Example sentences of "[vb pp] even [prep] the [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Within months , Scargill 's warnings of substantial pit closures were transformed into reality : the NUM was unable to resist — with most of its members at the affected pits rapidly opting for the generous redundancy terms — and with the privatization of the electricity-generating industry at the end of the 1980s the ability of many British mines to compete was in question ; closures were instituted even in the more productive fields . |
| 2 | Animals kept in captivity for biomedical research are stressed even under the most humane conditions . |
| 3 | Deaf and dumb people were bitterly disappointed , and the BDDA 's reaction is summed up in its annual report for the year 1932 : No aid from the State was considered even in the most pressing of all problems , the vocational training of school leavers . |
| 4 | Yet Eliot seems to have been attracted even to the most unlikely sources , including even Conan Doyle 's ‘ The Musgrave Ritual ’ . |
| 5 | It is in these prodigies of imitative art that Godwin discerns one of his social bridges , for he regards the love of art , exhibited even by the most miserable , as ‘ agreeable and cheering … evidence of striving upwards ’ , even though the former ‘ barbaric favourites ’ of the middle classes that have found their way to the firesides of the poor are not art ‘ of a very refined character ’ . |
| 6 | Few of those who can read actually believe what is said even in the more responsible newspapers ; like many Middle Easterners they prefer the racy , outlandish explanation . |
| 7 | As shown even by the very simple models here , narrowly-defined self-interest can be self-defeating once there is more than one ‘ player ’ . |
| 8 | It is also the case that informal rules exist within organisations and that discretion is exercised even within the most seemingly formal organisation . |
| 9 | My whirlpool analogy can prove equally dangerous in its generalisation for there are innovators to be found even in the most remote schools . |
| 10 | But it remained uncertain whether they were strong enough to create conditions in which peace could be negotiated even on the most minimal of their terms . |
| 11 | Using everyday objects , basic scientific principles can be explained even to the very young . |
| 12 | The nature of this particular kind of identification and of the differences between the two versions can be illustrated even in the formally constructed prayerful episodes . |
| 13 | However , as Sperber and Wilson have shown , this traditional approach to communication can not be maintained even in the most ordinary , non-poetic cases . |
| 14 | But Castle Drachenfels still stands , shunned even by the most desperate and corrupt inhabitants of the Grey Mountains . |
| 15 | However , it must be pointed out that not all monopoly suppliers act against the public interest ( eg it is not suggested even by the most ardent advocate of privatisation — refer to Chapter 3 — that the water supply or sewage disposal industries should provide competitive services to each household ; the duplication of resources in these cases would be extremely wasteful to society ) , nor do all oligopolies abuse their position . |