Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] even [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 For another , there was little or no chance that the National government , working with a very large Conservative majority , would be in danger of political defeat even on the matter of ‘ appeasement ’ .
2 The EHS model basementmembrane will also modulate hepatocyte growth and turnover , inhibiting cellular proliferation even in the presence of favourable growth factors .
3 Only then does she become a full member of her husband 's lineage and secure her old age even in the absence of her husband .
4 Far from being mere pious aspiration , the principle of fraternity carries great practical implications , finding direct expression even in the law of the land .
5 Now the men in the trenches had lost faith in their leaders ; many lost faith even in the cause for which they fought and all had but one overriding loyalty — to their comrades .
6 These remarks reveal the irresistible appeal of the playful cat even in an era when felines were generally considered to be evil and dangerous , and were being widely persecuted .
7 She 'd been robbed of words , had no speech to tell him to stop this glorious torture , could only groan deep in her throat as his questing fingers flickered over one nipple , bringing it to prominent life even through the material of her leotard .
8 Neither Polybius nor Posidonius gives any serious thought even to the phenomenon which had changed the shape of their own lives : the Hellenization of Italian culture .
9 It would thus be only for those films with generally low levels of subjective risk or few moving objects that subjects actually looked at the fixed information even in the recognition phase and were thus able to be biased by it .
10 We must always remember that there is nothing that compels anybody to work for an individual company even in an era of high unemployment .
11 Metals and rocks expand and contract with heat and cold , and that is a response of a kind ; certainly , the Universe is a turbulent place even in the absence of living things .
12 I mean we , we clearly do not have a socialist society even at the end of land reform as we , as we 've seen in a sense we 've created a , a private enterprise system which is based on equalities within capitalism .
13 Most chess players would have thought this was inadequate to play Master-level chess even for a machine with superior positional understanding .
14 The West Indians were alert to any erosion of their parliamentary position even at a time when the principle of maintaining slavery was virtually lost .
15 Speaking on April 24 , ANC president Nelson Mandela said : " It is evident that what they really seek is the continued incumbency of the National Party even in the event that it loses the election . "
16 Both approaches are necessary and , in fact , complementary , yet there may be misapprehension about the appropriate place of each , leading occasionally to unnecessary conflict even within an organisation .
17 Attitudes to the media might vary a great deal even in the case of Africa , whose media have their origins in western contact and rule .
18 I really believe , and it is here I think that I differ from your that there is a great deal in Tariff Reform ; and I believe also that there is a great deal even in the food part of it .
19 A person who receives current coins for value and in good faith , and a purchaser of goods in open market ( ‘ market overt' ) in good faith , acquires a good right even from a thief .
20 For those living in the community , information about what was available was largely gained from other people around them , the social worker providing very little useful knowledge even after a visit ( p. 79 ) .
21 That will be the primary object even in the case of the death of one of two partners if , as would usually be the case , it is desired that the survivor should acquire the entire business .
22 When stones like the Koh-i-Noor came into British ownership they would be re-cut to the rosette or brilliant pattern even at the cost of a considerable reduction in weight .
23 She explained that the tree , to her looked like a green fuzzy clump even at a distance of a few feet .
24 So it is little wonder that the Persians found the cat an invaluable ally even at the height of battle .
25 Those staff people who measure technical perfection ( often internal audit ) acquire extraordinary power even to the point of terrifying those they are meant to assist .
26 The need to guard against desertion had considerable influence even on the development of tactics ; and governments naturally made efforts to repress a practice which so obviously threatened the strength and morale of their armies .
27 Our third example concerns Newton 's contemporary , Edmond Halley ( c. 1656–1743 ) , whose efforts to investigate the earth 's history independently of Scriptural authority show how difficult it was to achieve a full separation even by the end of the seventeenth century .
28 We floated quickly across — no artificial grav even in a Manport — to be greeted by a small pale human wearing lushly decorated robes , who abased himself in the manner of a true flunkey and then blandly introduced as one y'Pripio .
29 Competent adults , as I have sought to demonstrate , are generally at liberty to refuse medical treatment even at the risk of death .
30 Grout could detect its soggy odour even over the smell of Mr Smith 's Aramis .
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