Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] even begin " in BNC.

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1 But she had for several years been living a life which the word frugal does not even begin to describe accurately .
2 Surely if someone says ‘ The earth is flat ’ that does not even begin to cause a belief to that effect in me , nor does someone saying ‘ Cruelty is a good thing ’ even begin to cause approval of cruelty in me .
3 Even the most generous interpretation of the figures reveals a very modest increase in funding and it most certainly does not even begin to compensate for ten years of cuts .
4 And yet these are issues which the token recognition paid to the women 's movement in adult education does not even begin to consider .
5 I fear that does not even begin to address our concern the assurances which were given on the last occasion about the Home Secretary 's attitude by the Noble Earl Lord which will no doubt be repeated later this afternoon , will of course hold good only for as long as Mr Howard is Home Secretary .
6 I find it shameful that you try to promote the measure which does n't even begin to address the basic problem of housing .
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