Example sentences of "without a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is for this reason that any unused ‘ B ’ solution must never be returned to the original container , as it would then destabilise the contents which , in a sealed container without a vented cap , could cause the container to burst , and with a vented cap the solution would eventually become ineffective . |
| 2 | These blades are very thin , and although the metal is often a little softer to allow for bending without a dangerous snap , they therefore bend that much more easily and should be used carefully . |
| 3 | Unity of oppositions ( Zamora , Azana , Cabellero — UGT ) , lid off after Primo 12.4.1931 Monarchy removed ( 14th , Alfonso XIII abdicates = 1st institution to go ) Sp. without a general will , next as old as monarchy-church disunity , royalists , RCs , business . |
| 4 | Labour makes promises : a new council house building programme , more money for community care , more money for roads and pavements , more for teachers , better schools , extra equipment , new capital expenditure , leisure centres and sports facilities — and all of this to be funded without a general increase in taxation . |
| 5 | Without a general market in such options , this is difficult . |
| 6 | Election ‘ 92 : Searching for take off without a yogic pilot |
| 7 | But Law was without a junior minister in the Commons . |
| 8 | It comes as the central priority because without a successful economy nothing else prospers . |
| 9 | More than £2 million , serviced by £1 million in marketing support , is striking recognition of the value of the league but , frankly , without a successful shop window it would be meaningless . |
| 10 | The emphasis was on self-reliance , with the children free to work out their own solutions without a close-knit family environment . |
| 11 | At Lausanne , the Ramallah Congress delegation discovered that without a representative government the refugee community had no standing , except as the subject of the deliberations . |
| 12 | Hans Kohn ( 1967 ) , emphasizing this last feature , observes that ‘ nationalism is inconceivable without the ideas of popular sovereignty preceding without a complete revision of the position of rulers and ruled , of classes and castes ’ , and goes on to note the importance of the rise of a new class , the third estate : |
| 13 | The only player from the current squad who could replace him , without a complete change of team style is Noel Whelan . |
| 14 | No one could convert to Christianity in Sri Lanka without a complete break from their family and culture . |
| 15 | Marxist theoreticians argued that without a confident class to support it liberalism failed to complete the bourgeois revolution against feudalism ; thus they sought tactical models in Tsarist Russia that represented a stage of development comparable to that of modern Spain . |
| 16 | It is possible , by using computerised equipment in a symbiotic way , to link it to the skill of a human being and define the tool motions without a symbolic description . |
| 17 | The jokes between her father , mother and older brother had been adult , almost risqué ; she had been allowed several glasses of champagne without a reproachful look , and her rather revealing décolletage had passed without comment . |
| 18 | Cases were classified into two grpups of MALT lymphomas : low grade and high grade with or without a low grade component . |
| 19 | Nevertheless what was being demonstrated in the course of 1945 was that — whatever the feelings of affinity that might exist between Britain and the United States — a substantial relationship could not endure without a strong sense of common interests and above all a sense of exposure to common dangers . |
| 20 | Without a strong State , this underclass will erupt into fragmented resistance , indicated in social disorder . |
| 21 | Many in the Labour movement were prepared to admit that without a strong combination forcing the National Government out of office " we may not get a chance for a very long time of putting into effect our ultimate aims " . |
| 22 | The tales were lively , not without a strong hint of bawdiness , but they had brought vividly to life the glittering courts of former days — so different , as Alianor was wont to say with a sigh , from the subdued , uneasy court of the present king . |
| 23 | Today no such evidence is needed as the matter was settled in favour of the mechanical explanation , although it is hard to envisage any human attempt to produce the resonant sound from a branch with any contraption without a strong amplifier . |
| 24 | Without a dictatorial Coriolanus , Shakespeare 's point about the implied threat to the republic is stated rather than felt . |
| 25 | If the argument starts with numeric characters ( with or without a preceding sign ) , VAL will work from left to right until it meets a non numeric character . |
| 26 | Certainly there are exceptions : ( 5 ) Alec 's shoes are real leather Intuition leaves no room for hesitation in taking this as an example of assignment , with leather used purely descriptively , rather than of equation , but the occurrence of the adjective real indicates that leather is nonetheless a noun ( this is no doubt partly possible because the adjective leathern has dropped out of use in modern English , and because leather itself is a mass noun able to occur without a preceding article ) . |
| 27 | ‘ At the fourth hospital , in Kirkwall , Orkney , ’ the committee continued , ‘ it was very difficult to see how the service could proceed without a continued exemption , but this will be reviewed over the next two years . ’ |
| 28 | Although this may seem to be of more interest to a mountaineer it does give a most convincing sense of reality to his hills and this without a sterile exactitude . |
| 29 | If you move to the US without a prearranged position , at least ensure that you have a place to stay for your first few months . |
| 30 | AN office furniture company without a fixed home of its own is planning to move into a new purpose-built factory . |