Example sentences of "without [verb] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ethiopia does not yet have a strong scientific community , and it would be criminal if foreign researchers were to plunder the material without assisting in the development of their host 's own research capabilities . |
| 2 | Steel columns and beams , and concrete walls reinforced with steel rods , make the frames flexible — and even ductile , so that they can deform without snapping in the wind . |
| 3 | It only would have been like The Housemartins watered down if they 'd have kept doing it without believing in the band . |
| 4 | The policeman , without looking in the boot , waved us through . |
| 5 | The peaks are arranging things on the phone without help ; having your first conversation with a taxi driver ; getting the point of a newspaper story without looking in the dictionary ; realising how bad the dubbing on an English language film is ; catching the mood of a Chekov story ; best of all , making friends with people who do not speak English . |
| 6 | ‘ We 've been used to fares running off without paying in the past , ’ said one . |
| 7 | ‘ Michelet has strong emotions , and he smears what he feels on to paper without caring in the least how he does it , and without giving the slightest thought to technique or conventional forms — just shaping it into any form that can be understood by those who want to understand it . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Sorry , ’ he apologised without sounding in the least apologetic . |
| 9 | Smile at the receptionist , sit calmly without fidgeting in the waiting room . |
| 10 | First and foremost everyone present at an event must be able to see and hear , and the press must be able to see and hear slightly better than the rest without getting in the way of the guests . |
| 11 | be careful in the dusk , remember mirror , signal , manoeuvre once you start to overtake move quickly passed the vehicle you are overtaking , when overtake er , overtake only on the right except when the driver in the front has signalled that he intends to turn right , you can overtake him on the left , without getting in the way , when you want to turn left at a junction , when traffic is moving slowly in queues and be er , in a lane on the right and moving more slowly than you are , in one way streets , but not dual carriageways , maybe with a path on either side , when traffic is moving as described , do not increase your speed while being overtaken , slow down if necessary to let the overtaking vehicle pass . |
| 12 | The aerosol droplets have to be just the right size : too big and they may get trapped in noses , too small and they tend to be exhaled without staying in the lungs . |
| 13 | And yet the changes have taken place without disturbing in the slightest the unique atmosphere that makes the event so special , a credit to the care , attention and financial assistance that Direct Line have devoted to making Beckenham one of the most pleasant stops on the tennis calendar . |
| 14 | He was ashamed of the way his father sat in his armchair staring at them without joining in the conversation , or even rudely reading as they talked . |
| 15 | One of his mentor-girls in Scotland had told him once , in all seriousness , that it was against the law to use a rubber johnny then throw it away without knotting in the dangerous efflusions . |
| 16 | Without stopping in the hall to put on an outer coat , he wrenched open the front door , ran over the terrace and down the steps . |
| 17 | Gordon Brunt and his friends had taken away a wall without putting in the proper structural support , so the whole of the left side of Château Quigley had collapsed . |
| 18 | Its intentions were not borne out , perhaps could not be borne out , because it attempted to find a niche within a competitive industry without engaging in the sort of competition which guaranteed its rivals , success . |
| 19 | Without engaging in the details of this debate , and having presented what is an admittedly brief over-simplification of Bernstein 's work , I would nevertheless venture to say that the different response patterns of working-class and middle-class women in the present sample do seem to fit into the broad outlines of Bernstein 's scheme . |