Example sentences of "without it the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This allows the lungs to remain inflated after a breath is taken , without it the lung does not expand adequately and the baby had to work much harder to breathe — rather like blowing up a new balloon as opposed to one with some air already in it . |
| 2 | As well as a means of publicising information this is a document of some importance administratively , since without it the register would be cluttered , to a greater extent than it is , with files of moribund companies abandoned by their members . |
| 3 | A consultative committee would be an assured way of helping the travelling public , but without it the problem will be passed to the Government . |
| 4 | Cow-dung is said to make the mixture more pliable : without it the plaster would crack as soon as it was dry . |
| 5 | This reduced the prison population by over 3,000 , and without it the figure would have been 53,000 . |
| 6 | Simon Betts , producer of the £400,000 series , said : ‘ This deal is helping to keep Come Dancing going — without it the show might not have survived . ’ |
| 7 | Damage is the gist of the action and without it the plaintiff must fail . |
| 8 | The alternative view is that the reason for the present rule regarding skill and knowledge is that without it the employee might well be prevented from earning his living in the area in which he has the greatest experience . |
| 9 | It is an unnecessary constraint , since without it the manager would do better . |
| 10 | Without it the point of physics would be lost , the authentic experience of discovery denied . |
| 11 | Democratic centralism should not be confused with the " bureaucratic centralism " which had existed in the past ; Gorbachev noted the strength of support in the party for abolishing democratic centralism , and the opposing view that without it the party would become a " shapeless association " , but he made no recommendation on behalf of the central committee . |
| 12 | ‘ Conspiracy ’ is crucial to organisational capacity of the elite ; without it the group 's consciousness and coherence are ineffective and directionless . |
| 13 | It will be all right because it 's got to be all right , it 's necessary — without it the world ends . ’ |
| 14 | He says without it the war would have gone on for many more years . |
| 15 | Bright lighting for this species is particularly essential , as without it the plant will become straggly and yellow in colour . |