By dispensing with any expectations of the theatrical, the work swims into its proper focus.
By dispensing with a live audience, sitcom producers can create a more distinctive atmosphere by shooting outside or on location.
By dispensing with an interval, although I gather that changed for the West End transfer, Doran made the play an event of mounting, rather than dwindling, theatrical excitement.
By dispensing with concerns about due process, he avoids a more traditional war that he fears could lead to American boots on the ground.
In Breaking Bad, Walter copes by dispensing chemical danger to thousands of people.
These and other logistical problems were solved by dispensing with a few unnecessary items.
High oil prices give petro-economies the wherewithal to counter discontent by dispensing largesse.
They save lives by dispensing medicines, and promote death by selling the cigarettes.
Mr. Boehner has broken with Republican tradition by dispensing with one of the party's unwritten tenets.
Yet by dispensing with Nick as narrator, the opera has Gatsby articulate his own vision, explaining himself.
That could be achieved by dispensing with the off-days (Monday-Wednesday) in the first two weeks.
