without possessing

Grammar usage guide and real-world examples

Many people have become pop stars without possessing any relevant qualifications.

Without possessing any very significant new resources of power, he nevertheless lent his authority an exalted and strained theocratic complexion.

Nemerov's best poems are just that, very fine, without possessing a cultivated cogency of poetic practice to better push them on new readers.

For all the noise and violence, it is impossible to become a champion boxer without possessing supreme levels of discipline, competitive intelligence and tactical wit.

There could be a way to safeguard ourselves from attack from such weapons without possessing themselves through a type of space defence shield.

But just like Mr. Martinez, the nanotech expert, they may be very good at what they do without possessing much business knowledge.

Sherwood takes charge of Spurs without actually possessing his Uefa Pro Licence coaching badge.

Improbably, Mr. Wright had reached age 43 without ever possessing a credit card, a car loan or any other consumer debt.

He teaches writing at Boston University, and has been amazed at how many of the kids possess a passionate urge to write without also possessing an urge to read.

Cutting between past and present, Hamburg and Taipei, romance and regret, the movie generates an aura of thoughtful storytelling without actually possessing any notable thoughts.

In her post yesterday at The Book Bench, Macy Halford mentions that the novelist William Giraldi says he prefers reading to writing, and adds: He teaches writing at Boston University, and has been amazed at how many of the kids possess a passionate urge to write without also possessing an urge to read.