Example sentences of "[verb] [not/n't] even " in BNC.
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| 1 | In ridding the Tory Party of its old aristocratic embrace , the Prime Minister has entirely failed — or perhaps has not even tried — to banish oligarchic mores that went with its former upper-crust outlook . |
| 2 | This group of professionals has not even bothered to ease the biggest problem facing entrepreneurs — apart from the unavailability of cheap finance — which is the lack of cash flow that results from customers not paying bills on time . |
| 3 | There are plenty of ‘ success stories ’ where governments have not intervened , or where it has not even been acknowledged that farmers and pastoralists have quietly got on with the business of conservation for themselves , and frequently provided sustainable surpluses for the market as well . |
| 4 | In economic terms they seem to have had little effect : in Merseyside , for instance , which has had every new scheme , economic decline has not even been halted , let alone reversed . |
| 5 | The charge has not even been proved but it left him 12 per cent behind Paul Tsongas in the New Hampshire primary . |
| 6 | He has not even learned that Britain is suffering from a recession bordering on a slump . |
| 7 | His family has been farming the same land for generations but this year he has sown no cereal crops and has not even bothered to string the hops in the hop gardens . |
| 8 | Yea , Joan thought , I would believe it — and he has not even kissed my hand ! |
| 9 | Zimbabwe has not even begun its promised privatisation programme , nor relaxed tight exchange controls . |
| 10 | So far the Community has not even conceded that these projects are undermined by its own beef-dumping policy . |
| 11 | When , and how it will make its relational database technology compliant with OMG specifications , has not even been discussed , the firm says . |
| 12 | As far as I have seen , the BBC has not even seen fit to broadcast a single programme in his memory . |
| 13 | For travelling people , their separate culture , their lack of access to education and training has not even been considered , not to mention the high levels of overt racism from settled people . |
| 14 | Moreover , there is the likelihood that the experimenter has not even considered the possibility of such unintended effects on his subjects ' responses . ’ |
| 15 | Two stadium-sized managerial talents holding half-time team talks while the rest of the soccer world has not even kicked off yet . |
| 16 | The reform program has not even raised the subject of the ultimate right of the party to control society . |
| 17 | I wrote to the Secretary of State , but he has not even begun to justify the Government 's action . |
| 18 | The Home Secretary has not even tried to explain why the Government have changed their mind or why he has rejected the published judgment of his predecessor . |
| 19 | The petition can be signed by the parliamentary agent himself , and this is of value because last-minute instructions are frequently received , and I have known cases where the client has not even seen the petition until after it was deposited , although he has of course cleared the content by telephone . |
| 20 | Iraq has not even recognised Israel 's right to exist . |
| 21 | He has not even seen yet all the Khedivial estates . |
| 22 | He has not even seen my scrapbooks . |
| 23 | ‘ The technology which we will be using in colleges in 1999 has not even been invented yet . ’ |
| 24 | But on this trip Gooch has not even had that pleasure and it is imperative now for England 's chances of winning back the Ashes from Australia this summer that their weary 39-year-old captain quickly recovers in health and spirit when he returns home on Saturday week . |
| 25 | returning not even a sigh |
| 26 | Better not even to think of it . |
| 27 | When it has n't even started — this phoney war . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ It has n't even been reviewed yet and is already completely rubbish . |
| 29 | Bloke due for business pitch has n't even arrived ! ! |
| 30 | A spokesman said : ‘ It has been mayhem and our main sale has n't even begun yet . ’ |