Example sentences of "[conj] even [vb base] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and it goes through their , for the rest of their twenties , the rest of their thirties and most of their forties and then suddenly bang maybe something ghastly seems to be happening which they are absolutely unaware of , you know , they do n't know why they are crying or , or er unable to cope with whatever they ca n't cope with and that 's it , that 's them off and they start worrying about er osteoporosis and you know an enormous number of , of now medically defined problems of the menopause , and they may start going on to all sorts of things like hormone replacement therapy or even primrose oil or whatever the hell and they 're sitting there at an age when they are fairly loaded up with experience and maturity and all the rest of it and they do n't know what they are doing . |
| 2 | Hyper-transfusion or even exchange transfusion with normal blood can lower the proportion of HbS sufficiently to greatly reduce the incidence of sickling crises , but this is most useful as a short-term measure , for example in pregnancy or as prophylaxis before and during major surgery . |
| 3 | It would also be an offence to publish , buy or even hold material such as the tapes concerning the Princess of Wales and Prince Charles . |
| 4 | On the other hand , to describe a person as a " friend " , or a " colleague " , or a " cousin " , etc. is implicitly to presuppose the existence of non-relational features of some kind or other , physical and/or non-physical characteristics , actions , attitudes , etc. , without which such descriptions would not be applicable , or even make sense . |
| 5 | ‘ To disable at least one , Sir — or even make use of it ? ’ |
| 6 | Such changes may include decisions to accelerate , decelerate , or even stop expenditure on the project . |
| 7 | Bear in mind however , that a little of the sun 's powerful energy is good , but too much can result in premature ageing — or even skin cancer . |
| 8 | Winning tended to maintain or even strengthen group cohesiveness , but reduced the motivation to fight ; winning also caused a move away from task-orientation towards greater concern for individual needs . |
| 9 | It follows also that it is not credit-broking merely to advertise credit facilities or even carry application forms . |
| 10 | The ban takes the form of a circular stating that it is illegal to sell , purchase , import , export or even carry tiger bones or rhino horns and that they may not be used in medicines . |
| 11 | The fantasy in ‘ Margaret on the Guillotine ’ is more like wishful thinking , than the resolve to do violence , or even personify violence theatrically . |
| 12 | It managed to either maintain or even extend market share within its trade sectors , but lower margins and volume declines led to a fall against 1991 . |
| 13 | Does the Bible condone or even promote slavery ? |
| 14 | But whatever the degree of manipulation involved in specific instances , it is clearly possible in principle for genuine popular consent and active support to be given to a dictatorship or to an authoritarian regime , or to specific measures intended to restrict or even destroy democracy . |
| 15 | I like to use board rather than canvas because I always make alterations , and I can rub out with steel wool or even paint stripper ( which does not affect the gesso primer ) without damaging the board . |
| 16 | This allows Japanese quality control departments to focus on nonroutine aspects of quality control , such as advanced statistical measurement or even work redesign . |
| 17 | are less bitter and more as if he is reasoning with the sun or with fate , saying ‘ If the sun can make a whole plant grown from a little seed , or even create life on a dead planet , why can it not arouse my friend ? ’ |
| 18 | It can prohibit or impose conditions upon activities ; it can impose conditions upon or even revoke authorisation and it could petition for a winding-up of a society 's operation . |
| 19 | Both types of albino child are photophobic , that is , they will be distressed and even suffer pain when in bright light and most will wear dark glasses to alleviate this . |
| 20 | Plan B sprang to life as technicians , supervisors and even branch manager , Neil Gibson got stuck in . |
| 21 | Legislation has been used to thwart library censorship ( as in the News International dispute ) , and legislation has been implemented which as a consequence may encourage and even legitimize library censorship ( as with Section 28 of the Local Government Act 1988 ) . |
| 22 | The MOI could also be helpful in liaising between film companies and government departments , and even put finance into the occasional film such as 49th Parallel ( 1941 , The Invaders in US ) , Powell-Pressburger's skilful piece of star-studded propaganda . |
| 23 | Its importance as a late Saxon estate centre was probably the result of it being an equally important Roman and even Iron Age estate . |
| 24 | The guidance states staff can now bar the exit of the home to stop residents leaving , and even use force to overpower them . |
| 25 | In Sweden , drinking water has been found to have levels of copper which may cause diarrhoea in young children , harm to liver and kidneys , and even colour hair green , along with wash-basins , baths and laundry . |
| 26 | In the critical early months of 1943 he was prepared to disappoint and even antagonize resistance leaders in his pursuit of this objective . |
| 27 | At the same time , many local managers are still inclined to see the unions as adversaries , though they are willing to consult workers and even share decision-making with them . |
| 28 | Many thousands of stories , large and small , and even feature material are placed with no more than a press release in mail or some short telephone contact , and even PRO 's who work regularly with their own trade publications may , because of the distance between their offices and those of the publication , never have met the editors . |
| 29 | ‘ It 's like a terrorist attack , you know , splashing around rifle fire and bazookas and even nerve gas indiscriminately so as to get the highest death toll in the shortest possible time . ’ |
| 30 | Electronic handbooks , which are sold as a complement to Mathcad , give desktop users on-line access to textbooks , enabling them to search for , use and even transfer information into their own documents . |