Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] even [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was drunk , but it was not a prophesy or even a sexual invitation , it was an expression of delight . |
| 2 | My lack of means is extreme , granted , and I look bad , skin white , mouth chapped , body apparently even shorter than usual , eye roaming and I daresay a bit fretful , trousers in bad shape , attention astray for a book lying around to pinch or even an old magazine , since I sold a few volumes I should now like to have kept , in exchange for a slug of what turned out to be the world 's nastiest though cheapest whiskey . |
| 3 | Because of the many hours of sitting that we do , we lose the ability to squat or even the ability to sit down without falling down . |
| 4 | The survey results tabulated in section 9 of Appendix 1 suggest that even the minority who do try and balance the figures in this way ( that is , the one in five who are at least theoretical ‘ rational choosers ’ ) may sometimes be swayed by an entirely random factor — the order in which they become aware of the various different sets of cost figures . |
| 5 | With a new battery-operated tool from Germany , called the Aris Precision Cutter , it is claimed that even the most ham-fisted wallpaper hanger can get a perfect finish every time . |
| 6 | Times are so hard at the Manor Ground that even the manager has had to return his club car . |
| 7 | Jaq doubted that even the most towering of storms could engulf the uppermost reaches of Vasilariov . |
| 8 | Before the First World War , many Marxists believed , as we shall see , that world capitalism had become so internationalized that even the political struggle for national independence made no sense ( or worse , it was reactionary ) . |
| 9 | The question is held to be one for the unrestricted discretion of the jury or magistrates who are allowed to find that even a bruise is enough . |
| 10 | Experts have forecast that even a partial ban will be a blow to Taiwan 's fishing companies , which are already facing recession and rely on driftnetting as the most profitable method . |
| 11 | Jaques ( the ‘ Glacier investigations ’ ) found that even a well-defined role in the organisation posed problems for the person expected to fill it with regard to the exercise of authority . |
| 12 | The bridge humbucker has been designed to give a very hot response indeed , and I found that even the centre single coil kicked the amp quite nicely . |
| 13 | Although it is a great advantage to be just inside your weight category , some contestants forget that even a glass of water can tip them over . |
| 14 | Mrs Brundtland , Norway 's Prime Minister , complained about it to Mrs Thatcher and New Scientist reported that even the CEGB 's own scientists ‘ discreetly let it be known that they were annoyed by the final version of the video . ’ |
| 15 | The very profusion of data that becomes available from a DFDR itself poses a problem in terms of the number of data points to be considered and even the many sheets of paper containing them that need to be handled . |
| 16 | For example an R & ID department can specify " the resources it needs and even the direction of its work . |
| 17 | There 's always a risk it may be hijacked but even a minimal military force accompanying it would warn the Serbs that the West meant business . |
| 18 | I do not think that even the right hon. Gentleman would be prepared to say that every programme remains the same , irrespective of costs . |
| 19 | I do not think that even the hon. Member for Dover ( Mr. Shaw ) could accuse that authority of being profligate , but those cuts will affect the care of the elderly in Calderdale . |
| 20 | It thinks that even the IFC , particularly in the area of privatisation , is not adventurous enough . |
| 21 | Under Irish law , abortion is a criminal offence and recently the courts ruled that even the provision of information on abortion is now illegal . |
| 22 | She realised that even the keepers of the secrets did not know them all . |
| 23 | A jerking pop star was wielding his guitar as the credits rolled , his parodic sexual gyrations so grotesque that it was difficult to see that even the besotted young could find them erotic . |
| 24 | As the living room of his end-terraced council house in Cherrywood Drive , Beith , Ayrshire , became a court , Mr McTear admitted that even the awful price of his former 60-a-day habit could not rid him of the temptation . |
| 25 | He argued that even the procurement of raw materials from abroad should be subject to government control . |
| 26 | I agree with the judge that " What is required for this purpose is not an intention to own or even an intention to acquire ownership but an intention to possess , " that is to say , an intention for the time being to possess the land to the exclusion of all other persons , including the owner with the paper title . |
| 27 | But Lisa had less time for her , and was meeting new people , refining a way of living that even a year ago she would have claimed to despise . |
| 28 | Studies at King 's College School of Medicine show that even a short period of hard pedalling on an exercise bike diverts blood flow from the uterus to the legs , ‘ stealing ’ oxygen from the foetus . |
| 29 | One can bludgeon them with facts , anecdotes and innuendoes about the ways in which land is being misused , show that even the best of intentions are misguided , and that most people who have to do with land and what it provides hold views which are wrong . |
| 30 | Daley countered this with his idea that black players can use the mental facility only with other blacks , believing that even the black players who had commanded football league places had not been allowed to play to their utmost because they were engulfed by whites who were on ‘ different wavelengths ’ . |