Sentence examples for without first knowing from inspiring English sources

And many have been reluctant to say they would support a compromise measure without first knowing what was in it.

Best to hear this album without first knowing the name of the artist or where it was made.

If he's trying to coax a skin cell to become an embryonic one, he can't do that without first knowing what an embryonic stem cell does.

He cannot kill Oswald without first knowing whether he was the responsible party, and a good part of the adventure is the investigation.

"One of the things we see is that people go out and buy property without first knowing what kind of home they want to build," she said.

Environmentalists questioned the wisdom of having allowed Step 1 before Step 2, arguing that it was unrealistic to map places where new infrastructure should go, without first knowing the full capacity of the sewage systems already in place.

To resolve this problem, we developed a multiplex RT-PCR strategy that allows reliable strain-independent amplification of highly polymorphic target antigens from any patient without the requirement for first knowing the viral sequence and custom-designing of PCR primers for each individual.

"Signal is important as a means of secure communications without third parties knowing who I'm contacting," said prominent Egyptian blogger and Global Voices board member Mohamed ElGohary.

I find it hard to believe that Target would partner with a designer line without doing extensive market research first, without knowing exactly what the demand would be.

The police admitted that they used this two-step interrogation technique routinely in the hope of getting suspects to confess first without knowing their rights, and then confess a second time in a form that would be usable in court.

Other times, theories come first, without knowing how they can be tested.