Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] even [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( He does not even make any special point about the dishonesty which there would seem to be in doing this when acceptance of those claims is not the cause of one 's own attitude — to do so would be , from his point of view , to play the moralist rather than the philosopher who should simply describe ethical discourse . ) |
| 2 | Or have you ( if you are very , very unfortunate ) ever been into a pub that for some reason does not even stock the stuff ? |
| 3 | The CBI does not even go this far : Sir Michael Angus , its president , says that compliance with the code should not be a listing requirement because of excessive bureaucracy . |
| 4 | Ukrainian leaders have become wont to echo the bitter words of the prime minister , Leonid Kuchma , that ‘ on the maps of world leaders , Ukraine does not even exist . |
| 5 | In some species it does not even exist . |
| 6 | Many standby letters of credit are forgeries : often the issuing bank does not even exist . |
| 7 | It was strange that he was prepared to pay out £150million ‘ and yet he continues to deny the Government 's responsibility for mistakes and does not even apologise for his department 's role ’ . |
| 8 | English Heritage does not even want these sites investigated it seems , because they regard excavation as crude and too intrusive . |
| 9 | She takes little exercise , does not even walk much , and prefers to use the car or public transport . |
| 10 | My argument does not even assume that it was a dominant way of thinking in earlier periods . |
| 11 | ‘ Mr Freeman has now made clear that the Government does not even intend to ask them to . |
| 12 | The notions of men and women as economic beings , or political beings , are discarded by global capitalism , quite logically , as the system does not even pretend to satisfy everyone in the economic or the political spheres . |
| 13 | It does not even matter what other people are thinking . |
| 14 | It does not even oblige us to assert that nothing but classics , or philosophy , or mathematics , or PPE is education . |
| 15 | Hecate immediately warns the audience , in a speech displaced to the opening , that it is confronted by a chaotic world in which Scotland does not even stand where it did . |
| 16 | Chapters 4 to 6 are art historical , interpreting about 800 years , beginning with a time when a miniaturist copied approved models with almost or actual religious obedience , and ending in a period in the early Renaissance when an illuminator does not even stand up when the Chancellor of France enters the room or when John of Holland can complain that Jacquemart de Hesdin has stolen his private pattern sheets in 1398 . |
| 17 | Neglected , possibly — there are only two recordings listed in The Classical Catalogue , and Alan Walker does not even mention the piece in his standard biography ( Faber : 1989 ) . |
| 18 | For a start , Ukraine does not even control them . |
| 19 | It is possible , though , to envisage the case of a man who does not even care enough , or think it important enough , to address his mind to the possibility that the woman may not be a willing party . |
| 20 | My main complaint is that third place in today 's hurdle race — £86 — does not even pay the jockey 's riding fee . |
| 21 | Of course , this is quite unfair , and the case probably does not even rest on that passage in your report . |
| 22 | Their boards operate behind a shroud of secrecy — MDC does not even publish its corporate strategy . |
| 23 | Eqn ( 3.56 ) is complicated enough and that does not even take account of the finite diameter of the wire . |
| 24 | It does not even include the taking of a blood sample . |
| 25 | Extraordinarily , the Queen 's Speech does not even include the usual platitudes , promising , in the words of last year 's speech ; that the Government would ’ vigorously pursue their policies in fighting crime . ’ |
| 26 | The Minister , however , does not give a damn about what is happening to people on the lowest incomes ; he does not even understand what is happening to local government . |
| 27 | But she had for several years been living a life which the word frugal does not even begin to describe accurately . |
| 28 | Surely if someone says ‘ The earth is flat ’ that does not even begin to cause a belief to that effect in me , nor does someone saying ‘ Cruelty is a good thing ’ even begin to cause approval of cruelty in me . |
| 29 | Even the most generous interpretation of the figures reveals a very modest increase in funding and it most certainly does not even begin to compensate for ten years of cuts . |
| 30 | And yet these are issues which the token recognition paid to the women 's movement in adult education does not even begin to consider . |