Example sentences of "even at [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She explained that the tree , to her looked like a green fuzzy clump even at a distance of a few feet . |
| 2 | While he says it would be a hundred per cent certain to go up if an atom bomb exploded alongside it , we must n't over-estimate the effects of a more remote explosive shock , even at a distance of a few miles . |
| 3 | Even at a distance of twenty yards I could see that their physiognomy was very different from the delicate features of Indian girls . |
| 4 | He was still leaning on the rake , gazing along the path towards him and , even at a distance of several yards , Harry could see that he was not mistaken . |
| 5 | No amount of mathematical modelling can produce the answers to these questions — even at a cost of £550 000 . |
| 6 | The intention here is not to construct a full history of the post-war period but it will be necessary to examine some of the main developments in the class/collectivity/political force relationships over the post-war years , even at a cost of some over-simplification , in order to establish a basis for the fuller discussion in the following chapter of these relationships under the Thatcher government . |
| 7 | She wanted to go on acting , even at a place like the Manatee , making enough money to live on , to help Paul until his books were famous . |
| 8 | A squeeze on public spending , adoption of money supply targets , privatization ( sale of BP shares in 1976 ) , and the priority accorded to fighting inflation , even at a time of historically high unemployment , were all in place under Mr Callaghan . |
| 9 | ‘ They were so well paid too , that even at a time of servant shortage people were queuing up to work there . |
| 10 | Overall the cost of a funeral often comes as a big shock to people and the vicar 's fees , peripheral as they are to the main bill , come in for lots of cynical comments like ‘ Even at a time like this , the church is making money . ’ |
| 11 | What those figures certainly reveal is that the real gains in investment in British business since 1979 have been sustained , so that even at the depth of this present recession investment is 40 per cent . |
| 12 | But today for the first time she was certain that even in Paul 's presence she would find the courage to say what she wanted , what she really wanted , in the depth of her soul ; she was certain that she would find this courage even at the price of ruining everything between them . |
| 13 | ‘ In prayer we are gradually hollowed out to become more ‘ capax Dei ’ ’ ( capacity for God ) , said Maria Boulding , and someone pastoring others will be only too aware of the need to receive even at the price of felt ( and often uncomfortable ) emptiness . |
| 14 | He used to scream even at the idea of fresh air , but now he spends all his time outside in his wheelchair , with Miss Mary and Dickon Sowerby . |
| 15 | And even at the zenith of his power Greenwich Village had remained a place shielded from some of his excesses , open to the pull of Europe , a haven for the dissident , the Bohemian , the dropout . |
| 16 | Even at the birth of the Christ , representatives of the Gentile world appear to pay homage to the new-born infant king . |
| 17 | She was present at the birth of the Blessed Virgin , who was then given over to her care for twelve years , and at the Visitation and the birth of St John the Baptist and even at the birth of the Saviour , when she was allowed to provide bedding for the Virgin and swathing-clothes for the Child . |
| 18 | Wrangham , after a short period of ecological work , remarked that ‘ herd formation clearly involves costs even at the beginning of the wet season , when a grazing animal should have the best food supply of the year ’ . |
| 19 | Even at the beginning of 1934 the anti-Semitism of the British Union of Fascists was not as a rule overt . |
| 20 | As we shall see , families now are very much smaller than they were even at the beginning of the century . |
| 21 | In the last few years , however , it has emerged that the laws of science may hold even at the beginning of the universe . |
| 22 | In that case the laws of physics would hold even at the beginning of the universe , so God would not have had the freedom to choose the initial conditions . |
| 23 | Mr McTear managed to give most of his evidence to the commission , although even at the beginning of the proceedings his poor physical condition was apparent with his breathing laboured and his voice feeble . |
| 24 | Who would have thought that even at the beginning of this century the poet felt the need for time to stand still . |
| 25 | Even at the level of the Nikol'sk village Soviet a high proportion of time was spent on tax problems . |
| 26 | But this operated in very different forms between countries and regions , and even at the level of a single English county . |
| 27 | The invidious 20 per cent rule change has fulfilled its purpose : the group has been prevented from operating , even at the level of gesture politics . |
| 28 | This desire for knowing one 's place , even at the level of physical location , was very marked within the Rowdies group . |
| 29 | For example the accepted social distance between people can vary , even at the level of physical contact in everyday greetings . |
| 30 | It was also stated that , even at the level of explaining security returns , CAPM tests using historic data have not been terribly successful . |