Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] even [subord] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | They thus occupy a rather special place in the spectrum of infectious human disease , since , without being able to find the germ responsible , it is not only rather difficult to be sure that the disease is present in the first place , but , having given a treatment for which there can be no de finite evidence of efficacy , since no organism has been eliminated , it can be very difficult to tell whether the infection has resolved or even whether the patient is better . |
2 | It should be stressed that even when the war was going badly for England , the partnership secured profits , which remained in England , even although the gains ultimately passed to other hands than those of the partners . |
3 | However it should be recalled that even if an obligation of confidence is held to exist the grant of an injunction is in the discretion of the court . |
4 | Thus , for centuries it used to be thought that even if a woman expressed her lack of consent in every way within her power , if she conceived as a result of the intercourse , she must in fact have consented . |
5 | Hopes were high when it was found that even if the organizer tissue were killed it could still induce , for this offered the possibility of extracting the responsible chemical signal . |
6 | Probably this same crisis led to the failure of the Clun Railway before building commenced or even before the Act was passed . |
7 | The road was deserted and even if a motorist came by and drew up , could she be certain that he was n't a kidnapper , a rapist , even the Whistler ? |
8 | … It has been held that even if a court , having full discretion in the matter of the costs of any proceeding , deals in its order with such costs , a party can still enforce an antecedent agreement in relation thereto inconsistent with the court 's order : Mansfield v. Robinson . |
9 | For instance , in Shearson Lehman v Maclaine Watson it was held that even if the exchange had no power in its rules to suspend dealings on the tin market , such a rule should be implied , since it would be self-defeating if the exchange 's power to carry on business did not include , in certain circumstances , a power to cease part of that business . |