Example sentences of "without [v-ing] [to-vb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had had enough experience of strangers probing his own hurts without wanting to pry into those of others . |
| 2 | This is commonly known as " slewing " operation because the rotor is moving continuously without coming to rest at each equilibrium position . |
| 3 | Life is hectic , time is precious enough , without having to cope with unwanted visitors staying four and a half hours beyond their welcome . |
| 4 | Erato has clearly borne this in mind with the latest batch of eight mid-price ‘ Emeraudes ’ , and thankfully without having to resort to second-rate orchestras , conductors , and engineering ( all are DDD recordings ) . |
| 5 | ‘ It has opened my eyes to the value of self-development , showing that people can acquire new skills without having to resort to external courses . ’ |
| 6 | It means you may get your way without having to resort to desperate remedies . |
| 7 | With regular brisk walking , and eating the right kinds of food , we should be fit and healthy without having to resort to extreme , fanatical exercise routines or slimming diets . |
| 8 | Princes were at last within reach of achieving their ends — or some of them — without having to resort to lengthy persuasion , to bribery or to the use of force . |
| 9 | Because Simon Rattle has such sensitive and discriminating ears , he is able to balance the sound to perfection without having to resort to any artificial or electronic means , and the resulting CD is magnificent . |
| 10 | What is important about this contribution to linguistic theory is that it allows one to analyze the personal or ‘ subjective ’ elements of language without having to resort to any real correlative outside language . |
| 11 | The United States was reaping the benefit of its industrial and financial might without having to resort to any crude use of political power . |
| 12 | With Britain getting closer to Iran and with the US constantly improving its rapport with Syria , we felt that now we were all together , we could be released without having to wait for all the governments to restore relations . |
| 13 | Essentially , they are glorified leisure centres — Butlins for the Costa Brava generation , a way of feeling like you 're abroad without having to wait for three hours at Gatwick Airport . |
| 14 | It was bad enough being mercilessly teased and tantalized , without having to listen to this sort of humbug . |
| 15 | I believe it is true to say that my company has hardly sold a single product in Japan ( and we sell many ) without having to respond to some particular specification , different to that pertaining in other parts of the world . |
| 16 | They may have different areas of expertise and will be able to concentrate on these without having to sit through lengthy periods when colleagues are asking questions about their own area of interest . |
| 17 | The breed 's prospects are gradually improving ( 1,500 adult animals , and rising ) and it is being recognised as what is called a farmer 's cow , able to produce well on cheap , home-grown rations without having to rely on expensive concentrates . |
| 18 | Hopefully , it 'll give some severely disabled people a means of getting out of the bath without having to rely on another person . ’ |
| 19 | Some hotels maintain graphs and charts to be used for easy visual reference and to gain an overall picture without having to refer to detailed records . |
| 20 | Negotiations took place to change this ruling and also to allow me to interpret my own X-rays without having to refer to senior medical staff . |
| 21 | It is interesting to note that some phonologists of the 1950s and 1960s felt it necessary to invent a ‘ phoneme ’ of juncture in order to be able to transcribe minimal pairs like ‘ grey tape ’ / ‘ great ape ’ unambiguously without having to refer to grammatical boundaries ; see for example Trager and Smith ( 1951 ) . |
| 22 | The above visual representation of the hierarchical nature of theme-rheme structures is meant to illustrate the point without having to go through complex technical discussions . |
| 23 | There are several reasons why this may be present , but the main one is that it ‘ guarantees ’ that the manufacturer has conformed with EC weight regulations and it enables foods to move easily between EC countries without having to go through lengthy weight checks in the importing country . |
| 24 | You can get it right in one operation without having to go through any menus . ’ |
| 25 | Lots of users have a need for a simple address book type database and PC Works 3.0 now provides a Wizard to help you set one up to your own requirements without having to go into all the jargon of fields and field types . |
| 26 | When some years ago I decided to pay the Life Governor 's subscription the expense was for me a serious cost but was willing to pay it to ensure that I should continue to enjoy the privileges without having to worry about future subscriptions when I had retired from salaried work . |
| 27 | Mat-forming plants like pinks seem to develop more freely than in conventional borders and , since there is gravel between them , you can walk among your treasures without having to tread on bare soil . |
| 28 | I asked , wondering if they 'd been angry on behalf of Ban Bhāi because Chola and the other women had n't waited for his permission , or because they 'd cheated , sneaking out first and grabbing all the pine-needles at the edge of the forest without having to climb at all . |
| 29 | Here they can develop slowly without having to compete with other hungrier , more demanding plants . |
| 30 | The Government wanted to speak directly to the people without having to compete with other voices , to give its version of events , of its own policies and activities , without having these questioned . |