Example sentences of "[coord] even [to-vb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead , resources could be used to limit known abuses or even to facilitate redress when abuses take place . |
| 2 | Offcuts of plastic drainpipe or pipes of larger diameters can be cut as shown to make plant pot hangers for the fence or trellis , or even to maximise space in the greenhouse or conservatory . |
| 3 | ‘ Closure of the USM may prompt a rush of restructuring by USM companies that decide that this is the opportunity for an MBO or a delisting , or even to maximise shareholder value by break-up or sale , but the current recession may not be the ideal timing for any of these options , ’ says PW 's Nigel Crockford . |
| 4 | Even at the time it seemed to me that it was pointless to be vindictive or even to allot responsibility for such happenings . |
| 5 | Felicity could not easily attend the lunch as her status was indeterminate ; and she had no wish ‘ to break bread , or even to take wine ’ with the Party 's local professionals . |
| 6 | Certainly those who came for a meal with Dorothy Mellings — while Alice was there , with Jasper — tended to come in ones or twos , mostly women , perhaps needing Dorothy 's advice , or even to borrow money ; divorced friends — so many of the couples that had been to the Mellings 's in the good days had split up . |
| 7 | During counterinsurgency operations government forces sometimes used rape and sexual abuse to try and extract information from women suspected of involvement with the armed opposition , or even to punish women merely for living in areas known to be sympathetic to insurgents . |
| 8 | Quite rightly , professionals are struggling to understand the pressures of caring , and their sympathy for carers can make them ignore or misread signs of abuse , or even to interpret abuse as a response to the difficulties some elderly people present . |
| 9 | Applied to the artists showing at Brussels , the term could have no very definite meaning , and Apollinaire found it hard to identify many specific characteristics shared by the painters , or even to distinguish Cubism from Fauvism : ‘ One feature unites them , for if the principal merit of the painters who have been called the Fauves was the return to fundamental principles as far as colour and composition are concerned , the Cubists , in order to extend yet further the province of an art thus renewed , have sought to return to basic principles of drawing and inspiration . |
| 10 | Fifthly , conflicting central guidance is emerging about the statutory requirements to provide services for people whose assessments show up unmet needs , or even to inform people about the results of assessment . |
| 11 | But green campaigns directed at the handling of solid waste sometimes go much further than is justified by the need to protect health , or even to prevent litter or damage to the landscape . |
| 12 | It should be noted , however , that there were several branches of the Leapor family in Brackley , and that the same Christian names were repeated over generations or within the same generation to such an extent that it is difficult to separate families , or even to identify individuals . |
| 13 | A few years later Clement V , formerly archbishop of Bordeaux , granted Edward further papal tenths , and thus relieved him of the need to tax the clergy directly or even to seek subsidies from his difficult lay subjects . |
| 14 | Companies or governments might establish committees with powers to investigate , recommend or even to make decisions . |
| 15 | Whether it is the academics ' interests in the livings that come in the wake of a research career ; or industry 's wish to produce new drugs or insecticides ; or the state 's desire to develop new military armaments or better traffic flows or even to reduce truancy in schools ; these are motivations quite unconnected with the education of students in higher education . |
| 16 | But , as Gordon said at the time , ‘ to maintain my challenge for a place on the national side and even to take part meaningfully in the national squad training , it is necessary to train and play club football at the very highest level ’ . |
| 17 | His theory is therefore more able to explain change , and even to initiate change through the understanding which it gives . |
| 18 | As you indicated , it ought to be possible to let unsold units in the normal way , and even to let owners ' units on an agency basis . |
| 19 | Gaveston was the favourite of a Prince of the Blood and even to draw steel in the Prince of Wales ' presence could be construed as treason . |
| 20 | Loans were handled as the National Debt rather than the royal debt and it became possible to raise long-term loans with the authority of Parliament behind them , and even to float loans on terms which meant that the principal would never be repaid but that , because the interest would be paid regularly forever , it would be possible to treat the bond for the debt as an asset which could be bought and sold . |
| 21 | He spent half the year in the saddle , touring villages to collect revenues , dispense justice as a magistrate ( with the power to send miscreants to prison for up to two years ) and even to inspect opium dens . |
| 22 | This Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay adventure book allows you to explore the grim fortress of the Great Enchanter from Jack Yeovil 's Warhammer novel Drachenfels , and even to meet Constant Drachenfels himself . |
| 23 | You can use these to move around the spreadsheet and even to select functions using its Function Assistant but even more exciting are the new features that are introduced by icons . |
| 24 | Adenauer 's foreign policy continued to cause some controversy and even to provoke divisions between the CDU and FDP by 1957 . |
| 25 | ‘ And though , strictly speaking , they are only allowed in the garden , the children tend to seep into the pub and even to fetch drinks for their parents . |
| 26 | In a country as large as Australia the need for transportation fuels is paramount and even to keep growth down to this level will mean continuing efforts at economy by use of smaller cars and the replacement of oil-fired by coal-fired power stations . |
| 27 | Equally , to yawn is to act bored , to admit and even to flaunt kinship with Svidligailov , and the evil-omened word listless ( vyali ) that dogs Stavrogin , though he never uses it himself , corresponds to the other man 's terminal boredom . |
| 28 | Edwards ( 1979 , 16 ) , for example , characterises the situation as one where for most of the twentieth century management have met ‘ chronic resistance to their effort to compel production ’ and consequently ‘ have attempted to organize production in such a way as to minimise opportunities for resistance and even to alter workers ’ perceptions of the desirability of opposition ’ . |
| 29 | Photech Engineering Ltd. has produced an underwater housing system for format cameras which allows the user to start with a basic housing system and build on it , take full advantage of their camera system and even to change camera systems altogether at a relatively small cost . |
| 30 | Subordinate classes are granted a degree of power to make meanings , to negotiate meanings and even to reject meanings . |