Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] even [subord] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 When he was in Vienna he had contact with the followers of Freud and Adler , and he found that even when a fact appeared to contradict their theories , they were always able to turn the fact around so that it could be taken as another example to prove their theory .
2 However , he submitted that even if the trial judge had misdirected the jury when he told them that the case against the first appellant depended solely upon what it was proved that he himself had done , that misdirection was to the advantage of the first appellant .
3 Rincewind tried to work it out , and decided that even if the box were crammed with star opals and sticks of auricholatum the contents would not be worth one-tenth the price of the container .
4 The former Conservative Party chairman insisted that even if the treaty was ratified , it could be challenged in the courts .
5 With the help of an architect , Tony Fretton , he deduced that even if the north wing continued as a gymnasium , the remainder of the accommodation would divide satisfactorily into six residential/studio units .
6 The action failed , as the defendant proved that even if the safety belt had been provided , the plaintiff would not have worn it .
7 But a spokesman said that even if the Foundation decided not to open a clinic for sex offenders , work still needed to be done on the building .
8 He said that even if the Budget measures did help 100,000 unemployed people , as the Chancellor forecast , it meant that ‘ out of every 30 people out of work , 29 will get not a shred of help at all from the Budget ’ .
9 However , the judge said that even though the man promised not to do it again , he found such behaviour extremely offensive and ordered him to give £50 to each of the women .
10 One parent of a seven year old said that even though the family were moving house and there were several schools that would be nearer she would continue to send her son to the school because he enjoyed the after-school football training .
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