Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] [coord] even [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is , of course , difficult as yet to say whether or not these fears are unduly alarmist or exaggerated or even groundless . |
| 2 | It does not make any appreciable difference whether the solid is glassy or crystalline or even polymeric , nor does it matter whether it has a high or a low Young 's modulus 50 long as it more or less obeys Hooke 's law , virtually up to failure . |
| 3 | She did not look alarmed or bewildered or even scared . |
| 4 | As more and more survive and are kept alive beyond the utmost limit of working life , the economic or social function of the individual provides less and less of a motive or framework for his survival ; and when we ask Why ? we find ourselves thrown back upon purpose in a sense which is neither economic nor social nor even secular . |
| 5 | Those that were there seemed intended as no more than second or even third-string playthings for those untouched by the recession . |
| 6 | Perhaps that , yes , her child is intelligent and thoughtful and even knowledgeable ; yes , she would be as competent as many adults in coming to sensible conclusions . |
| 7 | What we are going to say is simply that the parts of this diet which are easy and effortless and even enjoyable to you will become part of your normal eating in the future . |
| 8 | In other words , the angle of attack relative to the airflow is steep at the centre of the sail , and neutral or even negative at the tips . |
| 9 | A good-quality 100-yard long-net today will have a long working life and is fairly expensive , but 50-yard and even 20-yard nets are useful at times , especially when working hedgerows . |
| 10 | If mixing is seen as possible or even beneficial , then what is the best mix in each type of organisation ? |
| 11 | As middle- and even working-class interests challenged the established social order , science was often employed as a symbolic arena in which to fight ideological battles . |
| 12 | Must there always be a two-way element , or are there circumstances in which a one-way flow of support is regarded as acceptable and even appropriate ? |
| 13 | Up to half a dozen years ago any invitation by the government that offered users meaningful involvement in planning community care would have been seen as unrealistic and even cynical . |
| 14 | They argued that although sabotage is usually regarded as irrational or even pathological behaviour , careful investigation shows that ‘ in many cases the meanings which inform sabotage are explicitly intentional ’ . |
| 15 | Although for many years retributivism was regarded ( at least in academic circles ) as outmoded and even atavistic , it has enjoyed a major revival in recent years , notably in the forms of the ‘ Justice Model ’ and ‘ law and order ideology ’ discussed later in this chapter . |
| 16 | One of these philosophers presses on forward , with agreeable audacity , to characterize the view I have expounded as Idealist or even Scholastic . |
| 17 | With the best counselling in the world , it is n't possible for a person like me , sometimes feeling guilty at even being alive , firm in my belief that I have only to breathe to be a nuisance , to suddenly switch through 180 degrees and see myself as white or even grey after seeing myself as black for sixty years . |
| 18 | Few find him more than adequate and even fewer describe him as good or even satisfactory . |
| 19 | Mediaeval herbals contain references to lavender water and many methods of using essential oils , even though some of the moralists and religious leaders regarded the practice as frivolous and even immoral . |
| 20 | Yet this process has not always been seen as important or even helpful , for a variety of reasons . |
| 21 | Josselin himself does not emerge from his diary as lovable or even endearing . |
| 22 | They do not regard their role as radical or even reformist . |