Example sentences of "even if [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Where land is registered , right gained by adverse possession amounts to an overriding interest , and defeats a purchaser even if not on the register .
2 He 'd met Sean Penn maybe 20 times , and they went to the same clubs on Melrose and Sunset , even if not at the same time or on the same night .
3 In so doing he could still ensure loyalty to the Merovingian dynasty , even if not to the individual king .
4 Even if not in the biblical sense , ’ I agreed .
5 It seems that personal equity plans are here to stay — even if not in the form that Nigel Lawson intended .
6 If one accepts this , even if only for the present and not as an inevitable fact for the future , then a responsibility lies with hearing society to meet not only the communication requirements of deaf people but also to understand and be able to work with this group in their language .
7 Proving that a contravention has occurred , even if only on the balance of probabilities , will not be easy , nor will demonstrating that an alleged miscreant has made a profit as a result of his contravention .
8 But because interest rates were expected to drop gradually over the coming 12 months , the view was that by early 1991 confidence would have returned , volumes picked up and prices started to lift — even if only by the inflation rate .
9 Luxury firms can sell their wares at high prices only by keeping them ‘ exclusive ’ , even if only in the minds of shop-till-you-drop status-seekers .
10 Although children can be attached to more than one person from a very early age , there is usually one parent who is special — even if only in the sense that their presence can be taken for granted .
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