Example sentences of "even if [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | But , even if we accept these directions as a legitimate part of the A text , what Faustus 's damnation consists of is not clear . |
| 32 | So even if we agree that abolition was his intention and that that intention would have failed , if we consider also that it was mistaken anyway , we need pursue the point no further , except to add this : granted that the evil of insufficiently regulated competition is that it leads ultimately to the vicious exploitation of employees , the point can hardly be made of industrial co-operatives . |
| 33 | But even if we agree this order tonight none of those issues will actually be clearly resolved er , there is a temptation and I regret that the honourable member for Southend succumbed to this , there 's a temptation to blem blame the French and the French government for this present state of uncertainty . |
| 34 | Even if we adjust this figure downwards to say 20 per cent for the pre-1914 period , this still represents quite a large number of women ( 160 out of 800 ) who were in the trade for life , which usually meant until well over 60 . |
| 35 | a man of trained hand , eye , and brain ; disciplined and good mannered ; of sound muscle and fully developed lungs ; with a general knowledge of common tools and simple machines ; able to read a plan and make a drawing to scale ; ready to undertake any kind of unspecialised work , ; and competent , even if he does unskilled work , to do it ‘ with his head ’ . |
| 36 | The hunter is thus motivated primarily by self-interest and pragmatism — the fear of possible retribution — even if he expresses these motives in religious and moral terms . |
| 37 | So Mr MacGregor 's hard work may yet come to grief , even if he sorts that problem out there 's another obstacle to privatization running smoothly , many on the railways think the private sector will need a generous subsidy before they 'd be interested , if their not attracted the state will have to spend more to make the new structure work , a lot more . |
| 38 | And how can a farm worker strike against an employer whom he knows to be , more often than not these days , a solicitous and considerate person , even if he pays low wages ? |
| 39 | Even if he has fewer votes than his competitors jointly , he is still the winner by virtue of having more votes than any one of them . |
| 40 | So that even if you 've these benefits , that other life cover would then go on |
| 41 | If anyone does , even if you know that person , tell a grown-up you trust . |
| 42 | Nothing in between you do n't have to revise , even if you know next week I may I do n't know , I may ask you to get on with unit seven . |
| 43 | Naturally , even if you made sufficient headway with your phrase book to ask , they 'd never dream of telling you where they got it . |
| 44 | ‘ You certainly seem to be doing well — even if you make foul smells in the process . ’ |
| 45 | So ev even if you had six children , you 'd still allowed , still only get seven ninety five ? |
| 46 | ‘ Even if you had serious money problems you would n't come to me for help , would you ? ’ |
| 47 | Even if you had any grievance against your employee , it did n't stand . |
| 48 | Even if you had different views , you felt you should not impose those views on a significant minority . |
| 49 | However even if you get maximum assistance with the Poll Tax , you will still have to pay a fifth of your Poll tax bill . |
| 50 | So if you kept these same ratios same fractions even if you got ten pound or a hundred pounds or ten pence it would still look like that . |
| 51 | and er their gra , grade stipulation so even if you got three A's they can still refuse you . |
| 52 | Even if you hold some position of great authority , you do n't have to be solemn all the time . |
| 53 | But even if you have another job lined up , a constructive dismissal claim will not always be lucrative . |
| 54 | And I suspect that even if you replace these people in positions of power you ca n't replace human nature . |
| 55 | Erm , even if you inherit some spreadsheets from this person that 's left , that 's useful knowledge because you do n't have to spend time searching for whoever might have created this spreadsheet . |
| 56 | But you , even if you acquire many possessions and need still others and whether you will or not are more poverty stricken than I am . |
| 57 | Even if I thought strict liability for accidents wrong in principle , I would prefer that manufacturers of both washing machines and automobiles be held to that standard than that only one of them be . |
| 58 | He stopped then and after a pause said deliberately , ‘ Even if I held that point of view . ’ |
| 59 | I no longer know even if I have any friends . |
| 60 | Even if it meets these conditions , it will not be entitled to the concessions unless , at no time during the year , has it , or any member of the group of which it is a member , been a public company , a banking or insurance company or an authorised person under the Financial Services Acts and , if it is a parent company , unless the group qualifies as a small or medium-sized group . |