Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] [conj] even [art] " in BNC.
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1 | The first difficulty is , as we have seen , that the term ‘ child abuse ’ covers a range of behaviours and problems , so that a search for a single or even a cluster of ‘ causes ’ is likely to be in vain . |
2 | The test is not what the defendants contemplated as a likely or even an inevitable consequence of their conduct ; it is ‘ what is in truth the object in the minds of the combiners when they acted as they did ? ’ |
3 | Far better have many moots with a small or even no audience than one moot with a large audience . |
4 | It will build this on a ledge if one is conveniently available , but it is perfectly capable of fixing the nest to a vertical or even an overhanging wall of rock . |
5 | Keeping Sheridan on a straight or even a wavy line definitely came into the category of crisis control . |
6 | This therefore implies a sort of traumatic stratigraphy with major events , such as transgressions , virtually synchronous on a continent-wide or even a world-wide scale . |
7 | For instance , family centres may take many forms , from a primary developmental role to an institutional or even a residual one , providing supplementary care , teaching parents better parenting , monitoring children 's progress and providing increased professional surveillance of vulnerable and disadvantaged families . |
8 | Species of Inga ( Leguminosae ) with them on their rachis have herbivore damage reduced by a third or even a half . |