11.   It is impossible to tell without extensive testing and use whether a program like eSniff can sift through the stream of packets with any real effectiveness.

12.   Its message, told without a word of text, is easy to intuit, yet hard to paraphrase.

13.   The college accepted what it was told without checking further.

14.   The last was a joke, though told without a smile.

15.   The parents of a two-week-old girl were told without a complex operation to remove her bile duct she would have only months to live.

16.   Their tales are told without deception or the arrogant delusion that I am always right, never mistaken, totally infallible.

17.   This is a memoir of survival, told without a trace of self-pity or melodrama.

18.   Yes, Nan Kempner tells us without a hint of irony but plenty of cheer, people really do live like this.

19.   In several communities around Banja Luka, non-Serbs were told without explanation to keep their front doors unlocked at all times, he said.

20.   It is impossible to tell without seeing a doctor what caused a stroke, Furie said.