Sentence examples of "sans" in French with translation "if it were not for"

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Sans eau, nous ne pourrions pas vivre. If it were not for water, we could not live.
Sans les plantes, nous ne pourrions pas vivre. If it were not for plants, we wouldn't be able to live.
Sans ce livre je ne pourrais pas étudier. If it were not for this book, I couldn't study.
Sans eau, personne ne pourrait vivre sur terre. If it were not for water, no one could live on earth.
Sans eau, les êtres humains ne pourraient pas survivre. If it were not for water, humans could not survive.
Sans le soleil, il n'y aurait pas de vie possible. If it were not for the sun, nothing could live.
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