Example sentences of "without [v-ing] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The modern trend in medicine — like the ancient biblical view — is to see human beings as whole people , recognizing that it is bad practice to treat separate parts of a person without looking at the total man or woman . |
| 2 | ‘ No more than usual in a prison this size , ’ the Governor answered without looking at the other man . |
| 3 | Although in Burmah Oil there was a reluctance to accept the " class " arguments without looking at the actual contents of the documents in question , subsequent cases have accepted class arguments without question . |
| 4 | He walked down the hill without looking at the dead men , slowly and with difficulty and pain . |
| 5 | My other concern is that no strategy can be competent without looking at the urban fringe — the countryside around the City , and by the nature of the Green Belt this includes land in Midlothian and East Lothian . |
| 6 | He banged down the rucksack and the basket he had been carrying and looked without liking at the unencumbered Beuno . |
| 7 | Without glancing at the two men , he drove out of the warehouse , through the metal gates and back on to the street . |
| 8 | As Cotte points out , allow and let evoke permission in different ways : the latter seems incapable of evoking the giving of permission without evoking at the same time the realization of the action permitted ( cf. ( 216b ) ) , whereas allow is not subject to this restriction . |