Example sentences of "even [subord] [pron] [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 But even if we restrict ourselves to the ideational or cognitive function of language ( see p 31ff ) it is necessary to distinguish three levels of organization in language .
2 Even if we confine ourselves to the more usual outlets for creative expression — in the arts and sciences — there is similar ambiguity .
3 Even if we confine ourselves to the difference of aim between reformist and revolutionary parties ( or of social movements , which can be classified in a similar way ) , the distinction can not always be made in an absolutely clear-cut fashion .
4 Even if we confine ourselves for the moment to the late sixth and fifth centuries B.C. , when the options were more limited , the road of the Rhone was not the only route for traffic between Celts and Greeks .
5 Even if it restricts itself to these , it is certain to face opposition from the Cable Television Authority , many of whose members are investigating the technology .
6 But she would make him pay for this , she vowed to herself silently , even if she killed herself in the process !
7 The drum grew louder in the final roll , the flautists blew steadily , keying up anticipation , and the rattle fell silent as Dulé took one step with his other foot and left the ground , then hand over hand into the air shinned up the free-standing ladder till he alighted at the tenth rung and hung there like a heron on a breakwater at home , it seemed to Kit , even as he asked himself in wonder , what unearthly magic 's here ?
8 But even as he braced himself for the end , Robin took a remarkable last photograph of himself for his family .
9 We are confident that IBM is indeed primarily interested in the morphing business even as it metamorphoses itself into a new and presumably reinvigorated enterprise .
10 Even when they apply themselves to understanding the effects of social relations on individual cognition , as with work on social identity and social representations , the patterns they describe are assumed to be based on universal properties of the human mind .
11 At 30 , McEnroe is beginning to incline towards nostalgia , even though he leaves himself with little time to indulge in the luxury .
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