Example sentences of "[subord] even a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here he creates the many happy and not so happy incidents that can occur on a skating rink where even a professional can ‘ miss a trick ’ . |
| 2 | It may nevertheless be better than even a reasonable harmonium or American organ . |
| 3 | Indeed , advice work is certainly more complex today than even a few years ago . |
| 4 | Top-line caddying was at first only part-time for Dave , although even a part-time career brought him face to face with the second of the twin imposters , disaster , in 1971 at the Open championship at Royal Birkdale . |
| 5 | If even a radical liberal felt obliged to make such disavowals it may seem paradoxical to suggest that what was being discussed was , in fact , democracy . |
| 6 | His wife , who had miscarried he was no longer sure how many times , had stayed in bed two or three weeks without setting her foot to the floor on every occasion , and had then spent a week or so more , he remembered , on a sofa in the drawing-room looking not merely untouchable but as if even a heavy footstep across the hall might shatter her into pieces like spun glass . |
| 7 | But , beware , because even a cursory flip through will leave thumps in throat at the thought of so much majestic machinery now turned into razor blades . |
| 8 | Firstly , it was not simply a question of poor front-end processing because even a substantial improvement in the front-end performance would have had little effect on reducing the problem . |
| 9 | He was probably sent there to take a look at some local biochemical machines because even a quick glance would be very revealing to an expert , and Ralph Pike is an expert . |
| 10 | COMPUTER users , both professional and amateur , dread power cuts because even a short interruption can lose all the data in the machine 's memory . |
| 11 | And since even a polygonal story should have at least two sides in all international farewell orgies , how about packing it in and having a bash at normal behaviour eh , so as to get bashed again as whipping boy despite my morseled-out attempts to break free or go shiating on , turning the other cheek to sheer cheek as sitting target for the unclear missiles of affreux dizzy acts or as wailing wall of blame beyond the demarcation line or bowstring frontier that will boomerang back and much joy may it give me. ( 102 ) |
| 12 | Depth is half the game in lock-picking ; the other half is getting enough leverage for the turn , since even a proper pick has no shaft going right through to rest on the end ward like a real key . |
| 13 | It provides a near-fatal argument against conventionalism as even a decent interpretation of our practice . |
| 14 | Poorly ventilated and stagnant spaces must be opened up to a constant current of air by the introduction of new ventilation openings as even a vigorous attack of dry rot can be arrested ( but not reduced ) by exposure to fresh air . |
| 15 | You may find that you often have to do this , as even a modest wedding bouquet can be too large to fit into a reasonably-sized picture frame , and if it were reproduced in its original size it could become such a large picture that it would completely dominate any room in which it was hung . |
| 16 | So it does not seem realistic to look to credit cost disclosure regulations , and the wider awareness of APRs that these will bring , to change people 's credit buying habits much ( though even a small change could be enough to influence lenders to offer more attractively competitive rates ) . |
| 17 | His greatest achievements in this field were undoubtedly the Enigma Variations of Elgar and four dances from Sir Arthur Bliss 's ballet Checkmate , though even a short hymn setting was done to perfection . |
| 18 | The 1989 by-election result , when even a split centre vote got within 2,650 of defeating Tory wunderkind Mr William Hague , was proved to be a midterm aberration . |
| 19 | Beluga whales emit distress calls when even a conventional icebreaker is 80 k ( 50 miles ) away , and flee when such vessels approach within 40 k ( 25 miles ) . |