Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [not/n't] even the " in BNC.

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1 For example , neutron activation analysis ( see glossary ) , one of the techniques used to determine the composition of ancient ceramics , would be impossible without a computer program , since the calculations required are so complex and extensive that not even the most resilient individual armed with a pocket calculator could possibly complete them in a single lifetime .
2 The workload is considered such that not even the appointment of a number of additional limited case judges has made much of a dent in it .
3 The losses at the Battle of Sagrajas had been great and not even the addition of El Cid 's men could make it anything like as strong as it had been before the coming of Yusuf .
4 On the edge of Sheffield town centre the eye confronts some long walls the colour of a storm , so forbidding that not even the kids have made their mark .
5 On the edge of Sheffield town centre the eye confronts some long walls the colour of a storm , so forbidding that not even the kids have made their mark .
6 The reason you have n't read about it , even in the official UFO journals , is that it has been kept so secret that not even the ufologists know about it .
7 Residents say this part of Swindon 's so noisy and dirty that not even the homeless want to live here .
8 The silence of the night brought a feeling of unease ; the normal rustlings of nocturnal creatures were absent and not even the hoot of an owl nor the choughing call of a pheasant disturbed the stillness .
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