Example sentences of "even [subord] [pron] [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is a more generous protest even than it seems at first sight , for Jacob 's possessions include Esau 's birthright , and Isaac 's blessing that had been meant for him . |
| 2 | ‘ I think you 're a very brave girl , ’ he said ‘ — braver even than I thought at first . |
| 3 | For , even if they knew in general that it was unlikely to be the case , they could not afford to take chances . |
| 4 | She knew that junior deacons in their second curacies , even if they came from distinguished clerical families , were not expected to make contributions uninvited when in the presence of very senior clergy . |
| 5 | Judges of the superior courts may not be sued for anything done or said while acting in their judicial capacity even if they act from some malicious or corrupt motive . |
| 6 | If they believe ( as they often do ) that human needs and interests are more important than the needs and interests of nonhuman animals , then they can — and , in fact , they often do — believe that we are justified in causing significant pain to animals , even if they belong to endangered species . |
| 7 | Yet we all know , even if we submit to this approach as a temporary — and perhaps very fruitful — measure , that there is more to using language , and communicating successfully with other people , than being able to produce correct sentences . |
| 8 | well I think erm , the short answer is that I ca n't erm , erm provide the parties with any time on Friday , er , the case , this case has already some what over run it 's estimate , which has put pressure on the commercial judge as it is , there 's gon na be even more pressure on Friday , erm , I 'm afraid to say the , that the complexities of this case as such that I can not erm begin to think that even if we started at ten we would erm , necessarily finish within the hour , I have difficulties starting at ten o'clock anyway , I think we 'll simply have to erm , put the matter off , off until Monday morning I , Mr ca n't attend I really do n't think that I can erm put it off er any longer than that |
| 9 | Even if we meet with fellow humans from other parts of our globe where the spoken and written languages are different , the common , basic sense of meaning which we carry in our minds is enough for us to communicate through gesture and signs and to know that , should we care to , we can learn each other 's language . |
| 10 | Therefore it is possible for a candidate to win the key to the White House even if he loses in most of the states . |
| 11 | Even if he dies within seven years no inheritance tax is payable provided the son broadly continues to use the property for agricultural purposes . |
| 12 | Even if he acts in such a way from what he misguidedly thinks are ‘ humanitarian ’ reasons , the tribunal will be unlikely to be impressed , as the manner of dismissal would eliminate the possibility , however remote , that following consultation , your job might be saved . |
| 13 | I soon discovered that a lot of the local children stuck together and that outsiders were n't made very welcome — even if you come from another part of Cornwall it takes a long time to be accepted . |
| 14 | It was among the first buildings in France to be listed as in need of help , even if none came for some fifteen years . |
| 15 | ‘ I sha n't be going far — even if I go at all . ’ |
| 16 | Even if I cast through this gap accurately , the speed of the cast must be faultless too , for the gap between the branches and the roots is a mere two feet : too far and I am in the roots , too near and my bait will not be lying where I want it . |
| 17 | The algal mat deposit is strongly diachronous to us ephemeral human beings , but even if it extended for hundreds of miles inland it would still be virtually synchronous geologically . |
| 18 | All of the family members should be encouraged to put forward their viewpoint even if it differs from that expressed by others . |
| 19 | Nor does the familiar bogy of the French Minister of Education , said to know exactly what every child at school is learning that minute , when he looks at his watch , seem so very alarming even if it conformed in any way with the truth . |
| 20 | Even if it worked for senior house officer appointments it would not work for registrar appointments . |
| 21 | As such , redevelopment may be in the public interest even if it conflicts with local policy . |
| 22 | The technology , in fact , is getting better all the time : some AFs are now capable of holding the focus all the way from the front surface of the lens to infinity and will lock onto the subject even if it moves from centre-screen right to the edge of the frame . |
| 23 | Section 33 of the Taxes Management Act 1970 , even if it applies to composite rate tax , is not applicable for a number of reasons , not least that no valid assessment could be made under an invalid regulation , that no assessment was in fact made and that , even if made , the assessment could not on the facts of the present case have been said to be ‘ excessive by reason of some error or mistake in a return : ’ section 33(1) . |
| 24 | Terry Lovell 's Pictures of Reality was a seminal text in this respect , since it presented a scrupulous critique of the semiotic and psychoanalytical preoccupations of film theory even before they came into full swing in feminism . |
| 25 | But even before it came to public notice earlier this year , poor Mr Engholm was having to struggle to impose himself on a fractious party . |
| 26 | Even before he learned of this result , de Gaulle had decided , on the basis of first- hand observations during his final trip in December 1960 , that his original association strategy was dead . |
| 27 | You have to have a stu , a good familiarity with organic momegiture if you do n't , you could be throwing marks away even before you get in that exam room ! |
| 28 | Ma is thin and she 's not all that strong , but she did have a go , persevering even after it mowed down most of her prize herb bed . |
| 29 | Each glance , each pair of eyes , even as they narrow in ingenuous appraisal , draws a bead on something inside him , and I sense the heat of fear and shame . |
| 30 | Even when we go through welcome transitions — such as getting married , moving house or having a baby — we need to mourn our former life . |