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The phrase "afraid that without" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when expressing concern or fear about the consequences of lacking something.
Example: "I am afraid that without proper guidance, the project will fail."
Alternatives: "worried that without" or "concerned that without".
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But I was afraid that without a boy my marriage wouldn't last".
"I am afraid that without El Bulli, a certain energy will disappear from the restaurant scene here".
The doctrinaire bureaucrats were afraid that without these restrictions, fat, cigar-smoking capitalists would take control of the motherland.
For example, Senator Rudy Boschwitz, a Minnesota Republican, said he was afraid that without a capital gains differential people would be less likely to invest in risky enterprises.
Basically, I wish New York were the kind of city you often hear it described as — namely, a city in which it isn't necessary to own a car — but I'm afraid that without its drivers the city would cease functioning.
I am afraid that without a clear agenda, leaders or policy goals, Occupy Wall Street will be a fruitless exercise with only a sense of nostalgia (or annoyance) for those involved.
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I'm afraid that's it, though.
"Pim was too outspoken — they were afraid of that," one woman told me, without specifying who "they" were.
Most controlling parents are simply afraid that you will fail without their intervention.
Ain't afraid of that.
People are afraid of that".
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