Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] even [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a characteristic of a task requiring vigilance that it can span a long time , minutes or hours or even a whole work-shift . |
| 2 | In the first place it is argued that the real motive which underlay her ostentatious partisanship of enlightenment , especially in the 1760s , was not a concern for the well-being of her subjects or even a deep belief in ideas of enlightened government , but mere vanity . |
| 3 | In the course of their researches , Les and Pam discovered that the Ministry of Defence ( Air ) had no list of Far East survivors nor even a complete list of those captured by the Japanese . |
| 4 | The PC has only a limited amount of memory in which to store all the possible patterns , and , in fact , can never ‘ remember ’ the wide variety of shapes that even a young child will have seen . |
| 5 | Liverpool 's docks were thronged with visitors , eager to see around warships and even a German submarine , which were opened to the public . |
| 6 | It includes drawings for wall decorations , tapestries , silverware , stage designs and even a triumphal car . |
| 7 | If you 're young you might think that cushions or even a thick rug will be fine for sitting on but not everybody would be happy — or able — to put up with this and certainly older people would prefer something more comfortable . |
| 8 | Martin Lester of Bristol has produced a Boeing 747 Jumbo jet , a Space Shuttle , countless sharks and even a flying Daedalus . |
| 9 | A century ago Baldersdale had a population numbering several hundred and supported a blacksmith , two pubs and even a small flour mill . |
| 10 | A botched job , especially for ploughmen , would be visible to all the parish for the next six months — to friends , neighbours , workmates and even the casual passer-by . |
| 11 | This request from the court caused some difficulties as it was argued that the government was seeking to impose its views and even a favoured solution of the dispute upon the court . |
| 12 | Freud , who was seeking to understand individuals , groups and even a whole culture , confused the two types of methodology . |
| 13 | Isabel glanced warily around at the silent forest , seeing nothing but dripping trees , ablaze with the autumn colours that even the dismal weather could not dim . |
| 14 | It is because there is so much potential in individuals that even the largest degree of stretch that we can put on them still leaves plenty more capacity , provided it is applied gradually , like stretching elastic ; and I believe this is a prime feature of an organization which utilizes the skills of its people . |
| 15 | It 's fine to pass Acts but even a good Act are no good if their parents are expected to care for the child without resources . |
| 16 | Radio waves , radar , television , fluorescent lights , high voltage power cables and even the electrical ring circuits in all our homes add unseen , and often unsuspected , frequencies to our environment . |
| 17 | George Brown emerges from these pages not as a charming if wayward leprechaun , a well-meaning and decent man who occasionally got carried away by his own exuberance , but as a neurotic monster — vain , rude , self-absorbed , utterly insensitive to the feelings and even the common humanity of those around him . |
| 18 | It not only has unique species , but unique families and even a unique order . |
| 19 | When the children help , they sometimes suggest a different way of arranging things and even a small alteration can suddenly make a forgotten toy more popular . |
| 20 | The Utes who once inhabited these regions handed down tales of gods as entities with a wry sense of humour , human faults and even a mean streak . |
| 21 | The Utes who once inhabited these regions handed down tales of gods as entities with a wry sense of humour , human faults and even a mean streak . |
| 22 | Directors , stars , writers and even the odd usher … thrill to the sound of your own laughter . |
| 23 | He was probably sent there to take a look at some local biochemical machines because even a quick glance would be very revealing to an expert , and Ralph Pike is an expert . |
| 24 | As the manual tells you , by holding certain stitches in holding ( E ) position and knitting the remaining stitches in sequence you can work shoulder shaping , neck shaping , sock heels and toes and even a shaped hemline on skirts , while most attractive full skirts can be made on the same principle . |
| 25 | The pool is on five levels with swishing waterfalls , rockeries and even a Chinese-style bridge ! |
| 26 | Some of the items were more tricky to reproduce than others ; corn-on-the-cob , cauliflowers , mushrooms , cucumber halves and even a half-peeled banana for instance ! |
| 27 | Where the problems of older people relate to their family , it is often crucial to involve key members or even the entire family group in the counselling process . |
| 28 | We must try to imagine these little worlds , with no public libraries or mobile vans , no bookshops or post offices , no magazines and even an old newspaper a rare event . |
| 29 | Forming ourselves into a studio group for the purpose of the East End Open Studios meant tracking down over 55 possible participants , with tips from neighbours , friends and even the local milkman as to where they might be found ! |
| 30 | But he had gone in there anyway , carrying a torch which flung light into dark comers , showing snakes , scorpions and even a grinning skull . |