Example sentences of "but even [adv] [art] [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The physical appearance of Chesterfield 's market place was altered by the erection of a huge market hall in 1857 , but even today the shape of the area is that determined upon back in the twelfth century when a decision was taken to found a new market at what was then the edge of the town . |
| 2 | The only possible exception within the major world religions is Theravada Buddhism , but even here the concept of Nirvana is all-pervasive and has more features in common with an understanding of " God " than with a Western secular atheist view . |
| 3 | Only the blessings of a continuing income from North Sea oil kept the balance of payments in reasonable condition , but even here the emergence of the pound as a ‘ petro-currency ’ ( along with high interest rates ) led to its appreciation in value to the cost of British exports . |
| 4 | Giles was a pleasant companion , but even so the thought of Robert 's scorn lingered at the back of her mind . |
| 5 | Cloud-cover problems will diminish the number of useful images from the 20–22 per year that are theoretically possible , but even so the monitoring of surface phenomena that change during the year ( such as agricultural crops and natural vegetation ) or which change over the years ( for example the extent of the built-up areas of cities or the extent of forest cover ) is possible . |
| 6 | Of course , we could scatter many billions of spores , thereby reducing the odds , but even so the possibility of even one of them encountering a suitable receiving planet anywhere in the Universe is vanishingly small . |
| 7 | My left arm , on which my head was pillowed , had long since ceased to prick and had gone dead , but even so the singing of the men in the valley below reached me all too soon . |
| 8 | It may be that the student does not feel competent to discuss the various distinctions , but even so the existence of the possible distinctions should be pointed out in the answer . |
| 9 | In the rural areas of Wales and Scotland the tradition of non-partisan elections continues in some areas , but even so the role of the parties has been growing consistently since local government reorganisation ( Gyford and James 1983:2 ; Keating and Midwinter 1983 ; 107 — 13 ) . |
| 10 | Swainson 's original contract called for him to produce volumes at three-month intervals ; he had already done preliminary work for his abortive encyclopedia , but even so the rate of production envisaged is astonishing , and it is not surprising that Swainson failed to keep up with his timetable . |
| 11 | At Datchet and Stoke Hammond freeholders formed a majority of the tenants , but even so the number of men assessed on land was greater . |
| 12 | But even now the remembrance of his arms around her sent a hungry little sensor probing through her . |
| 13 | The railway did come to Stamford in the end , but even then the influence of the Cecils remained and is still visible . |
| 14 | It was fear , yes , but even more the realisation of the responsibility he was carrying . |
| 15 | The main difference between the utilitarianism of Hutcheson and Hume , and that of Bentham , is that for the former it figured mainly as an account of our actual moral feelings , whereas for the latter it was not only this but even more the basis of a critique of current morality . |