Example sentences of "without [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I suggested some simple exercises , to be done without knitting on the machine , that showed what effect the tuck and slip controls had on the needles and how we could set the carriages to slip or tuck in one direction and knit in the other . |
| 2 | It is possible to criticise a merchant 's goods without reflecting on the competence or the probity of their producer . |
| 3 | Plants which float on the surface with or without rooting at the bottom |
| 4 | The two went noisily to the bus-stop , leaving Alice on the doorstep , stunned , and staring without seeing at the letter she had written to her mother , thrust into her hand by Monica . |
| 5 | I measured the scar on your mum 's tum last night , it 's six and half inches without allowing for the |
| 6 | One veteran observer of the New York museum scene summarised the insular society 's predicament : ‘ During the 60s , 70s and 80s when all other institutions realised that there was no way that they could build up an endowment without catering to the masses and without appealing to the federal government , museums went with cap in hand ; they saw this was now the game . |
| 7 | Sam came back frowning and , stretching inside without stepping into the water , pressed the three switches that had been unresponsive two days earlier . |
| 8 | Moreover , if the moral judgment which we require to make is one which involves our own personal interest we might reasonably look to the relevant law as representing a less partial view of the matter than our own ; for , without attributing to the law a non-partisan impartiality at variance with most available knowledge about the actual political and legal processes , it might still happen to be less partial and more informed than we are when making judgments about cases which affect us closely . |
| 9 | Nagel 's profound point is that even where the agent is at the mercy of fate , and though it seems irrational upon reflection , our ordinary moral attitudes would be unrecognizable without attributing to the agent responsibility and culpability in a wide range of cases of moral luck . |
| 10 | Without digressing into the subject of word processing in itself , which would probably require a paper all of its own , suffice it to say that word processing programs on computer enable letters and any other documents to be created , corrected if necessary , then stored on disk or tape ready for printing or alteration at a later data In this example a general letter inviting a candidate to interview could be drawn up and then only the details specific to each candidate need be added before printing the letter . |
| 11 | Alternatively there are many herbaceous plants you can use to underplant or edge beds without competing with the roses . |
| 12 | In her Journals , unpublished in her lifetime , she found a unique outlet for her genius without competing with the writers who surrounded her . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Irvine , California-based , Rainbow Technologies Inc has launched MicroSentinel/UX , an execution control device that allows developers to control the distribution and access to their software programmes without interfering with the application . |
| 15 | Irvine , California-based Rainbow Technologies , the leader in its market niche , has introduced a Unix dongle , the MicroSentinelUX , for developers to control distribution and use of their Unix software programs without interfering with the application . |
| 16 | Controls the flutters without interfering with the performance . |
| 17 | It also suggests that there may be scope for significantly reducing the number of committals without interfering with the defendant 's right to opt for jury trial . |
| 18 | Addition of a little silicone lubricant ( vacuum grease , DOW Corning Corp. , Midland , MI ) to the phenol-chloroform extraction mixture resulted in a tight interface that facilitated total recovery of the aqueous phase without interfering with the lower protein and organic phases . |
| 19 | All this can be done without interfering with the operational or planning processes currently under way in the organization . |
| 20 | The material that follows in this chapter made be skipped by the reader , if desired , without interfering with the book 's continuity . |
| 21 | Any moves in this regard will be made only when the time is right , and without interfering with the business . |
| 22 | Their great merit was that they " schooled " the children of the lower orders without interfering with the need for them to be at work on weekdays , hence their great appeal in manufacturing and mining areas . |
| 23 | It was submitted on behalf of Mr Street that the court can not in these circumstances decide that the agreement created a tenancy without interfering with the freedom of contract enjoyed by both parties . |
| 24 | Tailoring the extent of regulation to the particular circumstances aims to give protection where it is necessary without interfering with the efficient operation of the market where it is not , but it does so at the expense of adding to the complexity of the regulations |
| 25 | ‘ The site enables us to carry on our day to day business without interfering with the local community . |
| 26 | If this was not so we would forever be bumping into things ; it would be impossible to pass through a doorway without banging into the doorpost or to cross a room without tripping over the furniture . |
| 27 | Without pressing beyond the formal labels such rich evocations could be easily missed . |
| 28 | It 's very difficult to attempt self definition without relating to the occupational world , and you get into the sort of situation where women only have private selves , they do n't have public selves at all , which certainly creates problems of self definition for them . |
| 29 | It will have instructed the Parliamentary Draftsman on the preparation of the Bill ; he will have drafted it ( though probably not without returning to the department on a number of occasions for clarification of instructions or to point out to the department any legal or constitutional difficulties encountered in implementing the instructions ) . |
| 30 | One last thing — the caves are radioactive , and the longer Jeremy stays underground without returning to the darkroom , the more he gets contaminated ! |