently , there had apparently been no answer to 5 Corps ' almost desperate insistence on 23 May that the hand-over of the Cossacks could not be achieved without use of force . |
| 6 | The success of the Peronist movement and , to a lesser extent , of Vargas and Cárdenas , in gaining widespread acceptance for their visions of national unity can not be explained without reference to a second major element of the Latin American political tradition which is related to corporatism and which also cuts across class-based Marxist politics : caudillismo , and its modern corollary , populism . |
| 7 | The pilot scheme can only be used by consenting parties which consent can not be withdrawn without leave of the court . |
| 8 | POLICE are racing against time to find five stolen canisters of rodent poison so deadly it can not be handled without breathing apparatus . |
| 9 | Both the local and national matter , and what is going on in history will not be understood without reference to both . |
| 10 | It can not be understood without reference to the growing land hunger and militancy of millions of peasants . |
| 11 | by no means all purists identified with feminism , but the rapid growth of the women 's movement in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century can not be understood without reference to the purity crusades , which drew thousands of women into the political arena for the first time . |
| 12 | Seemingly , as the rules are at present drafted , if no " return day " as defined has been fixed , then amendment of a pleading can not be made without leave ( see Ord 7 , r 17 ) . |
| 13 | Products for which they have authority to supply are also given code numbers and unless invoices are referenced to order number , with suppliers and product codes , payment can not be made without investigation . |
| 14 | In Site Inscrit , roads and fences can not be constructed without permission from a special Committee but fertilisers can be applied and land ploughed . |
| 15 | But this could not be done without noise , especially the last , and hearing it the defenders lit first torches and then large beacons along the walls and opened up with their guns . |
| 16 | For a moment Louisa wondered whether this platitudinous sentiment might be turned to advantage , but it could not be done without contrivance ; and when she looked up she saw how the Rector 's face aspired to bravery . |
| 17 | However , before these aims can be achieved , we first of all have to recruit and this , as I said before , can not be done without literature required . |
| 18 | The figures of net contributions to the EC can not be accepted without question . |
| 19 | The standard letter below should be used in all cases and should not be amended without reference to CFSU . |
| 20 | The OECD stated in late 1983 that acid rain damage represents 3 to 5% of the European Community Gross National Product — or between £33 billion and £44 billion per year while the first joint step to combat air pollution in the European Community came in March 1984 when Environment Ministers agreed that new industrial plants could not be built without authorization relating to specific limits for industrial emissions . |
| 21 | ‘ I will not be condemned without trial in this way … |
| 22 | Copper pipe should not be bent without support to prevent it distorting . |
| 23 | Even the simplest , most basic requirement we make of translation can not be met without difficulty : one can not always match the content of a message in language A by an expression with exactly the same content in language B , because what can be expressed and what must be expressed is a property of a specific language in much the same way as how it can be expressed . |
| 24 | ‘ Look at the intensity of the preparations for major matches , ’ he says , ‘ The expenses could not be met without sponsorship but it is also good to see this kind of money being used right down the line . |
| 25 | Moreover , uncontrolled activities can not be sustained without loss of plant and animal species , natural habitats , coast and hinterland , and the decay of buildings . |
| 26 | Quality in one will not be sustained without quality in the other . |
| 27 | Such interests can not be transferred without writing , and in most cases a deed is required ; in any case the transfer is not complete except by entry in the books of the Bank of England or of the body or company concerned . |
| 28 | It was certainly true that the brother in question had known all too well what he was about , and there was small doubt left as to who he must be , but he could not be accused without witness . |
| 29 | where a legally aided person fails in an interlocutory matter it often occurs 6 that an order for costs will not be enforced without leave of the court . |
| 30 | The cure of the part should not be attempted without treatment of the whole , and also no attempt should be made to cure the body without the soul , and therefore if the head and body are to be well you must begin by curing the mind : that is the first thing … . |