Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] even a " in BNC.
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| 1 | When you are tackling a larger area — a whole wall , or perhaps even a complete room — you use exactly the same techniques ; the big difference is the sheer scale of the job , which makes the preliminary setting-out by far the most important part . |
| 2 | The next book must break new ground , provide new insights , provide a new way of looking , or perhaps even a way of re-seeing the familiar . |
| 3 | Indeed Jacob values settlements sufficiently to suggest that a power , or perhaps even a duty , should be imposed on the court to promote a settlement or compromise between the parties . |
| 4 | ‘ It was probably a fox moving around in the bushes , or perhaps even a badger . |
| 5 | He thought that he had heard the house door close : McAllister must have left for a stroll , or perhaps even a visit up West , and it would be safe for him to leave the surgery where he had been reading Mr H. G. Wells 's scientific romance The Time Machine , and return to the comfort of his armchair . |
| 6 | As the Lord Chancellor indicated when the Bill was in committee , the provision was deliberately tailored to meet those exceptional cases involving ‘ the sort of invention which may revolutionise a company or perhaps even a whole industry ’ |
| 7 | because validity of the section fourteen is the question for ultimate trial , we 're not seeking interim relief against that , we have n't done that my Lord that in our submission is the highest and the best that they could achieve erm properly erm which was to avoid a stay on a reference and they could then continue with the proceedings rather than be put off for a , a very , you know what maybe a year and a half , er if the court dealt with it in the normal way , or perhaps even a little bit longer , erm , but to actually go to further than that and to deny the defendant the right to put up a , a proper E E C defence , my Lord in my submission would be erm without the jurisdiction of the court . |
| 8 | I can therefore understand why at that awful moment he should seek to summon up a talisman of words , a secret defence against abomination , or perhaps even an excuse in the form of some kind of precedent that a word expresses and so takes the edge of uniqueness off the contemplated evil . |
| 9 | Consciousness of this fact , plus a desire to court moderate Republican opinion , ensured that early rebel pronouncements were limited to vague calls for the prevention of left-wing revolution , the maintenance of national unity and the restoration of authority ; beyond that it remained unclear whether the rising , if successful , would produce a conservative , more authoritarian republic , a monarchist restoration , a military dictatorship or perhaps even an out-and-out fascist state . |
| 10 | Some hours before the train is due to leave , a bullock-cart , or camel-cart , or perhaps even an elephant-lorry , arrives at the bungalow , and takes the whole of the load to the station , in charge of the head ‘ boy ’ . |
| 11 | The hon. Gentleman appears to argue that it would be better to use a method based on population , irrespective of need or possibly even a sensitive formula-driven system which would take account of different needs of different regions . |
| 12 | If you have electrical appliances I know it 's gon na cost you a few pence , or probably even a few pounds these days , do make sure that your electrical appliances are serviced properly and correctly . |
| 13 | In other words , if a Portuguese or indeed even a Polish business is the official employer of workers seconded for three months to a worksite in Germany , these workers would have to make do with the minimum wage provided for by Portuguese or Polish legislation . |
| 14 | There ought to be a space or an empty page or maybe even a change of typography to show that I have been for the past three and a half hours out in the streets or sitting full of thought on that gilded and trembling bridge over these lazy waters . |
| 15 | It was the Collector 's hope that thus even a few men would be able to keep up a heavy fire . |
| 16 | For a young , intelligent and well off man of 25 , the mid 19C offered excellent opportunities for excitement , discovery , and perhaps even a modest profit . |
| 17 | The consensus has it that economics will be the key stick with which the CEGB 's opponents , and perhaps even a few of its friends , will beat the board . |
| 18 | Jenkins ' quotation of Hugh Dalton 's account of the Sunday morning gathering will induce a sense of déjà vu : ‘ Dalton recorded that ( Douglas ) Jay took the lead , and advocated dropping further nationalisation , loosening the link with the trade unions , changing the name from ‘ Labour ’ ( as too class-conscious ) , and making an alliance , and perhaps even a merger , with the Liberal Party . |
| 19 | He uses crack and cocaine and amphetamines , then more crack and more cocaine and perhaps even a speedball to round things off . |
| 20 | From the early days , the children destined for university would have acquired at least the rudiments of Greek and perhaps even a little Hebrew : books in all three languages had been left to the School by William Nicholson , the Master , in 1597 . |
| 21 | Thus , whereas a horseman 's work formerly revolved almost entirely around his horses , his modern counterpart must not only be a tractor driver but a ‘ general farm worker ’ — a mechanic , a labourer and perhaps even a part-time stockman , too . |
| 22 | These comments may well apply to English , and perhaps even a large number of languages , but they certainly do not apply to all . |
| 23 | But replacing the still popular linked rectangular sink and drainer that fit over a base unit will mean fitting a new worksurface , and perhaps even a new base unit as well — a much more difficult task . |
| 24 | The exceptions , which have some form of developed street network , a more diverse range of buildings and perhaps even a central core , clearly stand out from the pack on current evidence , and they can thus be seen to compare most favourably with the urban patterns recognizable within the major towns and cities of the province . |
| 25 | Diplomats and diplomatic representation , it could be argued , were for these states a doubtfully necessary luxury and perhaps even a dangerous one . |
| 26 | uncomfortable a bit uncertain and perhaps even a bit threatened . |
| 27 | The campaign may include a ‘ splash ’ in the local newspaper , an item on local radio , handbills and posters and perhaps even an official ‘ opening ’ by a famous personality . |
| 28 | While a given social system probably has a finite set of religious requirements under given conditions , these can be satisfied in many and perhaps even an infinite variety of ways . |
| 29 | Now all we have is the island , and that 's pretty small , and hardly even an island at low tide . |
| 30 | Fate 's twists and turns will bring some new players on to the scene and possibly even a whole new game plan . |