Example sentences of "[verb] not even [vb infin] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On her return , Ashraf reported directly to her brother and did not even send the foreign minister a copy of her conclusions . |
| 2 | I was disappointed that in his opening speech the Foreign Secretary did not even mention the horrific growth in racial attacks and neo-Nazi bands that are now rampaging around the eastern part of what is now the unified Germany . |
| 3 | She did not even mention the military involvement in the rebellion or the officer widely believed to have led it , the cashiered Colonel Gregorio Honasan . |
| 4 | Most difficult of all , admits , is setting foreign language puzzles : ‘ I translated some puzzles into Russian once , which was not easy since I did not even know the Cyrillic alphabet ! ’ |
| 5 | President Zine al Abidine Ben Ali did not even attend the Arab League summit in Cairo , claiming that not enough preparation had gone into the meeting . |
| 6 | They did not even follow the retreating Dutch skirmishers , but seemed content to let the morning 's skirmish die to nothing . |
| 7 | That system did not even need the Roman aqueduct ; it managed the flow of water on Archimedean principles , which was even more remarkable . |
| 8 | They do not even reflect the cognitive side of learning ; they are about the ability to recall and express accurately in a pressurised situation . |
| 9 | Dental surgeons do not even have the cheap finance available to general medical practitioners . |
| 10 | We do not demand a ban on all sterilisation just because some women are forced to be sterilised , we do not even attack the whole concept of a well are state just because of abuses like the cohabitation rule , so why oppose pay for childcare solely because it might be abused ? |
| 11 | Extraordinarily , the Queen 's Speech does not even include the usual platitudes , promising , in the words of last year 's speech ; that the Government would ’ vigorously pursue their policies in fighting crime . ’ |
| 12 | His reply , but Mr Smith , even your own union does not even allow the unemployed to join . |