Example sentences of "[noun sg] and even [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | An inability to move through these feelings with some gentleness to ourselves can result in unresolved grief and even illness . |
2 | It invites misuse and even theft . |
3 | He admitted that some people in Hong Kong had been alarmed by reports of carnage in Peking but said this was only because they ‘ misunderstood ’ or had been misled by the ‘ false reporting and even rumour of some news media ’ . |
4 | It was a lengthy and difficult task , marked by the indifference and even antagonism of the movement in whose name he nominally acted , but his speaking , organizing , and writing skills ( which included the production of fifteen pamphlets and a co-authored book ) and tireless travelling until victory was achieved in 1908 , made him the ‘ ideal secretary ’ described by F. H. Stead , the warden of the Browning Hall settlement and his collaborator in the pension struggle . |
5 | They remembered with joy when Alberta Monterecchio went in for culotte suits in satin , velvet and even leather , just when the mini skirt was appearing . |
6 | Very red inflamed throat with swollen tonsils , swollen neck and even suppuration ; with this the pain extends to the ears . |
7 | She stripped it angrily off again , and put back the sweat shirt , and with it a feeling of appropriateness and even virtue , as if she had been tempted briefly by the forbidden . |
8 | On defence Mrs Thatcher said : ‘ Times of great change are also times of uncertainty and even danger . |
9 | People may start using pills of various sorts : aspirin for the recurrent headaches , tranquillizers , anti-depressants and sleeping pills ; and then there are the ‘ non-prescription ’ drugs such as marijuana , cocaine and even heroin . |
10 | The four-generation and even five-generation family is increasingly common . |
11 | The financial markets are perhaps the biggest gamble of all and the dividing line between " normal " risk-taking and compulsive gambling , sharp practice and even criminality can become exceedingly thin . |
12 | Lightweight silky curtains reappeared as pyjamas , nightgowns , underwear and even wedding dresses which answers your question about wedding dresses . |
13 | There is nothing in these two pieces that Eckard could not have written , but the sketchiness and even abruptness of their construction , the unenterprising harmony , and the lack of textural variety suggest that , if he did compose them , he dashed them off as fast as he could write for a pupil of little talent and not much discrimination . |
14 | Why should people get rich from selling shoddy goods , causing us and our pets distress and even death . |
15 | Yet in those golden eyes of hers was a lively intelligence and even wit . |
16 | If the geothermal gradient was as low as 25° C/km preservation of condensate and even oil would have been theoretically possible in parts of the hanging wall . |
17 | And there are also recipes for cakes in unusual shapes — a chocolate bar and even sausage , eggs and chips . |
18 | The intense threat of further isolation is given cultural formulation in the concept of sasoo possession , and individual expression in withdrawal and even suicide . |
19 | Alienation and even violence become understandable , almost predictable responses . |
20 | At Rome there had been some disagreement and even contention for more than a century on the possibility of restoration for believers who committed adultery , murder , or apostasy ( participation in idolatrous rites ) . |
21 | Most of its vines face east , although some of the slopes north of the village have southeast , south and even south-west exposures ; virtually all are superbly positioned . |
22 | More , an orthodox chromosomal gene and a virus that is transmitted inside the host 's egg would agree in wanting the host to succeed not just in its courtship but in every detailed aspect of its life , down to being a loyal , doting parent and even grandparent . |
23 | All managers do both to some degree , but it is the sharing of power and one 's personal authority that cause even talented managers to experience anxiety and even indecision . |
24 | Never as in a time like the present — of radical social change in Italy as in other European countries , of the transition from an industrial to a service economy ( Italy 's second major economic revolution in 30 years ) , of the questioning of many social values , above all in the matter of social relations ( between the sexes , between friends , between producer and consumer ) , of profound uncertainty about the future , commingled with fear , anxiety and even expectation — never has the impotence of literature been so apparent , its inability to say the word which , in Montale 's phrase , ‘ squares us off on every side ’ ( Montale 1977 : 47 ) . |
25 | The Court said that Savory Milln may have felt some anxiety and even suspicion as to how Mr Ferriday had arranged for the £13.5m to be paid on his behalf , but it was going too far to say that any honest and reasonable man would have inferred that Mr Ferriday had misappropriated Eagle 's money in gross breach of his duty as a director or that any honest and reasonable man would not have applied the money , as Savory Milln did , in discharge of sub-underwriting liabilities until he had been satisfied that the monies were properly paid . |
26 | The national dimension to sports reporting and the search for heroes could be a source of anxiety and even distress to the more reticent sportsman . |
27 | Resistance of this kind was to keep the authorities extremely nervous throughout 1922 , and one has the sense from the enormous detail of the Smolensk Archive that fear of outright revolt and even counter-revolution was ever present in the local Party 's thoughts . |
28 | This was a time when , for the first time , modern linguistics was being applied to the study of literature in the U.K. Often , I felt , this approach led to misunderstanding and even animosity between literary and linguistic scholars . |
29 | Lists are not meant as explanations , although there is sometimes an implicit taxonomy and even theory in a list , and the theoretical starting point of this book emphatically does not lie in this list . |
30 | The reduction in price is , as companies as diverse as Eagle Star , Vernons Pools , Fullers Brewery , J Sainsbury and Co and even ACCOUNTANCY Magazine have been quick to see . |