Example sentences of "even [subord] its [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus the upper class shows no sign of weakening culturally or politically , even if its economic base is once more in a state of change . |
| 2 | The former we call the ‘ company' , even if its legal form is a partnership . |
| 3 | The mammalian hippocampus was already a very well understood structure ; its neural connections , input and output pathways were clearly mapped and easily identifiable from preparation to preparation even if its individual neurons were not as directly recognizable as are those of Aplysia . |
| 4 | ‘ Liberal ’ protestantism had done much to recreate an accepted image of the ‘ historical ’ Jesus , even if its theological validity was soon to be exploded . |
| 5 | A third State is affected by a treaty as a matter of fact when the treaty necessitates it acting in some way in response ( even if its preferred response is to do nothing ) . |
| 6 | Progressive ‘ improvement ’ of the kind suggested by the arms-race image does go on , even if it goes on spasmodically and interruptedly ; even if its net rate of progress is too slow to be detected within the lifetime of a man , or even within the timespan of recorded history . |
| 7 | Danzig , even if its own journalists and citizens were harassed and threatened , was open to all the observation and criticism the world could muster . |
| 8 | But it was now clear that depression had a biochemical basis , even if its original causes lay in heredity and in the experiences of life . |
| 9 | In Statfjord , Norway has considerably the largest North Sea field , and production , even before its full complement of platforms has been completed , comfortably exceeds that of the Shell/Esso Brent field — the largest field in the UK sector . |
| 10 | The status which nuclear power achieved because of its link with the defence of the realm was also retained even when its day-to-day operations were more involved with producing peaceful electricity . |
| 11 | To begin with , it is more likely to get an early warning of the cheetah 's approach , for even when its own head is down grazing , other heads are up and scanning the surrounding country ready to sound an alarm with a snort . |
| 12 | As the bank noted , ‘ in 1990 Thailand 's incidence [ of poverty ] was as high as Indonesia 's , even though its average GNP per capita was 2.5 times higher . ’ |
| 13 | This suggests that its pronunciation has been " anglicised " even though its Creole function has been retained . |
| 14 | Therefore , as soon as the phoneme /p/ is heard , the cohort will have only one member left , and the word can be identified as trespass , even though its final phonemes have not yet been heard . |
| 15 | There is this idea that if you send the works of art abroad , either you put them in danger , or you 're selling your art cheaply , even though its only lending . |
| 16 | People often say that a certain noise gets louder at night , even though its measured level does not alter ; this is because , at night , the level of the background noise is generally lower than it is during the day , During the recession , people near once noisy factories started to appreciate the quiet . |
| 17 | Even though its evolutionary course was eventually destined to lead it into the complicated and probably costly distortions involved in having two eyes on one side , even though the skate way of being a flat fish might ultimately have been the best design for bony fish too , the would-be intermediates that set out along this evolutionary pathway apparently did less well in the short term than their rivals lying on their side . |
| 18 | Its reported net earnings are therefore lower than the reported nil earnings of firm A even though its taxable earnings are the same . |
| 19 | Even if we disregard the sporadic use of violence against the movement , and its infiltration by spies and agents provocateurs , it is clear that it was generally considered by the controlling bodies of universities and by party politicians as an illegitimate form of political action , even though its principal aim was to extend democratic participation in one of the most important institutions ( both economically and culturally ) of modern society , and in many cases it succeeded in enlivening academic studies , as well as improving methods of teaching and assessment . |
| 20 | The fact that American long-term government bond yields remain higher than those in Germany , even though its short-term rates are less than half Germany 's , reflects the financial markets ' fears that inflation is about to flare , along with concerns about the fate of the administration 's budget-reducing package . |
| 21 | Fylingdales parish returned only ten taxpayers even though its biggest settlement was the lively village of Robin Hood 's Bay , where Leland observed twenty fishing boats , each of which may be reckoned the livelihood of one family at the very least . |
| 22 | It is essential for the continued academic development of the University , even though its projected expansion in student numbers terms is relatively modest , that the University should achieve that objective . |
| 23 | Both the second and , more strongly , the third reason show that the doctrine of excessive defence may include a substantial element of excuse in its rationale , even though its theoretical foundation lies unmistakably in the concept of legal justification . |
| 24 | What the James Committee placed on the agenda of public discussion — even though its own recommendations were in general not widely popular among teacher educators — was the reshaping of the education of teachers . |
| 25 | And even though its last eye was gone , Cardiff knew instinctively that it could still see him . |
| 26 | We can imagine the horror that would ripple through Christendom if the Turin Shroud were stolen , even though its direct connection with Jesus has been disproved by the scientists . |
| 27 | Professor Williams , however , not only believes that rape should have a limited ambit because of the severity of the penalty , but that procuring a woman by threat should also be subject to limitations even though its maximum penalty is merely two years ' imprisonment . |
| 28 | Conservative budget for example even though its main press is always on keeping the tax level down er will often include capital projects . |
| 29 | But standing in the blast of the storm and looking at him even though its ravaged eye sockets contained no eyes . |
| 30 | As Boyce has pointed out , the credibility of the press ‘ lay in its apparent independence from the political party machine ’ even though its natural position ‘ was that of being part of the political machine ’ . |