Example sentences of "[adj] even [subord] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The population of Tor Yvresse is less than half what the city was built to accommodate and the wide boulevards seem empty even when the entire population takes to the streets during the great Festival of Masques . |
| 2 | Indeed this ‘ gender neutral ’ definition of sexism has become so prevalent even since the first edition of this book was written , it is necessary in this revised edition to be much more explicit about my use of the term . |
| 3 | More splendid than her antique fan of ombré ostrich plumes or her green-black coq feather boa , more splendid even than the towering aigrette á la Pougy which she wore sometimes to go with the diamond . |
| 4 | Each season , there was two week 's probation , which was unpaid even though the Labour Exchange considered such men employed and refused to pay them dole-money ! |
| 5 | Holidays spent in Swindon or Wales , a time of freedom from the severities of classroom timetables and disciplines , gave opportunities for naturalistic pursuits in a setting more favourable even than the widening circle of his weekend and holiday explorations of London and Surrey commons with Arthur Hardy or his own brothers , themselves an essential escape from domesticity , homework and discipline . |
| 6 | At a slightly more abstract level , the unacknowledged influence of the functionalist model upon sociolinguistic theory is more pervasive even than the widespread use of the notion of prestige suggests ; an interesting example is Labov 's early definition of a speech community in terms of shared norms and common evaluation of the very linguistic variables which differentiate speakers ( Labov 1966 : 125 ) ; it is the emphasis on shared norms and values rather than on conflict which differentiates quite sharply Marxist and functionalist views of class . |
| 7 | In the case of elderly people these economic considerations seem somewhat more important even than the elderly person 's need for physical care . |
| 8 | The first is that , if the Rokkaku is a real handful and pitches over from the vertical even when a steady pull is made on the flying line , then extend the upper section of the single line bridle connector by slipping the Lark 's Head knot down You will then have lowered the towing point relative to the sail . |
| 9 | A stronger indication still of the difference between sense-qualifiers and referent-qualifiers is that the former examples will remain odd even when the relevant noun is indicated by the context ( yet there will be no problem with the referent-qualifiers ) : ( 15 ) that stranger is a total one the kid was a mere one ( 16 ) his hut is a rudimentary one the tree felled was a deciduous one Again we may note that the other pair of sense-qualifying adjectives from example ( 1 ) do not sound odd when used with an indefinite head : ( 17 ) a lawful one the distant one but this is not surprising because they are adjectives with more than one meaning ; in one of these they are ordinary referent-qualifiers and hence they may quite freely occur in ( 17 ) with a presumption that the referent-qualifying meaning is the one desired . |
| 10 | If incidence rather than prevalence is of interest , a longitudinal panel study is essential even though the administrative burden can be heavy . |
| 11 | By far the most advanced type of Intelloid — artificial intelligence in non human form — and more capable even than the latest model of all-purpose , human-form , mandroid . |
| 12 | Perhaps more difficult even than the financial juggling is the isolation and loneliness . |
| 13 | If the purpose is to interrupt an apparent contract and the secondary action would be likely to achieve that purpose , then the secondary action should be legitimate even if no such contract exists in fact . |
| 14 | Here , a statement at an auction by the auctioneer that a heifer was " unserved " was held to amount to a collateral warranty , for breach of which the auctioneer was liable even though the main contract excluded liability for fault , imperfections and errors of description . |
| 15 | ( This of course remains true even if the whole structure is then subjected within a wider framework to negation , or presented as being hypothetical . ) |
| 16 | This is true even though the ruling party — initially the Tanganyika African National Union ( TANU ) and since 1972 the Chama Cha Mapunduzi ( CCM ) — has always accepted a system of primary elections to select parliamentary candidates . |
| 17 | This condition is satisfied even though the minimum size of the oscillator is quite small ( Figure 4 ) . |
| 18 | It follows that changes to the legal framework that are deemed necessary to encourage or induce the desired behaviour should be viewed as permissible even though a substantial curtailment of shareholder rights may be involved . |