Example sentences of "[conj] even [subord] [art] [noun sg] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | They thus occupy a rather special place in the spectrum of infectious human disease , since , without being able to find the germ responsible , it is not only rather difficult to be sure that the disease is present in the first place , but , having given a treatment for which there can be no de finite evidence of efficacy , since no organism has been eliminated , it can be very difficult to tell whether the infection has resolved or even whether the patient is better . |
| 2 | Unfortunately I have been unable to trace any documents after the survey , and so do not know exactly why the scheme fell through or even whether the bill was ever presented . |
| 3 | Probably this same crisis led to the failure of the Clun Railway before building commenced or even before the Act was passed . |
| 4 | Lightweight athletic garments made from Pertex are , therefore , always comfortable to wear — whether there 's a chill in the air , or even if the sun is shining . |
| 5 | This is particularly important when the counsellor is known to have authority and power to make important decisions affecting the life of the counsellee , or even where the counsellee is reliant upon the support or care provided by the counsellor . |
| 6 | One parent of a seven year old said that even though the family were moving house and there were several schools that would be nearer she would continue to send her son to the school because he enjoyed the after-school football training . |
| 7 | This shows that even if a court is not prepared to award one remedy , it may be prepared to give another instead . |
| 8 | Here it is argued that jurisdiction is conditional on its proper exercise so that even if a tribunal is entitled to enter into the enquiry , it can lose its power by the way that power is used . |
| 9 | The present evidence therefore suggests that the universe will probably expand forever , but all we can really be sure of is that even if the universe is going to recollapse , it wo n't do so for at least another ten thousand million years , since it has already been expanding for at least that long . |
| 10 | The trouble , as with CD-ROM , is that even if the storage is compatible , software on it which is written for the Macintosh , or Windows , or the Acorn Archimedes , or Apple 's forthcoming Newton , or Sony 's Data Discman , will make no sense to the other machines . |
| 11 | The former Conservative Party chairman insisted that even if the treaty was ratified , it could be challenged in the courts . |
| 12 | However , Mr Crozier made it clear that even if the code were adopted by every borough , EHOs could continue to interpret the law according to individual situations . |
| 13 | Rincewind tried to work it out , and decided that even if the box were crammed with star opals and sticks of auricholatum the contents would not be worth one-tenth the price of the container . |
| 14 | It could be argued , for example , that even if the analysis is correct , what would it matter ? |
| 15 | Mr Hurd said the position had now changed and that even if the amendment was carried , it ‘ would be no impediment to ratification ’ . |
| 16 | MIH contended , however , that even if the agreement was not strictly in the proper form , Mr Gillespie , by his subsequent actings , was barred from asserting that it was not enforceable . |
| 17 | It was one of Chapman 's rules that even when the ball was on the other side of the field , a player must always be anticipating the next move . |
| 18 | It had such fire and brilliance that even when the church was dark this diamond glowed like a flame in the sanctuary . |
| 19 | It follows that even when the mass is undergoing spherically symmetric motion the external structure of space time is described by the Schwarzschild metric and hence is static . |
| 20 | It should be stressed that even when the war was going badly for England , the partnership secured profits , which remained in England , even although the gains ultimately passed to other hands than those of the partners . |
| 21 | A glance at the percentages of synonyms shows that even when the file is only 20 per cent packed , almost 10 per cent of the file will be stored as synonyms . |
| 22 | Nagel 's profound point is that even where the agent is at the mercy of fate , and though it seems irrational upon reflection , our ordinary moral attitudes would be unrecognizable without attributing to the agent responsibility and culpability in a wide range of cases of moral luck . |
| 23 | It is important to note here than even if a parent is gripped by those negative fantasies that the textbooks claim to be real and universal , she is also immediately capable of embracing a critique of the values she is confronted with . |
| 24 | The close connection between politics and revenue patronage made it difficult for superiors to discipline officers who stepped out of line , and even when an officer was actually dismissed he could , and did , fight to secure his reinstatement by pulling political strings . |
| 25 | The basis of all these systems is the alphabetical filing of names of either persons , places , things or subjects , and even when the system is numerical it requires an alphabetical index . |
| 26 | And even when the body is capable of such response , slight variations in external conditions and our own changing state may throw the process out of alignment . |
| 27 | And even when the festival 's over all eyes will be on Cheltenham to see who is first past the post . |
| 28 | And even when the censorship is proven , it is possible to defend the practice by simply saying it was unavoidable . |
| 29 | And even when the ark was abandoned , it still left its mark on the science . |
| 30 | As with bites from other venomous animals , young and elderly people are most at risk ; and even if a bite is not fatal , it may cause massive tissue damage , so that hospitalisation is often necessary . |