Example sentences of "[coord] even the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes it is the best , or even the only feasible way . |
| 2 | At that time a woman-centred politics , culture , and sexuality seemed to many to be a useful tactic , or even the only worthwhile long-term goal . |
| 3 | Once Furse had perfected his system , no one entered the administrative service — or even the technical services , for he believed the requirements of character to apply just as much to them — without being interviewed by him or one of his small group of assistants . |
| 4 | The marginal utility school of economics , developed simultaneously in Britain , Austria and France around 1870 , was formally elegant and sophisticated , but unquestionably considerably narrower than the old ‘ political economy ’ ( or even the recalcitrant Germans ' ‘ historical school of economics ’ ) , and to this extent a less realistic approach to economic problems . |
| 5 | Traditional phototypesetting uses expensive photographic materials so the financial advantages of producing proofs , or even the final result , on plain paper are obvious . |
| 6 | In other words , it was not a straightforward rule which a national court , or even the European Court , could apply directly , but essentially a question of policy for the Council , the role of the Court being limited to checking whether the Council had overstepped the limits of its discretion . |
| 7 | He may be tempted to poach some of his promising-looking freshmen to strengthen Goldie , or even the Blue boat . |
| 8 | " Your grandfather might have heard it called the felty , or the pigeon felty or even the blue felty — and I think some call it fell fo ! " |
| 9 | Instead wrong-doers , or even the mischievous who came under the stern eye of the chief dresser , were sent off home to their parents , and like-as-not , a strapping . |
| 10 | No more can x be " something which stands for a number " since one could equally well imagine it standing for a matrix or even the differential operator |
| 11 | Lombardy was the first territory to be invaded by Charles , but the Lombard support of the Carloman faction was not the official or even the major reason for the campaign . |
| 12 | It is clear from these data that relatives are by no means the only , or even the major , source of support in such circumstances . |
| 13 | ( The ability to make statements without indicating status , which Lyons attributes to English , is not , of course , the only or even the major way in which abstract and neutral meanings can be formulated . ) |
| 14 | First , ratepayers do not provide all , or even the major proportion of , local authority revenue . |
| 15 | True , there is a Will in Sonnets 135 and 136 , and if the italicization in the 1609 Quarto is significant it can be seen to represent Shakespeare 's own name , or that of the Friend , or even the Dark Lady 's husband . |
| 16 | There is no reason to suppose it or even the General Staff authorized the downing of flight 007 : in all likelihood a routine decision of regional Air Defence command charged with prompt action in defence of Soviet frontiers . |
| 17 | With the reduction in content required to keep them infallible , it seems unlikely that any interesting beliefs about the past , the future , the unobserved or even the present material surroundings could ever be justified by appeal to the basic . |
| 18 | Or even the Niebelungenlied if he prefers magic potions and omniscience from a colder climate ? |
| 19 | Nevertheless , in the event that , in the future , short term letting could not provide a sufficiently profitable return , the possibility of long term letting or even the complete selling off of a number of these chalets , can not be ignored . |
| 20 | Constitutional change through the popular will , or even the long wait for a head of state 's death , are not concepts with deep roots in African society . |
| 21 | Where the problems of older people relate to their family , it is often crucial to involve key members or even the entire family group in the counselling process . |
| 22 | It 's got , I mean , surely the , the middle peasants or even the rich peasants the group of people that are gon na be most productive in the economy erm so you know your reform has to be fairly moderate in that sense that they have to be able to promote |
| 23 | For sociobiology , however , the central mechanism involved in such reproduction and expansion is not the species or even the individual but what Dawkins calls the ‘ selfish gene ’ . |
| 24 | If anyone can add verses or even the inbetween bits then maybe we could send it onto the square ball or summit : - ) ) |
| 25 | The graphics facilities allow the teacher to develop pictures with far more control than the blackboard or even the overhead projector normally provides . |
| 26 | Any ideas what really separates the real Leed United fan from the casual fan or even the downright traitor ? |
| 27 | Yet Maxwell , perhaps because he never achieved an adequate exposition of what he described as his ‘ somewhat awkward theory ’ ( this was not made until 1941 ! ) failed to convince such leading contemporaries as Thompson and Helmholtz , or even the brilliant Austrian Ludwig Boltzmann ( 1844–1906 ) , whose memoir of 1868 virtually launched statistical mechanics as a subject . |
| 28 | I do not want to go too far into the philosophical or even the physiological aspects of the matter . |
| 29 | Move towards fresh fruit salads , berries or fruits with a topping of yogurt ( rather than cream ) , or even the occasional banana flambé or strawberries in champagne . |
| 30 | Quite apart from the question of the right of return , or even the strong feelings which this issue engenders , there are compelling physical and economic reasons for at least a partial return . |