Example sentences of "[conj] even at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's not just at executive level , or even at just management level , it ’ also the way staff work with colleagues , ’ said . |
| 2 | It is evident that even at seventeen Nietzsche took life and his own views on it with great seriousness ; also , that implicit in those views was an uneasy relationship , here in its first stage , between the inevitable " mere specialism " of the professional classical scholar and a growing " longing for Greece " . |
| 3 | Bendor , Taylor and Van Gaalen ( 1985 ) feel that even at federal level in the United States it is empirically unsound to treat the relationship between politicians and bureaucrats as an ordinary bilateral monopoly . |
| 4 | Or , better , have them weighted down under the surface , so that even at low tide these shallow boats can pass over them , but deep-draught ships can not . |
| 5 | But time and tide and neglect had eaten away at the structure so that even at low tide , with the slabs fully exposed , crossing would be tricky . |
| 6 | So crazed were we becoming that I was sure that even at that distance we could spot the fiendish grin he directed at Sinar Surya floundering on the horizon each time he passed ! |
| 7 | In October 1975 OSHA recommended a further lowering of exposure levels while at the end of 1976 the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health ( NIOSH ) recommended a further lowering of the standard to the lower limit of detection by optical microscopy — 100.000 asbestos fibre per cubic metre — though NIOSH admitted that even at that level of exposure there is probably still an increased risk of cancer . |
| 8 | We know he was envied and bullied by his fellow pupils and that even at that age he had the gift of healing — restoring a robin which had been cruelly killed by his fellow students . ’ |
| 9 | There is a very real risk that even at 15,000 feet the pilot may become unconscious , or at least incapable , from the combination of cold and lack of oxygen . |
| 10 | But the Prince had , as yet , not decided on the change of residence , for it is by no means sure that even at this stage he had decided on the Empire . |
| 11 | This is not to say that even at this stage Edward 's principal war aim was the throne of France , but rather that the most effective way of bringing pressure to bear on Philip was to subvert the provinces and establish English military bases there . |
| 12 | His playing , and teaching , did however consolidate what several people had already told me — that even at this age , Ruggiero Ricci as still one of the top ten violinists in the world . |
| 13 | His figures show that even at 1990 inputs and output the occupier 's surplus from farming is less than £300 , becoming about £6000 after allowing for all sources of income . |
| 14 | Our concerns go far beyond those that we anticipated in our debates on the Gracious Speech , which took place before we had sight of the text of the Bill although even at that stage we had our fears about its final form . |
| 15 | At the scale of a single cell , molecules move from place to place by diffusion , although even at this scale larger objects like chromosomes and vacuoles are moved actively by the contraction of fibres called microtubules . |
| 16 | At one time he intended to become a Catholic and even at one stage a priest . |
| 17 | Doing routine drug screening on urine samples at pre-employment examinations — and even at other times as a matter of Company policy — may produce surprisingly high positive results but this information is not as accurate an indicator of addictive disease in general as a consistently clear set of personnel records noting information that the Company already has readily at its disposal . |
| 18 | I mean , I can remember him quitting after Ziggy Stardust in ‘ 73 , and even at that age I was going ‘ Oh , yeah , sure he 's retiring ! ’ |
| 19 | I think it is a pulling together of all the strands , and even at that stage it will be a struggle . |
| 20 | Hedge-laying is a highly skilled craft , and even at moderate charges your hedge will seem expensive . |
| 21 | Make no mistake , a Cobra , even a ‘ small ’ Cobra and even at 26 years old , is still awesome . |
| 22 | There was no speed limit on the autobahn and even at 135 m.p.h. the Jaguar seemed to be only cruising . |
| 23 | A lorry staggers along the High Street , and even at this distance the vibration rattles the draining board . |
| 24 | ‘ Because it 's the truckers channel and even at this time of the night there 's always long distance drivers on the Motorway . |
| 25 | One may look not only at the rest of the section in which the word appears but at the statute as a whole , and even at earlier legislation dealing with the same subject-matter — for it is assumed that when Parliament passed an Act , it probably had the earlier legislation in mind , and probably intended to use words with the same meaning as before . |
| 26 | Before experiencing a Methodist conversion , Bamford senior had been a noted drinker and wrestler , but even at that time had had a taste for books . |
| 27 | But even at this date the alteration in emphasis can only have been a conscious attempt to attune to the wider audience , if still at that time mainly within Bavaria , which was beginning to show interest in Hitler in 1923 , and an awareness that anti-Marxism had a wider potential appeal than the mere repetition of anti-Jewish paroxysms of hate . |
| 28 | But even at this distance we can clearly recognise in Joe Johnson a player who made a sterling contribution to the Palace cause in the early and formative years of our club . |
| 29 | At the sound of her mother 's voice , faint but even at this distance still accusing , away down there on the snow-covered lawn , Alexandra drew away from the window into the shadows of the room behind . |
| 30 | The Rhapsody in Blue brings the most effective performances on the disc , but even at this price level the competition is so intense ( Gwenneth Pryor on Pickwick ; Jerome Lowenthal on Vanguard ; CfP 's Daniel Blumenthal ) that only a general recommendation can be given . |