Example sentences of "even [conj] [noun pl] [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 Even where migrants do join in , they tend to alter completely the nature of the events .
2 It 's a pretty sight alright , even if sparks do set fire to the dry grass on either side of the track , enraging landowners .
3 Even if tempers do get frayed occasionally and harsh words are exchanged , if there is love and close kinship ‘ making up ’ is not difficult when you have both cooled down , and the memory of such little ‘ spats ’ is quickly erased .
4 Even if women do return to work after having children , the majority go to a new employer and often to a job at a lower status than the one they left .
5 Even if rates do fall again , unemployment may not fall with them .
6 Even if individuals do live in a nuclear family group it does not necessarily mean that their closest emotional ties are to be found there .
7 Even if disputes do arise , the vast majority will be dealt with by negotiation and consent , in the interests of a harmonious continuing trading relationship .
8 Even when investigations do take place , the police version of events , is often accepted without question , regardless of the implausibility of their story .
9 So even when prices do fall very low for quite long periods of time , alright , farmers will still maintain production , even they 're making losses .
10 It may be that time limits , even when employees help set them , are not viewed as a standard of excellence by most employees in these job settings .
11 ‘ Home ’ in Victorian fiction , corresponding to the actual shift in population , is mainly in the city or its suburbs , where there are no great houses to set the standard ; and even when characters do live in the country , great houses no longer dominate rural communities in the same way .
12 But even when princes did strive to fulfil this ideal , there were considerations which might subvert their intentions .
13 Even when reviews do exist , tracking them down for a particular title can be difficult .
14 ‘ It is our view that even when libraries do take training seriously , they all too often waste resources by selecting the wrong priorities in training e.g. by sending professional staff to expensive external courses , when an internal training programme might have been cheaper and more useful . ’
15 Again , even though things do appear differently to different people , this is due to differences in the people , not to there being no reality behind the appearances .
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