Example sentences of "not even [verb] [noun] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the fourteenth century even judges had been remarkably ignorant of the statutes which they had to enforce ; lawcourts sometimes did not even possess copies of particular acts ; and the copies which did exist were marred by gross errors . |
| 2 | What can be discounted as nonsense on the other hand is the conclusion drawn by a Soviet historian with regard to the Tambov revolt : ‘ In that period the kulaks ’ political banditry became the most important means of struggle by international imperialism , Antonov could not even make contact with subversive elements in Kursk guberniia , let alone London . |
| 3 | In fact , newspaper editors sometimes do not even exercise control over large sections of their newspapers . |
| 4 | Physical geography in general , and geomorphology in particular , could be in danger of developing into a science which does not even attempt understanding of such basic mechanics and principles , partly by analogy with the decline of positivism in human geography . |
| 5 | The Tate can not even afford works by fine living British artists like Howard Hodgkin . |
| 6 | I gave one deflection burst from port beam at about 350 yards and one careful stern burst from the same distance , but could not even keep pace with this shallow dive . |
| 7 | Robert had not even mentioned pigs in three months . |
| 8 | This is interesting since Peavey did n't even start business until 1965 ; Hartley was just a kid in 1957 . |
| 9 | We did n't even take fingerprints in those days . |
| 10 | We could n't even export boats to other countries . |
| 11 | You ca n't even get access to most of the polling stations . ’ |
| 12 | Well you do n't even get co-operation like that within a single family unit do you ? |
| 13 | Wing specialists do n't even understand wings with full mathematical precision : they can predict how a wing will behave in turbulent conditions , only by examining a model in a wind tunnel or a computer simulation — the sort of thing a biologist might do to understand an animal . |