Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] even [art] [adj] [noun sg] " 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 | My lack of means is extreme , granted , and I look bad , skin white , mouth chapped , body apparently even shorter than usual , eye roaming and I daresay a bit fretful , trousers in bad shape , attention astray for a book lying around to pinch or even an old magazine , since I sold a few volumes I should now like to have kept , in exchange for a slug of what turned out to be the world 's nastiest though cheapest whiskey . |
| 3 | Before the First World War , many Marxists believed , as we shall see , that world capitalism had become so internationalized that even the political struggle for national independence made no sense ( or worse , it was reactionary ) . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I do not think that even the hon. Member for Dover ( Mr. Shaw ) could accuse that authority of being profligate , but those cuts will affect the care of the elderly in Calderdale . |
| 7 | As the living room of his end-terraced council house in Cherrywood Drive , Beith , Ayrshire , became a court , Mr McTear admitted that even the awful price of his former 60-a-day habit could not rid him of the temptation . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Experts continue to disagree about how to extrapolate from one to the other , although it is generally accepted that even the smallest dose carries a health risk . |
| 10 | Moreover , it must be said that even the patristic position in no way solves the problem that the symbolism of Christ is somehow male . |
| 11 | Whilst it is possible to involve CAD at any of the three levels , it is often seen that even the high technology companies will initially approach it as an element replacement activity ( low level ) . |
| 12 | Dolphins were frequently observed in the nets , and Greenpeace estimated that even the reduced fleet of 20 vessels probably killed some 4600 dolphins during the season . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | In Britain much of the area has been glaciated and even the unglaciated part has certainly been subjected to tundra conditions and solifluxion ( see Chapter 15 ) during the Pleistocene . |
| 15 | They you can provide a plastic jug full of ‘ tea ’ ( actually water ) to pour and even a real picnic . |
| 16 | A storm of laughter arose and even the tiniest child joined in . ’ |
| 17 | A piece of living history , it is also the most relaxing of centres for shopping , eating and even a little golf . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | This shows that even a single symptom ( regularisation errors in reading aloud ) can arise in different ways in different patients . |
| 20 | The potager shows that even the humble cabbage has a beauty all its own when seen amongst flowers . |
| 21 | Although we have offered a fairly simplistic version of these theories we can still see that even a simplified version is very complex . |
| 22 | Theodore 's career reveals that even a good bishop could be powerless in a city where there were too many other interests . |
| 23 | But Mr Gonzales reckons that even the delayed improvement should allow the economy to grow by 4% in 1994 . |
| 24 | But today , the flooding was limited to a few rural spots where roads were closed and even the main railway line between Swindon and Bristol was under water . |
| 25 | COMPUTER users , both professional and amateur , dread power cuts because even a short interruption can lose all the data in the machine 's memory . |
| 26 | They have seen the Court of Appeal 's judgment as stating that even an express clause can not validly protect confidential information unless it is a narrow trade secret or its equivalent . |
| 27 | With the wealth of connections in the two clubs , and the end of their squeamishness over protocol , May fears that even the two ascendant clubs in Wales — Llanelli and Neath — will be hard pressed to compete . |
| 28 | 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 ) . |
| 29 | Women with a family history of allergies are always advised to breastfeed because even the modified milk in infant formula can provoke an allergic reaction . |
| 30 | Nevertheless , in the event that , in the future , short term letting could not provide a sufficiently profitable return , the possibility of long term letting or even the complete selling off of a number of these chalets , can not be ignored . |