Example sentences of "is that even [subord] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But as the reader will be aware , during the past decade or so , the courts , building on a series of decisions which quite properly and logically held ineffective a number of ingenious and entirely artificial schemes devised for the manufacture and allowance of losses or expenses which were never in fact incurred , have sought to create and apply to transactions conferring tax advantages for which the legislature has made provision a doctrine of ‘ legitimate business purpose ’ , the general effect of which is that even though the citizen follows to the letter that which Parliament has told him that he can do in order to attract the fiscal consequences which Parliament has statutorily decreed will follow if he does it , nevertheless , whatever Parliament may have said shall be the consequences , the courts will and must decline to give effect , not to what he has done , but to the fiscal consequences which Parliament has provided , unless he demonstrates that there was a ‘ legitimate business purpose ’ for his action . |
| 2 | Nagel 's profound point is that even where the agent is at the mercy of fate , and though it seems irrational upon reflection , our ordinary moral attitudes would be unrecognizable without attributing to the agent responsibility and culpability in a wide range of cases of moral luck . |
| 3 | A second lesson is that even when the computerization of a research project fails because of the intractability of a particular set of data , it can be an intellectually instructive task to try , and fail , to prepare the data in a formalized manner . |
| 4 | The second problem is that even if a motorist — despite all the odds — actually adheres to the recommended limits , all the evidence points to the fact that he or she is still driving too fast for the safety of local residents . |
| 5 | The implication of this trend is that even if a country could control the money supply growth rate it would not be able to control the domestic long run inflation rate . |
| 6 | ‘ The point is that even if the bar never shuts in the house it is just as important to keep control of your drinking , ’ said the agency 's Director of Programme Development , Linda Barclay . |
| 7 | The effect is that even if the liability remains in full the accused has secured a remission of it . |
| 8 | The present evidence therefore suggests that the universe will probably expand forever , but all we can really be sure of is that even if the universe is going to recollapse , it wo n't do so for at least another ten thousand million years , since it has already been expanding for at least that long . |
| 9 | The trouble , as with CD-ROM , is that even if the storage is compatible , software on it which is written for the Macintosh , or Windows , or the Acorn Archimedes , or Apple 's forthcoming Newton , or Sony 's Data Discman , will make no sense to the other machines . |
| 10 | The second is that even if the stockmarket does eventually rise by enough to persuade holders to exercise the warrants , issuers will have to plan and to some extent act as if it will not . |
| 11 | Well I I think its , the way that the plaintiff puts the case on that point my Lord is that even if the defendant Mr took the view er that it would not have been proper for such a notice to be served , in view of what the plaintiff was saying to him about his wish to get out of the contract , the fact that it was available to him should have been brought to his attention and then as Mr was saying that I sorry I do n't feel I can do this on your behalf because it 's not proper in the circumstances or whatever erm , should then have gone on to advise the plaintiff either to do it himself or to go and seek independent advice . |