11.   However, the home paternity test is not admissible in court because it is conducted without an independent observer.

12.   In the Philippines, the delicate negotiations over an American hostage held by Abu Sayyaf rebels last year were conducted without an American ambassador to represent U.S. interests.

13.   In the second test, conducted without any prior reference material, the consultants used a completely different computer network to gain access.

14.   It is unlikely that an attack of this magnitude could be conducted without the knowledge of governments in Afghanistan and Iraq, he said.

15.   Mitsuzuka said, in the document, that routine inspections must be conducted without notice.

16.   Operations are conducted without anesthesia, antibiotics are unavailable, and patients must rely on family and friends to bring food because the hospital itself has none.

17.   Powell, who earned his stripes during the Vietnam war, urged that no future U.S. military exercise be conducted without a clear exit strategy.

18.   Still, the church business could not be conducted without women.

19.   The Air Force, in a statement, disagreed with the conclusion that the experiments were conducted without informed consent according to the standards of the time.

20.   The attorneys wrote to Mann on Wednesday saying they would oppose any DNA testing conducted without court supervision.