The Okefenokee,which is already nearly choked with plants, would probably fill in,dry up, and become just another cypress and pine forest were it not for range fires that come along every once in awhile and burn out decayed vegetation.

VOA: standard.2010.03.29

But any concerns that parents would not want to buy it for little girls were soon proved wrong.

VOA: special.2009.04.06

Parson Walker's wife was very sick once, for a long time, and it seemed as if they were not going to save her.

VOA: special.2009.08.29

If it were not for me and my money, this room would be empty!"

VOA: special.2009.01.31

It would not be remembered today if it were not for Faulkner's later work.

VOA: special.2010.01.03

Later,he said: "If it were not for the high office I held, I would have taken him by the seat of the pants and the nape of the neck and thrown him out the window."

VOA: special.2010.08.12

Iranian and U.S.diplomats were aware of one another's presence at the Moscow conference, but said it is not unusual for them to attend the same international forums.

VOA: standard.2009.03.27

Because they are coming forward to give you blood, but at the end of it they may end up with bad news that they were not prepared for."

VOA: standard.2010.06.04

"And it would not necessarily be as problematic as in some scenarios if it were not for the fact that the Taliban themselves actually market themselves as being the anti-corruption entity."

VOA: standard.2009.11.17

Israel's Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon says peace talks could have resumed long ago, if it were not for the refusal of President Abbas, who is also known as Abu Mazen.

VOA: standard.2009.09.19