Sentence examples for without first determining whether from inspiring English sources

The commissioner also ruled that the company had sold the policies to military personnel without first determining whether the product was appropriate for service members covered under the low-cost life insurance provided through the military.

(In 1948, Ernest Hemingway instructed his lawyer not to take advantage of a tax loophole without first determining "whether it is an honorable and ethical action to take". Hemingway conceded that he could use the extra money, but declared, "I do not wish to squawk about being hit financially any more than I would squawk about being hit physically").

The board charged Mr. Rumore specifically with breaching his fiduciary duty to the union by letting Mr. Feinstein speak at a Teamsters educational seminar at the Fontainebleau Hotel, without first determining whether it was proper to let a banished official speak.

The Court makes a fundamental mistake when it determines that a plaintiff has failed to satisfy the two-pronged "injury-in-fact" test, or indeed any other test of "standing," without first determining whether the Constitution or a statute defines injury, and creates a cause of action for redress of that injury, in precisely the circumstance presented to the Court.

It detailed seven principles to consider when imposing fines and fees, among them that courts should not jail people for nonpayment of fines and fees without first determining whether the non-payer was indigent and then establishing that the failure to pay was "willful," and that courts should consider alternatives to jail for indigent defendants.

For example, they wrote, judges should not incarcerate a defendant for the nonpayment of fines or fees without first determining whether the person was too poor to pay.

To help ensure this is happening, no major transportation project should be undertaken without first determining its impact on climate change and seriously considering whether the project is taking the state in the right direction.

The issue in the Connecticut case, Connecticut Department of Public Safety v. Doe, No. 01-1231, is whether it violates due process for the state to post former offenders' names and addresses on the Internet without first determining that each individual is still dangerous.

Generally speaking, if you live in such a state, you're legally permitted to use lethal force upon anyone who unlawfully enters your home, without needing to first determine whether and how much of a threat they pose to you.

Using splot, first determine whether the aperture locations are correct.

The physicians first determined whether or not an ADE occurred.