Example sentences of "without [adv] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Something one does without properly thinking about because it helps a friend out . |
| 2 | I have worked around the world without so reacting to these factors . |
| 3 | To safeguard against this sort of distortion , yet without basically interfering with our random system , we can build in a sort of screening device which is called stratification . |
| 4 | The counsellor can play an important part in monitoring the quality , effectiveness and possible iatrogenic effects of medical treatment , and can do so without necessarily bringing into question medical authority or competence . |
| 5 | Community legislation may be comprehensive without necessarily dealing with the precise point raised by the Member State , and may therefore have the effect of ‘ freezing ’ the situation . |
| 6 | The first three kinds of honorific were clearly distinguished by Comrie ( 1976b ) , who pointed out that traditional descriptions have often confused ( i ) and ( ii ) : the distinction is that in ( i ) respect can only be conveyed by referring to the " target " of the respect , whereas in ( ii ) it can be conveyed without necessarily referring to the target . |
| 7 | But there are ways of gradually increasing daily physical activity without necessarily turning to a specific form of sport . |
| 8 | At the same time , the conflict between reason and natural religion on the one hand , and faith and authoritative revelation on the other , opened up an area in which theology had to listen to both sides , to learn from both , and to attempt to find its own way without necessarily falling into either of the sharply polarised alternatives . |
| 9 | The ‘ social optimality ’ approach can be refined to deal with the problem without necessarily resorting to the conclusion that ‘ self-interest ’ on the part of politicians and bureaucrats is proven . |
| 10 | Even if one gets different results , they are still publishable without necessarily running into head-on confrontation with the earlier claims . |
| 11 | You can always respect someone else 's viewpoint without necessarily agreeing with it . |
| 12 | This is unfortunate , for there is evidence that much more effective methods of tackling the problem can be adopted , without necessarily undermining in any way the principle of parental responsibility . |
| 13 | without perhaps compromising in some way of actually saying to you in January . |
| 14 | Nenna told him , without much expecting to be believed , that she lived on Battersea Reach . |
| 15 | It 's bad enough having a seriously ill child without all having to be split up . |
| 16 | ‘ Trust , respect , charm , infectious enthusiasm , these attributes all allow us to influence people without apparently imposing on them . ’ |
| 17 | I ca n't comment without just looking at it Mark er I 'm afraid |
| 18 | Maybe if we were teaching them properly they would know how to protest without just resorting to violence or vandalism of some type , without the first step being breaking the rules ; but we do n't . |
| 19 | On this model the profile is thin and narrow-ish , without exactly falling into the ‘ speed ’ category . |
| 20 | The defect of this mutant may thus reside in a factor that modulates transcription without directly interacting with the promoter elements of the MHC class II genes . |
| 21 | We began our laborious task without once reflecting on the many dangers that might attend it . |
| 22 | The old woman came and silently cleared away , without once looking at me , even when I pointed at the few cakes left and praised them in my stilted Greek ; the hermit master evidently liked silent servants . |
| 23 | Accordingly , without ever rising from my sordid bed , I lay and groaned and babbled , and altogether gave a wonderful impression of a man in extremity . |
| 24 | It had been sold in December by McCloy to an American widow who , having changed her mind without ever living in the place , had returned it to the agent 's hands and departed to spend the summer in Sweden . |
| 25 | She never walked on the beach , and without ever thinking about it he had assumed she did n't because she did n't want to spoil her shoes . |
| 26 | She had clearly decided , without ever speaking to him , that Boy ( she concurred in the popular choice of name ) was an asset to her establishment . |
| 27 | The shape , style and content of these items can be altered at will as can their position but without ever reaching for scissors or glue . |
| 28 | These enable racist statements to be formulated without ever bringing into awareness the racist predicates on which the statements are grounded . |
| 29 | And it 's true that , without ever resorting to circus gimmicks , Armani manages to make the world 's sexiest women — Michelle Pfeiffer and Julia Roberts head the list — even sexier . |
| 30 | Jansons encourages playing of the widest emotional ( and dynamic ) range without ever resorting to hysterical contrast , effortlessly integrating the various changes of mood into a meaningful symphonic whole . |