Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] even [subord] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If normal good sleepers are woken from Stage I sleep or Stage 2 sleep , and asked whether they were awake or asleep , they tend to report definitely feeling asleep only In Stage 2 sleep , " 2 although this is not necessarily true for poor sleepers , who may deny they were asleep even when the EEG traces show clear signs of Stage 2 sleep . |
| 2 | In Lewis [ 1970 ] Crim LR 647 , the accused was guilty even though the victim , his wife , was on the other side of a locked door . |
| 3 | In a recent well-publicised controversy a group of scientists claimed to have obtained results whereby water that once had a certain substance in it continued to behave as if the substance was present even after the substance had been removed ; as if the water retained a ‘ memory ’ of the substance . |
| 4 | The security search fee was non-returnable even if a loan was not granted , and increased by a shilling for every mile the searcher had to go beyond two miles . |
| 5 | Political intervention was advisable even when an applicant had the necessary financial strength to make a purchase , and if a gift of a commission was a greater compliment , permission to purchase was nonetheless gratefully accepted . |