Example sentences of "even [adv] [adv] [subord] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But there were perfectly good ways of preserving food without refrigeration , which were followed even more diligently than we do nowadays in the time of the deep freeze . |
| 2 | In 1090 the lord of Montpellier exploited it even more successfully when he rose against his lord , the bishop of Maguelonne ; worried by William 's defection , the bishop bribed him back into the episcopal mouvance by extending his fief . |
| 3 | This situation emerges even more clearly when we come to Anselm 's successor , Archbishop Ralph . |
| 4 | ‘ Not in so many words perhaps , ’ said Mark , ‘ but they do manage somehow to make their wants known and perhaps even more persistently than we do . ’ |
| 5 | Not so , because the same axiom , every decoding is another encoding , applies to literary criticism even more stringently than it does to ordinary spoken discourse . |
| 6 | Either he loved Kirsty less than she had given him credit for , or he hated Shiona even more fiercely than she had ever suspected . |
| 7 | It was also unusual to have the batsman complain about seals swimming behind the bowler 's arm , but at least this allowed us to stop for drinks even more often than we had done the day before . |
| 8 | ‘ Some , like the osprey and the peregrine falcon , which flies even more swiftly than we do , almost died out . |
| 9 | Even more so than he had done the previous time , I said did n't you hear this about this at the station meeting and he said it had n't been brought up . |
| 10 | Sir Ralph wished me to stay during the Yuletide season — even more so after he became distraught and upset . ’ |
| 11 | Even if the government backs legislation ( and even more so when it does not and the Houses find themselves confronted by a Private Member 's Bill ) no Bill will ever be passed which offends against the deeply held beliefs of Members , unless amended to accommodate them . |
| 12 | Then , as now , people were at a loss to help the whales back to deep water , and even more so when it came to explaining the phenomenon . |
| 13 | He was a little surprised when she said no and even more so when she told him that he was wasting the doctor 's time — there were sick people waiting for these beds . |
| 14 | I had met Chris and Nick at Bush House to be interviewed about the anniversary for the World Service ; it was important because of the possibility that John or his kidnappers might be listening and I was very nervous , even more so when I arrived late to discover that the interview was live . |
| 15 | The effort involved in any age would be awesome ; it was even more so when you considered the Incas had never invented even the simplest machine for cutting stone or lifting blocks from one place to another . |
| 16 | We might begin by asking ourselves just what is a sexual problem : we may find the term a difficult one to define , and even more so if we attempt to assess the magnitude of the problem in any given situation or individual . |
| 17 | This is the language of the dictator and it is exactly why those who manage land are so concerned at the activities of the water authorities , even more so if they become commercial profit-orientated concerns . |
| 18 | Indeed reason would infer the existence of a wall , especially if the town became a civitas capital , and even more so if it became the capital of the late-formed province of Valentia . |
| 19 | I can honestly say that the most painful bit of going to the blood donors is the next day when you come to rip the sticky plaster off your arm ( even more so if you 've got as much hair as Arthur Upton ! ) so , if you 've never been — give it a go . |
| 20 | Programs are expensive , and even more so if you have to keep altering them . |
| 21 | It shone through , not only by the dedication she demonstrated to earn her outstanding successes internationally in both lawn tennis and golf but — in a way — even more so as she faced up the cruel two-year reality of fighting a terminal illness until her recent death at the age of 45 . |
| 22 | Even more so as it caught me with a mouthful of pancake and hot sauced prawns . |
| 23 | A strike rate of just over one goal every two games is exceptional by any standards , even more so considering they have been scored in a struggling team . |
| 24 | Hope walked back into Grasmere even more thoughtfully than he had left it . |
| 25 | To me , it was just another place where I would be pushed around , perhaps even more violently than I had been before . |