Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] even a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was drunk , but it was not a prophesy or even a sexual invitation , it was an expression of delight . |
| 2 | Experts have forecast that even a partial ban will be a blow to Taiwan 's fishing companies , which are already facing recession and rely on driftnetting as the most profitable method . |
| 3 | Jaques ( the ‘ Glacier investigations ’ ) found that even a well-defined role in the organisation posed problems for the person expected to fill it with regard to the exercise of authority . |
| 4 | Studies at King 's College School of Medicine show that even a short period of hard pedalling on an exercise bike diverts blood flow from the uterus to the legs , ‘ stealing ’ oxygen from the foetus . |
| 5 | It does show that even a 26-week gestation baby has , at least within its spinal cord , a mechanism which is associated with tenderness in adults . |
| 6 | They you can provide a plastic jug full of ‘ tea ’ ( actually water ) to pour and even a real picnic . |
| 7 | A piece of living history , it is also the most relaxing of centres for shopping , eating and even a little golf . |
| 8 | The commission says evidence shows that even a modest toll of 1.5 pence a mile for cars and 4.5 pence for lorries could cause one tenth of motorway traffic to divert to other roads . |
| 9 | This shows that even a single symptom ( regularisation errors in reading aloud ) can arise in different ways in different patients . |
| 10 | Although we have offered a fairly simplistic version of these theories we can still see that even a simplified version is very complex . |
| 11 | Theodore 's career reveals that even a good bishop could be powerless in a city where there were too many other interests . |
| 12 | COMPUTER users , both professional and amateur , dread power cuts because even a short interruption can lose all the data in the machine 's memory . |
| 13 | Beluga whales emit distress calls when even a conventional icebreaker is 80 k ( 50 miles ) away , and flee when such vessels approach within 40 k ( 25 miles ) . |
| 14 | This ensures that even a detailed discussion of the evidence is selective . |
| 15 | It has been proved that even a short stay helps not only the carers , but the patients , who greatly benefit from a change of scenery and the use of the many facilities we have here . ’ |
| 16 | If so , the restoration of the OR seen in these circumstances need not necessarily imply a change in the specific ability of the target stimulus to evoke its UR ; rather it may mean that even a weak tendency to emit this UR can be amplified substantially by a high level of arousal . |
| 17 | Lastly , we may notice that even a wrongful possession , if continued for a certain length of time , matures into what may be , for practical purposes , indistinguishable from ownership . |
| 18 | This accident alarmed safety scientists in Europe because is showed that even a small break in the cooling circuit , if combined with faults in equipment and human error , could be as serious as a large rupture . |
| 19 | This is a strictly private company in that the issue of a prospectus is prohibited and even a single individual may act as the ‘ founder of the company ’ . |
| 20 | The RSPB claims that even a small oil spill in these areas could have a disastrous effect on wildlife . |
| 21 | Norway was more cautious , with several influential politicians fearing that even a limited form of cooperation might erode national sovereignty . |