Example sentences of "without [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The SFA Rules recognise that futures trading is a legitimate and often very beneficial strategy for an investor and therefore seek to prevent abuse without inhibiting legitimate operation of the futures markets . |
| 2 | It is probable that oil demand in Canada will fall no further but by conservation and energy efficiency may be kept at its present level to the end of the century without inhibiting economic growth . |
| 3 | Allowing for a degree of non-anomalous unusualness in the sentences ( such sequences are , for various reasons , rather difficult to construct ) it seems that we have got from John 's mouth to the mouth of the river without encountering zeugmatic incompatibility . |
| 4 | The 1929 Parliament was hardly the most glorious in our history , but it was still one in which it was possible to face a major issue on its merits , and to debate with one 's own party without producing mindless noise or mockery from the other side , and by so doing to create an impact upon the general body of the House which improved — and in this instance strikingly improved — the position of the speaker with his own party . |
| 5 | The Marrakesh field also included many dollar-hungry Soviet , Polish and East Africans , who support these Third World marathons without demanding excessive start money or expenses . |
| 6 | National tests must provide the information needed to help pupils , and to judge schools ' effectiveness , without wasting good teaching time . |
| 7 | With all these advantages , there is clearly little point in planning to install replacement windows without including double glazing as an essential ingredient . |
| 8 | She loves chicken and wanted ways to liven it up without using fattening butter or cream sauces . |
| 9 | About 1872 Hargreaves , with Thomas Robinson , an iron-founder , invented a process and plant for making saltcake from salt without using sulphuric acid . |
| 10 | Unlike all those old spaceships , there is no way you could have done this without using advanced computer graphics . |
| 11 | What IPPL would like to know is how zoos intend to get their new gibbons without encouraging unscrupulous animal dealers who are ever-ready to supply a demand . |
| 12 | No doctor would order surgery or other treatment on the basis of a single test result , they point out , without corroborating clinical evidence . |
| 13 | They have similar interests to entrepreneurial and internal capitalists , but in addition may be concerned with the ability of firms to cover interest payments and loan repayments without jeopardizing long-term profitability . |
| 14 | The US proposal was designed to assuage European , particularly German , ambitions to have more influence in NATO 's nuclear forces without jeopardizing American control of the Western nuclear deterrent . |
| 15 | He said it should be possible to provide delegation of responsibility to regional staff , without prejudicing overall control . |
| 16 | Everyone who acts on society 's behalf in this field struggles with the often competing imperatives of welfare and justice : how to protect children while respecting family autonomy ; how to keep children safe while ensuring a fair hearing for parents ; and how to intervene therapeutically without prejudicing legal evidence . |
| 17 | without picking serious note of Freud , it 's a bit like you know discussing space high on gravitational without mentioning Einstein , I mean , you know th that 's wh what people seem to do , and it strikes me as ridiculous . |
| 18 | The campaign was reminiscent of those of Edward I 's reign : the armies reached Perth without meeting serious resistance , and Edward obtained the submissions of a number of David II 's supporters . |
| 19 | Superficially , they made publishing easier , for editors of the country 's leading periodicals received permission to print their material without seeking prior approval . |
| 20 | So , never buy on holiday , never act without seeking legal advice in Britain first , and NEVER give your credit card numbers . |
| 21 | Followed by John Broadbent Jones , Christopher Wysock Wright , Kit power , Tim Scriven and David Kimbell , Spencer Stuart have discreetly and subtly developed a sound reputation without seeking wide publicity , enjoying many very senior assignments and a high level of repeat business . |
| 22 | It must be readily convertible into cash without sustaining significant capital loss ( or loss of interest ) . |
| 23 | In contrast , many allografts became infected with HBV without developing significant tissue injury . |
| 24 | One major reason for Japan 's success in coping with the high cost energy environment since 1979 has been the remarkable reduction in oil ( and total energy ) use without sacrificing economic growth . |
| 25 | The longer shaft creates a greater swing arc , more clubhead speed and subsequent increase in power without sacrificing good control . |
| 26 | It has the potential of becoming a ‘ green ’ school , fostering understanding and respect for the environment ; a subtle but enjoyable education in flora , fauna , shapes , colours and scents , without sacrificing good garden design . |
| 27 | A compact representation of local ambiguities is applied systematically in syntax and semantics , allowing the adoption of the modular staged approach without sacrificing computational efficiency . |
| 28 | Co-operative R&D ventures are interesting in this respect because they are a way of organizing the process of innovation which promises to minimize static inefficiencies without sacrificing dynamic efficiency . |
| 29 | Is the Minister aware that the recent fall in British Steel profits has made British Steel look again at capital expenditure and ways of economising without damaging future profitability ? |
| 30 | So far Clarke says the feedback from the trial has led to enhancements in the error handling capabilities of the object-oriented option along with more work on its ability to handle a larger number of objects and a lot of message sends without damaging critical performance features . |