Example sentences of "even [subord] [pers pn] [verb] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even where you have to answer set questions — as in an exam — a choice between alternatives usually has to be made ; and not only do you have to pick a particular question to answer , but you also have to decide exactly what it is that the question is asking you to do . |
| 2 | John and Isabel were happy in their marriage even although they had to go into hiding occasionally , with friends or on the muirs . |
| 3 | The history of penal reform has been marked by resistance to novelty ; people need time to get used to ideas , even if they come to oppose them . |
| 4 | Most such classifications should be treated with some caution , however , even if they help to identify the groups seeking accommodation within the rural housing market . |
| 5 | Even if they had to take sewing lessons first it would still be less expensive and the idea of hiring a wedding dress must be unappealing to many brides . |
| 6 | The paper went on the say that such a move would at least give the people who came into the city centre greater reassurance , even if they had to pay for the privilege . |
| 7 | All this , one may presume further , was supposed to supply the missing will and determination of the indigenous people and just in case the French might be feeling a little faint-hearted at the prospect , the US should immediately reconsider its policy at the first sign that the French were planning to give up or even if they planned to take the problem to the UN . |
| 8 | In a sense Spanish clerical conservatives were correct in thinking that there was no such thing as a ‘ safe ’ Enlightenment ; however respectable the proponents of luces appeared , at the root of their creed lay a rationalism that denied Divine Providence and that must lead to an attack on the position of the Church in society , even if they professed to respect dogma . |
| 9 | Gorillas , dolphins and whales certainly have a reputation for being peace-loving and harmless to humans but , on the other hand , tigers and polar bears are both well known as potential man-eaters , while elephants can hardly be described as innocuous , even if they prefer to mind their own business most of the time . |
| 10 | This state can be induced in about three-quarters of the population ; the rest for some unknown reason can not achieve it even if they wish to do so . |
| 11 | In the case of remand prisoners there is often no opportunity to work , even if they wish to do so . |
| 12 | In 1696 an Act of Parliament " for the Encouragement and Increase of Seamen " had provided that mariners , irrespective of rank , should pay 6d. per month out of their wages to support the Royal Naval Hospital at Greenwich which should act as an alternative to the parish relief which few sailors were able to claim even if they wished to do so . |
| 13 | In accordance with legislation in force at the time of adoption of the Savings Related Share Option Scheme in 1990 the Rules provide that employees may exercise their options on reaching state pension age , even if they continue to work after that date . |
| 14 | Where such pupils also have speech impairments , there may be a case for exempting them altogether from — or modifying — some of the assessment arrangements , even if they continue to pursue the attainment targets and programmes of study . |
| 15 | Deaf people in the community appear to learn BSL easily , even if they have to wait until they have left school . |
| 16 | ‘ Now that I 've had the frocks made , I think I will definitely do the pantomime — even if they have to suspend me from pegs , ’ she declared . |
| 17 | have it within their power to resolve the matter very speedily by going to the commission and providing full notification , even if they have to negotiate with the commission over provisions which the submission was moved , then they can get that exemption back dated and , and |
| 18 | There will be an ever-widening gap between maintained and private schools , and especially boarding schools , which will have to continue to provide extra-curricular activities , even if they have to pay extra to their staff to enable them to do so . |
| 19 | This is not to say that other methods would not work , but it is unwise to use non-standard methods for recovery from a fully developed spin , even if they appear to work better . |
| 20 | Other public services , notably the health service , have a comparable complexity even if they appear to have fewer levels of authority and discretions of autonomy . |
| 21 | In the Third Term , we cover the Health Unit of the Standard Grade Course so that all pupils will gain some knowledge of this important topic , even if they decide to go no further with our subject . |
| 22 | What , what I would always hope though , is that they might go for some help , because even if they decide to separate , and er get support while they 're doing so , they may be able to understand what was going on in the relationship , what they were looking for in each other . |
| 23 | Since the latter two specialists do not receive any special training in the sexually transmitted diseases , and neither will notify the cases that they see even if they manage to diagnose them , it is not surprising that chaos ensues . |
| 24 | The reductions in university places , just at the time when girls are beginning to gain something like equal access , may have the effect of decreasing the absolute numbers of girls in universities even if they manage to catch up with boys proportionally . |
| 25 | And er you you the I even if they wanted to buy Welsh slates , |
| 26 | Put more starkly , with the current caseload and an intake of 50,000 new applications this year , even if we managed to exceed last year 's output we would still have at least two years work in hand . ’ |
| 27 | Although I was still barely into my teens when I was spending this time with Maureen tending sick birds , I learned a lot about general care and identification — even if we failed to spot our Russian defector . |
| 28 | But even if we tend to look for the scholarly , non-involved biography of the great man or woman we can not be sure that the work will be beyond criticism . |
| 29 | We have to feel no one else is as good as us and we usually put others down to make ourselves seem on top , even if we try to make positive comments such as ‘ Your garden is looking nice . |
| 30 | Of Palace , Smith said : ‘ Even if we wanted to play dirty , our players just would n't know how to do it . |