Example sentences of "without [v-ing] [pron] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ . Thus if Scargill was satisfied that ( a ) Branch members would accede to a call for a strike by their local officials , ( b ) that those officials would call a strike , and ( c ) that the National Executive ( over which he had a strong influence ) would sanction such strikes , then he could achieve the equivalent of a national strike without submitting it to the membership at large for their endorsement . |
| 2 | Without bringing it to the front of my mind , I sensed that Otto felt himself in competition with me , whilst at the same time seeming imperturbable . |
| 3 | On an impulse , she opened the case and took the violin out , held it and held the bow without applying it to the strings . |
| 4 | Perhaps now we can take Mill 's insight on board without opening ourselves to the charge of arbitrariness . |
| 5 | The present nature of housing can not be fully understood without relating it to the nature of domestic labour . |
| 6 | It seems that it is impossible — or should be impossible — to discuss any aspect of teachers ' pay , however technical , without relating it to the quality of teachers ' performance and teaching methods . |
| 7 | Less valid is the use of common salt , which will thicken even very weak solution , giving the impression of a far higher concentrate without adding anything to the performance . |
| 8 | What are things coming to if it is no longer possible to spend time sailing and taking part in other water sports without subjecting yourself to the risk of such symptoms as rashes and vomiting ? |
| 9 | We believe that it is educationally wrong to teach a subject in isolation without linking it to the outside world . |
| 10 | That way , the same effect can be achieved without taking it to the full depth . |
| 11 | Now it 's true that since the second world war all wars have been limited in one sense or another , but then comes the question , if you do , in fact , succeed in defining objectives er and de in defining the means to those objectives , how can you know in fact that you possess genuine capability without putting it to the test , without actually fighting the war and then finding that you can not win it ? |
| 12 | However , he did so without conceding a share in his legitimacy to the Resistance inside France and without confining himself to the role of the Resistance 's leader . |
| 13 | In cases where the person in breach agrees the facts and the disciplinary action suggested by the executive , the executive itself may deal with a disciplinary matter without referring it to the full Panel . |