Example sentences of "and even [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The RUC was excluded from policy making on security and even most administrative decisions of consequence . |
| 2 | In many Latin American countries teachers lack the freedom to devise and organise their own teaching plans , Peru being one of the few exceptions ( and even here there is a general curriculum laid down by the ministry ) . |
| 3 | Unless a matter were extraordinarily urgent , the only occasion for its use would be in relation to the passage of a Bill to extend the life of Parliament and even here , the abolition of the House of Lords might be a preferred course . |
| 4 | I am less sure about the Andantino grazioso , which could be more relaxed than here ; it 's as if the performers are anxious that this longish ( and to be honest , maybe too long ) movement should not outstay its welcome , and even here it lasts getting on for three minutes longer than either of the others . |
| 5 | But it is , on the whole , primarily among younger people — and even here more among people in their twenties than in their thirties — that we encounter the most notable measure of sexual knowledge , willingness to experiment and non-inhibition . |
| 6 | Such a claim would clearly be limited to the grammatical aspect of style , and even here , to say that a text has a " neutral style " is to mislead : the choice of expressing one 's sense in elemental , disconnected sentences has its stylistic value as much as any other choice ( see 7.4.2 . ) . |
| 7 | And even here , I 've got it . |
| 8 | And even here in his recourse to Jakobson 's use of the two terms , Barthes is referring to two very broad principles of combination in language and not ( as Todorov does ) to specific grammatical categories . |
| 9 | During these weeks Seb rarely saw Carrie , except for a few hours each Sunday when they worked on the farm ledgers together at the Hankses ' cottage , and even here they were rarely alone . |
| 10 | Invocations of popular support or consent may be baseless and even blatantly dishonest . |
| 11 | The hands harbour the resident flora ( p. 74 ) and also perhaps transient flora ( p. 75 ) particularly between the fingers and under the nails and even immediately after washing , a few colonies of microorganisms can be cultured . |
| 12 | Even forgetting the fact that the Cobra was the fastest accelerating car you could buy at the time , that only puts it between the £21,620 Elan SE and the entry level £26,400 Excel SE , close to the £22,363 Morgan plus eight and even closer to the £23,526 Toyota Supra Turbo . |
| 13 | When you have been so close to death and even closer to permanent serious injury then every day becomes a bonus . ’ |
| 14 | It was close enough to London , and even closer to some of the Company in person . |
| 15 | But come Sunday , who 'd bet against Nigel Mansell still being King of Formula One with another British Grand Prix victory … that would take him past Jackie Stewart 's 27 Grand Prix wins and even closer to that World Championship title he cherishes so much . |
| 16 | Some aspects have been profoundly and even repetitively studied ; others apparently neglected . |
| 17 | But , first , you can see the whole stage — and even today houses are being built with seats that have a view of only half the stage ! — and second , it is acoustically marvellous for the audience and the conductor ; for opera and for concerts , especially choral concerts . |
| 18 | In the past , and even today with gun in hand , it is threatening . |
| 19 | The main tower of the fortress is nine storeys high and even today looks forbidding . |
| 20 | The tops of ling heather ( Calluna vulgaris ) , produce yet another shade of yellow dye when boiled in water , and in fact that entire plant is wonderfully versatile : it was commonly used for thatching houses , and even today the few Highland thatchers that remain will swear it is the best thatch in Gaeldom ; it provided beds to sleep on , with the ‘ tops up and roots down ’ arrangement of the mattress assuring a pleasantly aromatic and sound sleep ; it was used in part of the process of tanning leather ; and the fresh , young tops of the heather were ( and at times still are ) brewed into a kind of ale . |
| 21 | Establishing the causes of mental handicap has always proved difficult , and even today , two-thirds of cases are due to unknown factors . |
| 22 | This ‘ Imperial city ’ remained virtually intact until the great remodelling which began in the 1950s , and even today the basic outlines of the Emperor 's plan remain . |
| 23 | This is a peculiarly nasty technique of persuasion , causing great psychological anguish throughout the middle ages and even today . |
| 24 | For example , it differentiated between the letters i and j , and u and v , which had previously caused confusion and even today transcriptions of ancient documents are being called into question , particularly in the matter of family names . |
| 25 | As but one example , records of the famous case of Scrope versus Grosvenor before the Court of Chivalry 1385–1390 show testimony was given in French , and even today French phrases linger in the language of heraldry . |
| 26 | Bob went on from there , season in , season out , to the end of 1931–32 , by which time he had made 293 League appearances for Crystal Palace ( a club record at the time , but of course they did not make much of such things in those days ) and even today , almost 60 years later , there are fewer than only half a dozen Palace men who have played more times for us than that . |
| 27 | ‘ The students were still — and even today remain so — far more conscious of their professional collegiate identity , than of belonging to an Imperial College . ’ |
| 28 | There is perhaps an element of do-gooding about certain taxes and even today there are Treasury ministers who smugly claim they are doing the nation 's health a favour by putting up the levy on cigarettes , alcohol and petrol . |
| 29 | This was to be a problem which plagued the Soviet government throughout the 1920s and even today remains a problem of the first magnitude . |
| 30 | In the time of the Stuarts , this was a high-risk occupation and even today , the Member elected pretends reluctance and protests at having to take the chair . |