Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] even a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The strongest impetus , he said , comes from museums ' reassessment of their role in society which the profession sees as far broader than even a decade ago .
2 It was possible that even a reject like him could be of use in such a godforsaken spot .
3 It is noticeable that even a writer like J. 5 .
4 So realism suggests a limit on the number of candidates , and if in some Irish constituencies there are a dozen or even a score the reason is that they include candidates of small or perhaps minuscule parties besides more or less cranky independents : the two major parties are not responsible .
5 Others describe a pastime such as skating , concert-going and even a dance party .
6 Often , of course , these were different forms of the same general relations , though the latter can not be reduced to the former , in all or even a majority of cases .
7 Then he realised that they were presumably so poor that even a choice of cornflakes or lumpy porridge , along with underdone toast and margarine , had the overwhelming attraction of being free .
8 This is necessary because the psychological action on many bodily processes can be so great that even a sugar pill can have striking therapeutic effects if the person believes it will .
9 I could not imagine a German , Italian or even a Frenchman being so patient in such a discussion .
10 You do not have to be a separatist or even a lesbian to enjoy the benefits of graduated separatism .
11 Dungannon 's Clarke , now attached to the host K Club , has improved his score each day — 75 on Thursday , 73 on Friday and a splendid 70 yesterday — but it is most unlikely that even a golfer of his calibre could make up seven shots in one round .
12 There will be a Krypton Factor room for the energetic , A Kind Of Loving for the romantic and even a conference suite named after the inventor of TV , John Logie Baird .
13 Ed 's comment : Great care must be taken to ensure that the rocks used have no hidden cavities which might cause cracking or even an explosion when overheated .
14 The first difficulty is , as we have seen , that the term ‘ child abuse ’ covers a range of behaviours and problems , so that a search for a single or even a cluster of ‘ causes ’ is likely to be in vain .
15 Species of Inga ( Leguminosae ) with them on their rachis have herbivore damage reduced by a third or even a half .
16 Dario Carella was n't a relative or even a friend .
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