Example sentences of "it [modal v] even [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed it may even be argued that many more of Rolle 's English texts were written specifically for her . |
| 2 | It may even be tempted to wonder itself . |
| 3 | It may even be regarded as a metaphysical necessity , in that the primal unity , " eternally suffering and contradictory " , likewise needs the visionary illusion for its own redemption . |
| 4 | Specialist animal insurance companies usually offer such cover at little cost , either separately or built into a health protection policy for your pet , or it may even be incorporated into your household insurance . |
| 5 | Research may be backed by the military or medical or educational grounds ; it may even be supported for diffuse cultural reasons . |
| 6 | If it has been discovered during the course of earth-moving for construction or other work , however , the site may be totally unknown ; in this case , it is important that local archaeologists are alerted as soon as possible , so that some kind of record of the site can be made before it is destroyed , or it may even be excavated if found to be important . |
| 7 | It is not easy to see the future for the art of jewellery ; it may even be considered that as an art it has not a future . |
| 8 | There was in fact retaliation in any case , and it might even be argued that this silence on the part of the radio — which everyone knew to be under government control — actually encouraged angry Luos to believe that a Kikuyu conspiracy existed within the Government . |
| 9 | More than that : it might even be argued that any attempt to " prove " the irreducibility of spatio-temporal relations already presupposes , rather than helps to vindicate , the basic principles of a pluralist ontology . |
| 10 | It might even be conceded that borrowing long-term loans from a long-term bank has advantages — and that discussing choices over wages and public spending in a national forum makes sense . |
| 11 | In the long run , it might even be decided to dispense with paper operations altogether and work entirely electronically from the collection stage ( see 2.5 above ) onwards . |
| 12 | And it might even be said that it is from this , far more than from early Christianity , that we have inherited our sense of the dubious physical nature of the female , and our idea that the human norm is male and that to be female is in itself a pathological state . |
| 13 | It might even be voted down . |
| 14 | Well , how would you feel if I was to tell you that within the policy it was possible that the sum could be paid , it might even be paid up before death . |
| 15 | It might even be welcomed . |
| 16 | It could even be argued that in the special circumstances of colonialism the judicial system was biased against mainstream groups in order to increase the state 's control over them , and that in fact the poor and marginal , as in all societies , committed most crime . |
| 17 | It could even be said that the predator in the assemblage is the least likely one to have been involved in its accumulation . |
| 18 | It could even be based in Darlington . |
| 19 | It could even be represented as an environmental improvement of a run down site . |
| 20 | It could even be invested to help bring you security and a regular income in the future . |
| 21 | In many ways it could even be described as idyllic . |
| 22 | It could even be suggested to him that he leave Vietnam and ‘ take up once more the philosophical studies to which he had devoted a great deal of his previous life ’ , and it might also be suggested that ‘ there would be pension adequate to support him in those studies ’ . |
| 23 | I believe that every problem can be resolved , and that if it can be approached sensibly and thoughtfully , it can even be turned to advantage . |
| 24 | It can even be argued that ‘ overall objectives ’ are inappropriate in ‘ practical politics ’ ( Haynes 1980 : 100 ) . |
| 25 | It can even be applied without an undercoat of marzipan . |
| 26 | This is the latest craze to hit the fairgrounds and it can even be seen in some discos . |
| 27 | It can even be buried in the ground to prevent wetting the soil surface and encouraging weeds . |
| 28 | It can even be encountered by younger people — as a glance at job advertisements will show . |