Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [conj] even [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is not one of the erroneous and superstitious beliefs of mankind that are supposed to have been superseded but has left vestiges at the present day in the lower strata of civilized peoples or even in the highest strata of cultivated society . |
| 2 | They were promoted by local landowners and farmers or industrial and commercial interests and even by the clergy , and their active promoters in groups of around a dozen ran their affairs at monthly meetings , employed the paid surveyors and labourers and contracted for repairs . |
| 3 | It has been shown that during the period there is flow of menstrual products backwards up the fallopian tubes and even into the abdominal cavity . |
| 4 | Nor is it quite obvious on second thoughts that even in the most literal usages the visual metaphor is wholly dead ; however accurately ‘ insight ’ may be defined in a dictionary , could I handle the word with any confidence without being guided by its grammatical and semantic affinities with ‘ sight ’ ? |
| 5 | That Labour leader John Smith should try to take advantage of the current tide of moral unease in Britain is perfectly understandable , since his party 's policies generally are hard to distinguish from those of the Liberal Democrats and even of the Conservatives . |
| 6 | Dean Patterson says the use of solar energy is important to all people around the world … and he says we will say electric cars on the road within five years but even with the sun shining … they 're are breakdowns … punctures and problems … a driver says they 've had a stone fly up and brake the chain but they 'll get going again |
| 7 | The theory that amplexus is a form of ‘ mate guarding ’ by males , preventing others from mating with the same female , is confirmed by comparing the duration of amplexus in explosive breeding European common frog , only one out Among explosive breeders , competition between males for females is intense and amplexus may last for several days or even for the entire breeding period . |
| 8 | But it has long been known from careful palaeontological studies that even in the thick development in the Cotswolds , there is evidence of two major breaks and a period of folding in what otherwise was a very peaceful period in British geological history . |
| 9 | We had proved in a recent elections and even in the general election , that where the pensioners ' movement was strong , the election results were more positive for candidates in support of our aims . |
| 10 | ‘ Now to the remains of the infant I shall call Subject B. Examination of the pelvis usually allows sex to be determined with great confidence in very young children and even in the foetus . |
| 11 | It predicted that at least 3,000,000 women and children would die of AIDS in the 1990s , and that AIDS would become the leading cause of death among young women and even among the worldwide population as a whole . |
| 12 | Indeed , young people have the right to approach the youth department for assistance without needing the mediation of other adults or even without the consent of the parents ( although the subsequent intervention by the youth department requires parental consent ) , and the youth department in turn is obliged to consult young people in the development of new initiatives . |