Example sentences of "[conj] even in [adj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | Of course , their domestic tastes were more grandiose than most contented couples , and Elena played her part in promoting the over-decoration of their apartments in the various palaces they used , and even in those they never visited . |
2 | It is only too evident that the scribes considered gentility the only status worth recording , and even in this they were not consistent ; civic dignity was almost invariably ignored . |
3 | It began life as a counterpart to the NCCL , but even in this it was not original ; in 1962 a Northern Ireland Council for Civil Liberties ( NICCL ) was set up . |
4 | In international relations , in a broader sense of the term , they were beginning to play an increasing part , and one with immense potentialities for the future ; but even in 1914 they had only a secondary role in the thinking of diplomats or foreign offices . |
5 | But common sense may have been more important than learning in perceiving the vulnerability of most castles to — battering-rams and catapults ; for even in 1100 they were , as a rule , primitive structures . |