Example sentences of "without having [adv] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 In 1856 French secretaries of embassy and legation were divided into three classes and it was ordered that no one was to reach the third and lowest class without having already served as an attaché for three years , while everyone must spend at least three more in each class before being promoted to a higher one .
2 The FIS newsheet Mihrab al-Jumaa on Aug. 28 denied FIS responsibility for the bombing of the airport , saying that " the Islamic combatants do not authorize any strike without having precisely defined their objective within respect for the rules of Islam " .
3 ‘ Frank Naylor being presented with the memorial award for making most contributions to Guardian diary competitions without having any printed . ’
4 By mapping networks of co-citing papers , and noting the journals within which such networks are published , it is possible to derive a list of the most important journals in a subject , without having any detailed knowledge of the subject field .
5 I was more surprised than gratified , for without having really considered it I would have expected unsolicited adoration to annoy Nour , to lead to stone-throwing …
6 They urged that if the loyalist political parties were to go into the convention without having in reserve the weapon of the general strike , they would be as naked and helpless as Aneurin Bevan , the post-war foreign secretary , had said Britain would be in international councils if she were unilaterally to discard her nuclear weapons .
7 She closed the door on Charles without having actually to bang it .
8 This is facilitated by the Stock Exchange Money Brokers ( SEMBs ) , described above in Section 3.2.4 , and enhances the ability of GEMMs to supply large amounts of stock on demand without having always to hold large inventories of stocks or without having to offset large sales by matching purchases in intra-market business .
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