Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun pl] even [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the many major problems for this idea is that Broca 's aphasics usually show better performance with content than with function words even when the task is reading aloud single words : the patient given tie , and , the and ant to read aloud might well succeed with tie and ant but not with and or the . |
| 2 | People unhappy with the Major government may have told interviewers they intended to vote for one of the opposition parties even though they had not made up their minds or were even leaning towards the Tories . |
| 3 | Survivors quietly described how families were destroyed , women abused , men castrated ; how the Gestapo made them play their gypsy violins even while they performed their atrocities . |
| 4 | He says we were never told of any side effects even though we specifically asked . |
| 5 | B has infringed the patent for the computer chips even if he did not know or could not be expected to know of the patent . |
| 6 | Vast numbers of sufferers from the " family disease " are given tranquillisers , antidepressants and sleeping tablets and these can have a cumulative physiological addictive effect — and cause serious withdrawal problems even when there is no primary addictive disease . |
| 7 | Kenneth Bruce then handed over £125 for the furniture , jewellery and other household items even though she did not want to sell them . |
| 8 | A guardian ad litem can not generally be appointed in private law proceedings even if they involve a local authority . |
| 9 | Asset portfolio adjustments by these various groups can nowadays have a dominant effect on foreign exchange markets even if this appears to run contrary to what might be suggested by purchasing power parity relationships . |
| 10 | prohibits the application of nationality requirements even where the persons concerned do not intend to establish themselves in the United Kingdom . |
| 11 | The wife takes on the bulk of the household tasks even if the husband may help occasionally . |
| 12 | Carbon fibre tubes have cured much of this ; but the fourth bridle line is used on larger sport kites even though it requires accurate adjustment to balance with the other lines . |
| 13 | 75 per cent of subjects in this condition included a statement about the overall theme of the passage at the beginning of their recall protocols even though this information had actually been presented at the end of the passage and subjects were instructed to recall the passage verbatim . |
| 14 | For example , if progressive income tax rates ( or thresholds ) are not adjusted , more and more people will be pushed into higher tax bands because of rises in their money incomes even though their real incomes remain unchanged . |
| 15 | Then he said : ‘ If the letters ca n't be recovered , your brother 's defence collapses even before it 's been assembled , does n't it ? ’ |
| 16 | They did , however have unrealised expectations about the number of clients for whom they would need to provide paid support workers even though they predicted that they would not find it necessary to provide such carers for ail clients . |
| 17 | More bad luck years even than breaking a mirror . |
| 18 | Mixed-motive officials are of three types : ( a ) zealots — they are especially obsessive about particular pet policies even though no one else may share their enthusiasm and although it may be detrimental to the organisation as a whole ; ( b ) advocates — concerned with getting things done and loyal to a broader set of policies ; ( c ) statesmen — concerned with the good of the state or society as a whole . |
| 19 | The capital/revenue distinction is therefore important in business accounts even though the published balance sheets tend to understate it — a fact now emphasized in the Cash Flow Statement . |
| 20 | The size of the type itself varies enormously , 12 point Bookman looks much bigger than 12 point times even though they both occupy the same amount of space vertically on the page . |
| 21 | In general , Labour seemed relatively to suffer from high poll tax levels even where it was not in control of the council . |
| 22 | About this time it was announced that pensioners whose means were insufficient to pay their rent were to have the amount made up by social security allowances even if they were living in a private home , so with a light heart I set about making application . |
| 23 | Of course , you will need to go on taking basic fire safety precautions even when smoke alarms are fitted in your home . |
| 24 | It is greatly helped by a pragmatic government who , as it showed over the Rainbow Warrior affair , is quite prepared openly to back its security services even when they have been caught red-handed in a straightforward act of overt terrorism . |
| 25 | London Transport said it would not have dismissed strike leaders even if it knew their identity , for fear of bringing the Underground system to a halt . |
| 26 | But Marc 's business in the stable must have only taken a minute because he was coming in through the great oak doors even before she reached the foot of the stairs . |
| 27 | ‘ This would involve , for example , preserving existing access opportunities even when an area of land was being sold off as surplus to the supplier 's requirement , ’ the response states . |
| 28 | Partners who divorce are more likely to end up as local authority tenants even if they were previously owner-occupiers ( Holmans , Nandy , and Brown 1987 ) . |
| 29 | At body weights close to the required minimum women may still have anovulatory cycles even if they are menstruating because of a lack of peripherally produced oestrogen in adipose tissue . |
| 30 | Thus the view that stainless steel knives would have replaced carbon steel ones even if individual industrialists had acted differently is justified by appealing to the competition inherent in capitalist production . |