Example sentences of "[adj] even [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have seen many dangerous foot sweeps applied high on the side of the opponent 's leading leg , with some even catching the side of the knee . |
| 2 | But that teacher also turned out a lot of good scholars — some even passed the examination for grammar school , although not all those who did actually went . |
| 3 | Hormone analogues and other anti-herbivore compounds have evolved , followed by their being overcome by certain groups of herbivores , some even using the toxins in their own defence . |
| 4 | Some even expressed the view that , if examinations in the arts were removed , they would probably approach the subject in a similar fashion to that currently being used in the examination course . |
| 5 | After the eviction , several of the families split up , some even left the country . |
| 6 | These anorak clad devotees are almost fully conversant with the workings and history of the Starship Enterprise … some even know the language . |
| 7 | This type of view is very prevalent amongst black sportsmen , though some even trace the causes back to Africa , an environment which was thought to foster physical abilities useful for running fast , jumping far and being strong . |
| 8 | Despite the safeguards in the Basic Law some even feared a return to the parliamentary instability of Weimar . |
| 9 | No man finds it easy to sleep the night before a battle , Charlie had been told , and many used the time to write long letters to their loved ones at home ; some even had the courage to make a will . |
| 10 | They wear kimonos around the house ; their walls are decorated with fans , and some even learn the language — not just so as to be able to communicate with Koi farmers when they travel to Japan to buy fish , but to embrace the whole culture . |
| 11 | The basic LaserWriter set of Times , Helvetica , Symbol and Courier are supported by most of the new generation devices designed to be driven from a Macintosh and some even offer the LaserWriter Plus set . |
| 12 | Second World War gas masks , tin helmets and posters on treating burns and what to do with incendiary bombs were left over from the days when each factory had a fire watch and some even had a home guard . |
| 13 | Some even promoted the idea of an enlightened socialist administration of the colonies — ‘ until the Federation of the world becomes an accomplished fact , we must accept the most responsible imperial federations available as a substitute for it' ( George Bernard Shaw ) . |
| 14 | Some even fled the country . |
| 15 | Some even applauded the players at the end . |
| 16 | When I realise that here the attacks tend to take an absurd religious turn , I should almost venture to think that this even necessitates a return to the North . |
| 17 | Over the years there has been much debate as to whether or not this state of affairs is really acceptable even given the fact that these industries are highly independent bodies . |
| 18 | Incredibly , it is almost impossible even to return a detective to uniform simply on the grounds that he is n't very good . |
| 19 | Such semantic contrasts are impossible to duplicate ; for the second elements of these words , it is usually impossible even to find a recurrence of the form contrast . |
| 20 | In a heart-rending telephone call to a US television station , Mrs Dragseth said the US embassy was of no help , and it seemed incompetent even to register the fact of his abduction . |
| 21 | A clear reluctance on the part of many Japanese even to discuss the problem suggests a reluctance to admit to the existence of the burakumin as an outcaste group , on the assumption that a problem that is not talked about is not a problem , or at least is one that will go away if it is ignored . |
| 22 | It was pointless even to start the journey . |
| 23 | But as the men in suits — the politicians — give way to the men in the studios — the experts — it seems too obvious even to mention the fact that these days there is hardly a woman 's face to be seen on television . |
| 24 | Most stable-lads would have counted themselves lucky even to get a ride let alone to win a race . |
| 25 | James II even issued a Country Jacobite declaration in April 1693 , promising to do " more for their Constitution , than the most renowned of our Ancestors " , by instituting free elections and frequent Parliaments , and by allowing Parliament to determine the limits of his dispensing power . |
| 26 | The very poor even sold the combings of their hair , to hawkers who came by crying for it , and passed it on to the dollmakers in Naples where it would stuff the turban of a king or tassel the tail of a donkey for a Nativity crib at Christmas . |
| 27 | Are statistically unlikely even to reach the age of 25 without false teeth |
| 28 | After the EDC débâcle they were reluctant to move quickly , reluctant even to use the word ‘ supranationalism ’ . |
| 29 | But within a few days , all her mother 's youth and vigour were gone and the energetic , independent woman whose health and dependability she had taken for granted for so long had turned into a helpless invalid , unable to hold down the thinnest gruel , unable to sleep more than a few minutes at a time , unable even to answer the calls of nature on her own , so that she had to be lifted like a child onto the pot and lifted back into the jumble of stinking bedclothes . |
| 30 | Once I forgot to take a flashlight with me when visiting a friend , and found myself outside the house in pitch blackness , unable even to find the edge of the pavement or the garden hedge . |