Example sentences of "[conj] even [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | To give power to arrest on reasonable suspicion does not mean that it is always or even ordinarily to be exercised . |
| 2 | ‘ Or even not to be fucked up , just to be regular . |
| 3 | What the Commission has to do now there is a new article in the Maastricht treaty is to ensure that its practice complies with it and that it does not encourage the drafting of legislation or the working out of projects on matters that can perfectly well be dealt with by member states , or even closer to the citizen , and that applies to English and French cheeses . |
| 4 | You can go straight from your first complaint ( to your local Customer Care Unit ) to an application to the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators , or even straight to court . |
| 5 | And they like the computer teacher he wo he se he taught us from the very beginning step by step , or even how to plu plu push the plug in . |
| 6 | These elite customers can — and do — make fabulous profits by buying goods from ‘ closed ’ shops and selling to ‘ commercial shops ’ or even directly to the shadow economy , where the non-privileged are forced to shop because they ca n't find the goods they want in the ordinary shops . |
| 7 | Or even sometimes to actually look for it . |
| 8 | It is useless if you are fishing any distance from the bank , or even close to the bank but a distance downstream , for in this instance it may attract fish past your baited hook and to the source of the feed . |
| 9 | The Romans left fewer substantial marks on what they called Caledonia than they did on southern Britain , largely because so many of their attempts to establish regional centres collapsed when they were recalled to deal with unrest in southern Britain , or even back to Continental Europe and to Rome itself . |
| 10 | Because many of the key officials are settled in the Glasgow area , the Government has resisted pressures to relocate the office again — perhaps to Aberdeen where many of the oil-related firms are based , or even back to London which is a centre for international oil operations . |
| 11 | So great a change does not enter upon the national economic scene unnoticed , like Owen 's ‘ thief in the night ’ nor even conspicuously to the trumpetings of statutory provisions and the flourish of bureaucratic apparatus . |
| 12 | Now there are cars parked right the way up and even on to the roundabout , and I think a lot of these erm persons erm with the cars are probably from the Polytechnic . |
| 13 | Even forgetting the fact that the Cobra was the fastest accelerating car you could buy at the time , that only puts it between the £21,620 Elan SE and the entry level £26,400 Excel SE , close to the £22,363 Morgan plus eight and even closer to the £23,526 Toyota Supra Turbo . |
| 14 | When you have been so close to death and even closer to permanent serious injury then every day becomes a bonus . ’ |
| 15 | It was close enough to London , and even closer to some of the Company in person . |
| 16 | But come Sunday , who 'd bet against Nigel Mansell still being King of Formula One with another British Grand Prix victory … that would take him past Jackie Stewart 's 27 Grand Prix wins and even closer to that World Championship title he cherishes so much . |
| 17 | The performance of the instrument belies its humble price ; the action is even and consistent across all twenty-four frets , and even down to the relatively unflappable low B. The minimalist headstock and long top horn combine with the bass 's reasonable weight for a well-balanced and comfortable instrument , with total access to all frets an added bonus . |
| 18 | It got my interest going and I went off to Herefordshire , Worcestershire and Mid-Wales and even down to Bristol . |
| 19 | Yeah and er you know we can do a certain amount but I think if you went away from that you can go away from it a little bit but I think if you went too much away the people that you have and and our audience when we 've got them you know , they tend to stay with us you know they do n't change like the the youngsters and when we started off first you know our audience were mainly over forty five fifty plus really and now they 're down to we 're getting you know loads of of people in their twenties and in their teens and even down to kids like last night , five and six years old . |
| 20 | The wrestling was to be the prize event of the day and several carriage loads had come across from Keswick and Cockermouth and even further to the small but picturesque meeting in the much lauded Buttermere . |
| 21 | We also carry a range of programs that teach you how to use your computer and even how to type . |
| 22 | And even more to the point — what are the other emotions ? |
| 23 | He never ceased to wonder at the irony of expecting miracles from a reliquary in which her bones had once lain for only three days and nights , before being returned reverently to her native Welsh earth ; and even more to be wondered at , the infinite mercy that had transmitted grace through all those miles between , forgiven the presence of a sorry human sinner in the coffin she had quitted , and let the radiance of miracle remain invisibly about her altar , unpredictable , accessible , a shade wanton in where it gave and where it denied , as the stuff of miracles is liable to be , at least to the human view . |
| 24 | The cultural dynamics of transgressive reinscription suggest how both positions are correct : identification with , and desire for , may coexist with parodic subversion of , since a culture is not reducible to the specific desires of the individuals comprising it — desires which anyway differ considerably — and even less to the ‘ truth ’ of desire itself . |
| 25 | But even up to the age of 30 the growth in women 's wages is only 35 per cent compared to 90 per cent for men . |
| 26 | He was very small but even then to my mind his slight body and lack of height emphasized his distinction drawing attention to the sensitive and finely moulded face . |
| 27 | This was partly because of respect for Andy Tyrie , the intelligent supreme commander , but even more to the existence of battalions outside Belfast that were well disciplined with dedicated officers and that were free of crime . |
| 28 | Exotic substances owed part of their prestige to their mere difference from ones available in the home environment , but even more to the fact that obtaining them from a distance might and in civilized societies normally did reflect the exercise of power . |
| 29 | And so if you went out and you bought er , I do n't know , we 've , if , a microwave , as you left the store with your microwave , the salesman calls his supplier and says , I need a microwave , because he only keeps three now , whereas even up to three or four years ago , he would have several in the back store , now he does n't keep them . |