Example sentences of "even [prep] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The spatial differences are mainly between the more remote areas and the accessible countryside ; while some of the latter areas experienced population growth from the 1920s , many of the more remote rural areas experienced population losses of more than 15 per cent even between 1951 and 1971 ( Countryside Review Committee 1977a ) . |
| 2 | Rowing a flat-bottomed punt in rough water , against a strong wind , is nigh on impossible on your own , and a back-breaking task even for two . |
| 3 | Even for two days I would n't be able to bear the sight of Auntie Jean first thing in the morning , without her make-up on , her face blank as an egg , as she had prunes , kippers and cigarettes for breakfast and made me drink Typhoo tea . |
| 4 | I was dropping with fatigue — mainly because I could not sleep , even for two hours between treatments . |
| 5 | The treatment for two roots is readily extended to the multiple case if required : even for two roots , however , we require to examine two cases ( see 1.21 ) . |
| 6 | Some CDs are issued for one year and even for two years but the market for these is comparatively thin . |
| 7 | Very few flats — even for two persons — are likely to be available for less than £300 per month . |
| 8 | Very few flats — even for two persons — are likely to be available for less than £300 per month . |
| 9 | After the Report was sent off for consultation , there was large support , particularly from the business community , for one-third weighting for assessment of speaking and listening throughout the curriculum , even for 16 year olds , and this was the final decision . |
| 10 | He was reluctant to take the post for two reasons : he felt that the salary was not high enough , and he did not like the idea of being confined to one place even for six months of the year . |
| 11 | During his Aix holiday lie could still walk for three or four ( and occasionally even for six ) hours a day . |
| 12 | As well as acting as presenter of the various scenes Richard Baker displays his talent as a pianist , singer , and even for one moment as a dancer ! |
| 13 | He enjoyed her body , though he would n't allow himself to dwell on the pleasure it gave him , and being away from her , even for one day , was a kind of purgatory . |
| 14 | ‘ Not even for one split second ? ’ |
| 15 | And they are never left alone — not even for one minute . |
| 16 | Even for one of Oliver 's expedient fictions it was extreme . |
| 17 | Why should she have hoped even for one split second that Rune would attempt to persuade her to change her mind — not that he would have succeeded ? |
| 18 | ‘ Did you imagine even for one moment that I would let you go ? ’ |
| 19 | ‘ My good girl , you must be very naïve — as naïve , apparently , as my dear stepsister — if you think I 'd contemplate even for one moment sharing these very cramped quarters with you . |
| 20 | The cleaning group usually meet after Mass on a Tuesday and Thursday and a few more volunteers would be greatly appreciated — even for one hour ! |
| 21 | Babyish even for nine year olds perhaps , but better than waiting until they are teenagers . |
| 22 | Clearly it has not been a typical day , even for 5 Airborne Brigade ; yet such operations have taken place seventy-three times since the Second World War . |
| 23 | If you sound like everyone else , no one will remember you , even for five minutes . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'd like him to bear his rightful name , I 'd like him to be able to say which family he comes from , I 'd like him to hold his head up high in any company — but I wo n't be bounced into a sham of a marriage , not even for five minutes . |
| 25 | The Brigadier went off in search of ‘ that blasted mother 's boy ’ , pleased with the thought of being rid of him , even for twenty minutes . |
| 26 | Seriously though there can be no way that Wilko let him go not even for 2.75 million . |
| 27 | On the other hand , it should be noted that even for 20–25 year old temporary workers , by whom it was stated most frequently , this reason was not of great importance — it was put forward by only IS per cent of them . |
| 28 | She 'd taken some clothes , though scarcely enough , even for three days . |
| 29 | The scenes of destitution which the journalists could not be prevented from glimpsing-it is impossible to put someone in a hermetic bubble all the time , even for ten days — had not apparently impaired their appetites . |
| 30 | Even after two Jacobite invasions had failed the Highlands remained in a more or less permanent state of lawlessness . |