Example sentences of "even if [pron] [verb] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | But even if one considers those women in the modern western world who are less fortunate , they still have , for example , an entirely different legal status than had a first-century woman . |
2 | Even if one discounts this problem , there is the question as to whether the tradition of authority and concern with social discipline is sufficient in itself to define Conservatism and to distinguish it from other ideologies . |
3 | Even if one ignores any effects on the fetus and neonate , what about the mother ? |
4 | But , even if one accepts those difficulties , the balance of advantage has lain in our continuing membership and in arguing from our position within the Community — from the ’ heart of Europe ’ to use the words of the Prime Minister — as my right hon. Friend the Member for Finchley ( Mrs. Thatcher ) did so successfully over our budget contribution . |
5 | Even if one accepts this view of the social role of a doctrine of justice , and gives it the priority Rawls assigns to it , his conclusions are not supported by his arguments for at least three reasons . |
6 | There will be at least two of them , but even if they know each other they wo n't know anybody else except the one man who took them on and will eventually pay them . |
7 | Even if they survive those patients undergoing suffocation are suffering unacceptable and repeated abuse . |
8 | On 28 February Sjahrir resigned from the premiership : but Sukarno and he needed each other , even if they suspected each other : on 2 March he was back as Premier . |
9 | And even if we succeed this time , the one who inherits his mantle many succeed the next . |
10 | Moreover , say Hackman and Oldham , even if we had this knowledge , it would still be a struggle to implement good job design principles . |
11 | Even if we encourage some doctors to specialise in medical education , most of the day to day teaching will remain the domain of jobbing doctors . |
12 | Even if we have another homicide on our hands this is not the scene of the crime . |
13 | Even if we have few possessions or little wealth to give away , may we seek out opportunities to give of our time , our skills and our concern to those who need us . |
14 | even if we see each other every week we still have loads to talk about . |
15 | ‘ Many of us truly want to believe that money-making schemes are genuine , even if we harbour some doubts . ’ |
16 | But , even if we accept these directions as a legitimate part of the A text , what Faustus 's damnation consists of is not clear . |
17 | 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 . |
18 | 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 . |
19 | 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 . |
20 | 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 . |
21 | 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 . |
22 | 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 . |
23 | So that even if you 've these benefits , that other life cover would then go on |
24 | If anyone does , even if you know that person , tell a grown-up you trust . |
25 | Even if you had any grievance against your employee , it did n't stand . |
26 | Even if you hold some position of great authority , you do n't have to be solemn all the time . |
27 | But even if you have another job lined up , a constructive dismissal claim will not always be lucrative . |
28 | And I suspect that even if you replace these people in positions of power you ca n't replace human nature . |
29 | 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 . |
30 | 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 . |