Example sentences of "[noun sg] of [noun] even [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the other hand , it can be a great deal of fun even if the stakes are quite high . |
| 2 | Such black holes could not be formed by gravitational collapse , because their masses are below the Chandrasekhar mass limit : stars of this low mass can support themselves against the force of gravity even when they have exhausted their nuclear fuel . |
| 3 | With a performance of such towering strength and breathtaking pathos that it would make the stones weep , Depardieu 's bulk and energy turn Jean into a force of nature even when it is nature he is fighting . |
| 4 | Elite theorists who dominated political studies as an academic discipline before 1939 enriched and advanced the study of politics even if their empirical assertions may now appear naive or gross . |
| 5 | Short-run variability of V. Even though monetarists stress the direct mechanism and a relatively inelastic L curve , they do admit to some variability of the velocity of circulation ( V ) in the short run . |
| 6 | There was no fear of pursuit even if their escape had been discovered , for if the Tower had disappeared from off the surface of the Waste so also had they . |
| 7 | The frontispiece from a copy of the music from the Peer Gynt suite by Grieg was a beautiful piece of artwork even before it was decorated , so I only arranged some flowers in two of the corners , rather than all the way round , which would have overpowered the original design . |
| 8 | BT is now crawling into the age of the silicon chip and the death of the British Telecommunications Bill , which would have allowed the government to sell off about half of BT , does not have to calm this wind of change even if the Labour party wins the election and reinstates BT 's monopoly . |
| 9 | With some hesitation and comforted by the passage from the speech of Lord Hailsham L.C. [ in [ 1972 ] A.C. 741 at 757–758 ] , to which I have referred , I consider that the modern approach to the question of consideration would be that where there were benefits derived by each party to a contract of variation even though one party did not suffer a detriment this would not be fatal to the establishing of sufficient consideration to support the agreement . |
| 10 | The criminal law sees only some types of property deprivation as robbery or theft ; it excludes , for example , the separation of consumers and part of their money that follows manufacturers ' malpractices or advertisers ' misrepresentations ; it excludes shareholders losing their money because managers behaved in ways which they thought would be to the advantage of shareholders even though the only tangible benefits accrued to the managers ( Hopkins 1980b ) ; it excludes the extra tax citizens , in this or other countries , have to pay because : ( i ) corporations and the very wealthy are able to employ financial experts at discovering legal loopholes through which money can be safely transported to tax havens ; ( ii ) Defence Department officials have been bribed to order more expensive weaponry systems or missiles in ‘ excess ’ of those ‘ needed ’ ; ( iii ) multinational drug companies charge our National Health Services prices which are estimated to be at least , £50 millions in excess of alternative supplies . |
| 11 | But if a network has been taught a task , disconnecting its elements causes it to ‘ fantasise ’ , reliving its experiences and churning out results which have the semblance of sense even though its circuits have been scrambled . |
| 12 | In the same way , we should declare that we believe in the existence of God even when all the evidence is that such belief is absurd . |
| 13 | More critical for our present concern ( which is the need to explain the context-specificity of latent inhibition ) is the fact that latent inhibition can be abolished by a change of context even when the test context is fully familiar , provided that pre-exposure to the test context and the target stimulus have taken place separately . |
| 14 | In carrying out the balancing exercise I , for my part , come down in favour of the freedom of speech even though it may go beyond generally acceptable limits , since there is adequate alternative protection available to a council . |
| 15 | Since unionization levels among white-collar workers are about half those for blue-collar in both countries , this shift worked to pull down the average level of unionization even though more white-collar workers started to join unions . |
| 16 | 5.2 Miscellaneous It will be no breach of confidentiality to disclose documents on discovery in the course of litigation even if they are held subject to a duty of confidence owed to a third party . |
| 17 | Thus in Corfield v Sevenways Garage Ltd [ 1985 ] RTR 109 , a car repairer sold a car from his garage forecourt and the Divisional Court held this to be in the course of business even though selling was an infrequent side line . |
| 18 | A team creates a supportive atmosphere where people are happy to go at risk , say what they really think , develop one another 's ideas and commit to an agreed course of action even though there may have been differences of opinion . |
| 19 | If an accident happens as a result of driving which deviates from the proper standard , then that may well be a case of negligence even if the driver had never thought of the risk in that particular case , because the driver is presumed to know the Highway Code . |
| 20 | Banana plants still indicate the presence of bananas even if the actual fruits are out of sight . |
| 21 | This programme may be successful in helping a small nation to emerge from the grip of imperialism even though under considerable economic domination ’ . |
| 22 | In many cases , the state of destination will either accept the classification of the state of origin , or waive any right it may have to reject the document under Article 4 , or simply serve the document as an act of goodwill even if the Convention is regarded as not strictly applicable . |
| 23 | It raises the possibility that their master clock can continue to keep track of the passage of time even when all bodily functions are drastically reduced . |
| 24 | A bi-partisan approach to foreign policy could be maintained in the most momentous ever commitment in US foreign policy , the North Atlantic Pact , but it had broken down on the issue of China even if ‘ the attack of the primitives ’ , as Acheson put it , had as much to do with Truman 's unexpected victory in the presidential election in 1948 and the consequent fury and frustration of the Republican Party . |
| 25 | It was these which made progress relatively slow , and which on occasions even led the High Authority to bow down to views expressed in the Special Council of Ministers even where under the treaty it had undisputed authority to act . |
| 26 | At this point he accepted the argument from design , and his interest would remained focused on the question of adaptation even when his faith in divine creation began to wane . |
| 27 | Not sort of thing even if she did . |
| 28 | Newton would assign equal and opposite spins to A and B. Their values would be fixed at the moment of separation even if they might not be known to an observer until he had actually measured them . |
| 29 | It is modular in design , ensuring ease of maintenance even if a major component needs to be changed in the field . |
| 30 | I would gladly have accepted the post of manager even if I had not won it in the club raffle . |