Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [conj] even [art] " in BNC.

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1 Whipped Cream are Scandinavian but even the odd accent does n't drag this version far enough from the original to make it an interpretation rather than a facsimile .
2 She feels the union has been ineffectual and even the so-called industrial action four years ago when members refused to set or mark exam papers seemed , quite unjustifiably , to be taking things out on the students .
3 A particularly difficult problem is the passage of fragments down the cystic duct ; provided these fragments pass into the common bile duct endoscopic sphincterotomy successfully manages the situation ( patient VII , XI ) , but if the stone remains in the cystic duct removal can be impossible as even the smallest scope or basket will not dislodge the stone ( patient XII ) .
4 It is clear from the right hon. Gentleman 's first attempt to amend regulation 72 that the Government 's motive is to save money and administration — the motive is so absolutely blatant that I am amazed that even the Parliamentary Under-Secretary , whose eccentricities are well known , could not deny the obvious — while , at the same time , blocking or restricting back payments of entitlement , even where there has been official error .
5 Many of her gentleman clients were foreign and even the odd Arab prince had come to her office .
6 Given the history of socialist economies , it is doubtful whether even a far more radical and complete transformation of the relations of production would , of itself , have removed this basis for class differentiation , and for this reason Morris remains a problematic model for contemporary socialism .
7 The vast majority of social research employs ordinal data or , more rarely , the interval scale : even in such cases it is doubtful whether even the most developed of such scales actually satisfy the requirements .
8 It is clear that even a good working knowledge of credit costs helps consumers only if that knowledge affects their shopping decisions .
9 It is clear that even the named and identified members of Jesus 's following represent a broad and diverse spectrum .
10 It 's crucial that even a basic name and address system can get at a particular name , or group of names , as quickly as possible .
11 But there is no a priori reason to expect that any one paradigm is perfect or even the best available .
12 It is noticeable that even a writer like J. 5 .
13 But every letter is unique and even a retained copy , the equivalent of a modern carbon , does not detract from that essential quality : so that criteria are not so stern .
14 This triple set holds enough gems to keep you interested , the history is fascinating and even the disasters , which must have seemed ridiculous even then , have a certain kitsch value .
15 Because these systems are not ‘ natural ’ their structure is complex and even the knowledge of English can prove to be unhelpful when markers represent meaning and not form .
16 It is unlikely that even the most devious psychologist could devise a behavioural test , other than navigation , that would harness that computational ability .
17 It is unlikely that even the simplest company can use the armed forces technique but the principle is widely valid .
18 Dissection classes with small groups of students are excellent since even the squeamish can take part as onlookers , whilst a fellow student performs the dissection .
19 It was possible that even a reject like him could be of use in such a godforsaken spot .
20 Still , on-the-move shifting was simple and even a small gearing drop helps .
21 Law and morality were not yet clearly distinguished , nor could one even say that the whole of law or justice was to be found in any one court ; the Ecclesiastical Courts , and Local Courts of many different kinds , administered a justice which was not the justice of the Common Law Courts ; so the thought was natural that even the King 's justice was not exhausted in the power conferred on his courts .
22 It was unlikely that even a common language could create a common national spirit to unite Spanish-speaking people divided by the salt , estranging sea , but as long as empires based on the principles of allegiance to a monarch were the dominant form of political organization they were very well adapted to face the problems of expanding and then of ruling new subjects .
23 We wrote it down and repeated it time and time again to Sergeant Moustaine , until he was satisfied that even the most stupid of us had understood it .
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