Example sentences of "even as [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Irvin and Martin 's assessment techniques have been in great demand abroad , even as the British science establishment closes ranks against it . |
| 32 | Even as the strings of the lute are alone though |
| 33 | Even as the answering hail of fire swept all around where he had been , he was wriggling away on his stomach into an alleyway . |
| 34 | But even as the thought crowded her mind , the chance was gone . |
| 35 | Benjamin 's mother was lying paralysed in Shoreditch Workhouse even as the portrait was being executed , and he himself had only been saved from abject poverty after his father 's premature death by the generous good offices of his uncle , Samuel Hasted . |
| 36 | Anne had been dwelling on this , even as the queen-dowager , together with the prince , princesses and Joan , waited with a mixture of feelings — hope , doubt , impatience and irritation — for her reply . |
| 37 | But even as the whispered words crossed her lips , her pulses were racing and her eyes were shining the more . |
| 38 | But even as the reformers celebrated , the result signalled further bitter division in the church . |
| 39 | Even as the thoughts entered her head , they were dismissed , because she knew that they were false comfort . |
| 40 | There is ample evidence that those ties remain strong even as the character of networks changes in other ways and thus these basic family links continue to be the first line of defence , the more so because other forms of association may weaken . |
| 41 | But even as the mainstream has turned on to S&M images , those involved in the scene have been subject to increased harassment from the authorities . |
| 42 | Even as the clamour grows for Mansell to reverse his decision to quit , the public hero has decided to give it a go in America . |
| 43 | The motion-picture industry moved instinctively against a man whose message aroused dissent and , as we have seen , there were critics who could see even as the films were released that they offered humbug and prejudice masquerading as philosophy . |
| 44 | Even as the peaks lost their fire so did the dragons lose theirs . |
| 45 | Even as the armies of Chaos laid siege to the shrine Aenarion stood before the ever-burning flame and begged Asuryan to aid his people . |
| 46 | Even as the Elves mustered a suicidal expedition to besiege Karaz-a-Karak , the world 's most unassailable fortress , word came that the Dark Elves had invaded Ulthuan once more . |
| 47 | Even as the ‘ external functions ’ of the Soviet Armed Forces acquire real importance , the principal means upon which the USSR relies to influence change are what Westerners are accustomed to call ‘ other means ’ : moral , political and material support furnished below the legal threshold of intervention , designed to encourage and revolutionise or at least influence and infiltrate . |
| 48 | Even as the question formed in his mind he knew it was useless . |
| 49 | They can only ever produce provisional generalizations , even as the theorist realizes the crucial importance of their persistent production ’ . |
| 50 | Even as the mills were seen to decline in useful service , so too were the churches . |
| 51 | Must states , as Evans ( 1979 ) argued , ‘ continually coerce or cajole the multinationals into undertaking roles they would otherwise abdicate ’ even as the pendulum swings towards liberalisation ? |
| 52 | Even as the car was pulling away , another was swinging in around the Green . |
| 53 | " Your father did n't die for Ireland , " Katherine snapped , silencing him , and even as the words were tumbling out , she was regretting them . |
| 54 | Ace was worrying about these questions even as the suit 's claws were closing round the distorted cube , and lifting it to reveal indicator lights , a display screen , a keypad : a control panel . |
| 55 | Part of this was a hang over from the days of live Television , but even as the Fifties turned into the Sixties , and prerecording came into the limelight , the cost and cumbersome nature of videotape ruled out all but the most rudimentary of editing . |
| 56 | It could well be that Matadial was thoroughly discredited , even as the case ran , but with advance information her demolition could have been more clinically achieved , with perhaps a greater effect on the jury and with a better chance of involving Zaidie in the destruction of the Crown case on motive and malice . |
| 57 | Even as the company got bigger , the familial atmosphere on which Virgin had been built in the early Seventies stayed strong , a flame that was kept alight by those who had been with Virgin since the earliest days , until it became a myth , self-perpetuating and strong enough to touch any newcomer to the organisation , strong enough to have even Richard Branson in its grip . |
| 58 | The new groups who were in the charts , even as the British Task Force made its way across the Atlantic — Duran Duran , ABC , Spandau Ballet — suggested that , of all things , fun was once again back in fashion . |
| 59 | It was a delicious quirk of fate that this situation should have arisen even as the legal action with Sting loomed on the near horizon . |
| 60 | So the sudden lightning-spark of indigo that jumped from him even as the thought crystallized in his head struck Jezrael with an intensity that shook her . |