Example sentences of "even [prep] the [adj] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the sickening shock of the rapid deterioration of her first childish marriage , she had been so afraid of ever again being engulfed by hatred and violence that she had maintained a resolute pleasantness even through the worst of times , even with Charles , who was not an easy man . |
| 2 | Up to one-third of people can not force themselves through this procedure , even for the best of diagnostic reasons , and the court would never enforce a complete stay of the action in these circumstances ( see further RSC Order 25 , r 6 ) . |
| 3 | We would hate to see him invite his mother to a similar jaunt , even for the best of motives . |
| 4 | Immediately behind him sat Howard and Shirley Brown , silent and sombre , each thinking thoughts that were quite impossible for any observer to ascertain — even for the two of them themselves fully to comprehend . |
| 5 | He had all three and felt that at last the play was under way : this was why he had struck north ; this was why he had learned his part ( and God bless Major General Lake of Dumfries and God keep him there ) ; this was his great opportunity and ‘ O Lord , ’ he prayed to himself , ‘ if it is true that You have love even for the worst of Your sinners and let Your Son welcome into Paradise the thief on the cross who by a single act redeemed a life of evil , then remember me at Hause Point , remember how I tried to obey Your will and how I saved that innocent young girl and help me here because I swear , if I succeed in my intention here , I will lead a life of charity and Christian duty to the end . |
| 6 | One 's only logically appropriate stand when confronted with incomprehensibility is a demand for clarification ; belief , even with the best of good will , must wait upon the provision of a content to believe . |
| 7 | If one considers the difference between my father at such moments and a figure such as Mr Jack Neighbours even with the best of his technical flourishes , I believe one may begin to distinguish what it is that separates a ‘ great ’ butler from a merely competent one . |
| 8 | So you can see that , without professional help , we can make our problems worse , even with the best of intentions . |
| 9 | Even with the best of intentions it will be difficult to undo past developments . |
| 10 | However , even with the tens of millions of personal computers and workstations in use around the world , networking and network usage still has n't taken off in a big way , the report says , because two things are needed : multi-tasking operating systems and the means to develop client-server applications . |
| 11 | However , even with the tens of millions of personal computers and workstations in use around the world , networking and network usage still has n't taken off in a big way , the report says , because two things are needed : multi-tasking operating systems and the means to develop client/server applications . |
| 12 | ‘ In any event , I think one has to think very carefully before cancelling elections , even from the best of motives , because it is a diminution of local democracy . |
| 13 | Even in the best of times Scotland is a neurotic sort of place . |
| 14 | He found that Christians had stood firmly by their faith and practice ; only one family had lapsed , and that had been very weak , even in the best of times . |
| 15 | EVEN IN THE BEST OF WEATHERS the view from the officers ’ mess of 16th Division 's Cambridge Barracks was dispiriting . |
| 16 | Even in the sub-class of ‘ radical breakthroughs ’ , the USA outran the UK by 65 to 25 innovations . |
| 17 | Making patterns with plants is possible even in the smallest of gardens . |
| 18 | Besides the planning element of opening up views and vistas — even in the smallest of gardens — and dividing up available space with walls and hedges , pergolas and arches , the book has plenty of ideas on which plants to choose for planting on given colour themes . |
| 19 | Tony Davies attests to the continuing force even in the 1980s of the " fluid and contradictory debris of discursive fragments which surrounds such limp , but none the less coercive , questions as " Well , what do you think of this then ? " 150 It seems that what continues largely to hold these fragments together are those practically-embedded assumptions into which Barbara Hardy , in her strict attention to the humdrum interactions rather than the more formal discursive superstructure , offers a degree of insight unusual for writings on English in higher education . |
| 20 | Even in the dead of night this was Frankie 's house . |
| 21 | He wanted a promise that as soon as the baby appeared he should be sent for , ‘ even in the dead of night ’ so that he might be the first to kiss it . |
| 22 | There 's no hiding place , even in the dead of night . |
| 23 | Even in the last of the great satires , The Loved One , about California burial customs , Waugh had to watch his step because he was relying so heavily on dollars to pay the school fees and keep him in booze . |
| 24 | A possible basis for the contrast was suggested : proper names single out principal protagonists in narratives , and so , even in the simplest of materials , will tend to put the named character in a role which is likely to be different from that played by a character introduced through a noun . |
| 25 | Because they argue and fight amongst themselves even in the thick of battle , Orcs and Goblins are affected by a special Animosity rule . |
| 26 | Even in the thick of recession , companies in the UK have spent six per cent more on research and development in 1992 than in the previous year . |
| 27 | Sometimes , even on the strictest of diets , allowing only a few hundred calories per day , it seems impossible to shift even a small amount of weight per week . |
| 28 | Condensation was also not a problem — even on the wettest of days there were only a few tell tale signs on the flysheet . |
| 29 | This can be restored by collecting litter , but even on the fastest of three levels it should n't be a problem . |
| 30 | This timing is vital even on the smallest of waves since if you pump at the bottom of a wave you will not go any faster . |