Example sentences of "[conj] even [art] [noun sg] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could not imagine a German , Italian or even a Frenchman being so patient in such a discussion . |
| 2 | Even for roles such as lector , the layman or even the boy is preferred . |
| 3 | Jay had taken her camera to photo the leather-bound treasures of the seventeenth century , where even the language was rounded in sepia sworls , respectful of rhythm , season , nature and wholeness . |
| 4 | He believed he should come across someone who should want his skills — he was an incurable optimist , and imagined a fortunate meeting around every corner , though how that should come about was hard to see , as he advanced farther and farther into the dark , dense trees , where even the moonlight was split into dull little needles of bluish light on the moss , not enough to see by . |
| 5 | If it is argued on the basis of this reply that even a maniac is not beyond redemption and that given the right kind of treatment he might be able to take his place again within society , the argument only serves to show the different moral considerations that can be brought to bear on situations of moral dilemma . |
| 6 | The question is held to be one for the unrestricted discretion of the jury or magistrates who are allowed to find that even a bruise is enough . |
| 7 | It is not as it may be interpreted a message of hope that the sun might still wake him but rather one of despair that even the sun is at a loss and does not know how to wake him . |
| 8 | A modern mind may well feel that even the hint was too much . |
| 9 | There are depths to the Inspiral Carpets that even the band are just beginning to find out about . |
| 10 | The Miscarriage Association believes that one in three pregnancies end in miscarriage often so early that even the mother is not aware . |
| 11 | Because the whole neighbourhood-thanks to Gittel 's big-mouthed elder sister-knew exactly who had been behind the curse , although even the sister was too much of a prude to tell anyone the reason why . ’ |
| 12 | There is plenty of evidence for the planting of new vineyards in the Bordelais and even a Poitevin was prepared to admit that Bordeaux wine was of superb quality , but at this date by far the most important wine-exporting region was further north , in Aunis and Saintonge . |
| 13 | High-tech tools are of little help here , and even a saw is of limited use : it 's a job for mallet and chisel . |
| 14 | He was a writer of the fidgety , costive kind whose works are long in the planning , and meticulous in the execution — only at the very end of a project , when the scaffolding , the foundations , the walls and roof and even the plaster were laid down , did spontaneity and delight take over , in the actual play of , play with , words themselves . |
| 15 | The will and even the whim were running out . |
| 16 | For , large or small , the ‘ master ’ rather than the impersonal authority of the ‘ company ’ ruled the enterprise , and even the company was identified with a man rather than a board of directors . |
| 17 | In some Bantu languages the adjectives , possessives , relative clauses and even the verb are all affixed according to the class of the noun . |
| 18 | When Hannah was a child , running water meant the stream in the field and such things as electricity , the internal combustion engine and even the wireless were available only on another planet or so it must have seemed to the average resident of this remote and lovely but intensely deprived valley . |
| 19 | A slot runs along the length of the handle , and even the finial is grooved to receive the tip of the blade . |
| 20 | Paul Ashmead went over for try number 7. 42-7 the final score ; perfect preparation for this week 's crunch game against Bath and even the coach is smiling . |
| 21 | The press , the Catholic church and even the army are held in far higher regard . |
| 22 | The style of Mrs Praga 's book , Dainty Dinner Tables and How to Decorate Them ( published in 1907 ) , may be archaic , but something about the tone and even the context is curiously familiar . |
| 23 | The likeliest thing to go wrong is the politics , and even the politics is manageable unless the war drags on too long . |
| 24 | Big names from the Asian communities in Britain , America and even the subcontinent are being snapped up by major studios in the film capital . |
| 25 | There was no food but coarse grass and even the grass was mixed with bitter rushes and docks . |
| 26 | The Guardian left at the end of the 1950s , and even the Star was shortly to move to the Smoke . |
| 27 | Although listed as present , Councillor B. Watts appears to have been silenced somehow and even the Mayor 's declared refusal to explain why the land might not be available to the Council appears to pass without his reaction . |
| 28 | In this late period , some of the traditional motifs used in Minoan pottery decoration became stiff , straight and symmetrical ; the papyrus and even the octopus were organized into symmetrical shapes . |
| 29 | They replaced their kitchen crockery with simple black and white octagonal glassware crockery and even the car was changed to fit in with the new image — their champagne-coloured Ford was replaced with a grey and red Peugeot . |
| 30 | And even the anger was mainly at myself because I could n't stop wanting you , even after Matilda warned me of your … usefulness . ’ |