Example sentences of "even [subord] [pron] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She certainly needed a cup of tea , even if her erstwhile visitor did n't . |
| 2 | She 's far too valuable just as she is , even if her sixth sense did n't mention Epping Forest until after our crime reporter did . |
| 3 | Her parents , Lord and Lady Harmer Nicholls , were delighted when Sue became an actress and adore watching her now , even if her cultured voice is obscured by Audrey 's broad Lancashire squawk . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The former we call the ‘ company' , even if its legal form is a partnership . |
| 6 | ‘ Liberal ’ protestantism had done much to recreate an accepted image of the ‘ historical ’ Jesus , even if its theological validity was soon to be exploded . |
| 7 | 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 ) . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The maximalist interpretation claims that the subjects accept that they should obey even if their personal belief is that the balance of reasons on the merits is against performing the required act . |
| 10 | Our experience indicates that the majority of in-patients in psychiatric hospitals are not particularly suitable , even if their major problem is anxiety . |
| 11 | Clients must consult solicitors even if their only need is for an opinion from counsel . |
| 12 | There are many parents who remain in good health both mentally and physically to the day of their death , even if their physical strength is reduced , and it becomes no longer desirable for them to live alone ; and there are many daughters who share their homes in an atmosphere of personal freedom , happiness and fulfilment , enjoying their companionship right to the end . |
| 13 | By the same token they are unsuitable for small rooms , and would be so even if their considerable bulk was n't so dominating in such surroundings . |
| 14 | Voters who read a stridently left- or right-wing paper are at least exercising some choice , even if their own partisanship is different from that of their paper . |
| 15 | A search is now under way to find a medium with a reliably long shelf-life , because even if our present-day sound recordings last for a full century ( which is doubtful ) , our successors will have to copy the whole collection every hundred years or so . |
| 16 | I am trying my best even if my biggest dream is to play in the Premier League . |
| 17 | And that even if my own son ca n't read , speak French or identify Mozart concertos , he can nearly walk and he 's brilliant at heading a ball . |
| 18 | Even if your usual practice is to use handwritten notes there will be times when typed notes are preferable such as a difficult telephone conversation that you want on the record or a list of action points arising out of the meeting . |
| 19 | Even if your other girl friends are . ’ |
| 20 | So make sure you persist even if your first enquiry produces no immediate result . |
| 21 | But even if your romantic beau whispers ‘ I love you ’ daily in your shell-like , it does n't mean that he loves you in the way that you love him . |
| 22 | Throughout the weeks on the stump he remained entirely amiable , even if his nice smile sometimes seemed the work of a plastic surgeon . |
| 23 | It had n't actually been Guy Sterne 's fault that he 'd barged in and found her naked in his bedroom last night , even if his mocking treatment of the incident had been grossly insulting … |
| 24 | The dialogue form of what became the Two chief world systems ( 1632 ) was a brilliant response to these restrictions , Galileo probably calculating that it would protect him from censure , even if his impartial discussion pointed to far from impartial conclusions . |
| 25 | Even before their magnificent palace was completed by Bernini , they opened the theatre in it , the Teatro delle Quattro Fontane holding three thousand spectators , on 23 February 1632 , with a fresh opera by Landi , Il Sant' Alessio . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | At the time , though , the Nicholson legend was slow to take off , especially in comparison to that of his chum Warren Beatty , who became a Hollywood name even before his first picture was released . |
| 28 | All her life she refused to give her true age even after her young husband left her . |
| 29 | However , if the transaction falls within section 25 ( or section 9 of the Factors Act ) , he can pass on a good title even after his voidable title has been avoided , Newtons of Wembley v. Williams ( 1965 C.A. ) . |
| 30 | Montgomery became aware of the absolute stillness of Sergeant Bird beside him , even as his own body under a rather creased white shirt held its vital functions in abeyance , blood crawling sluggishly through arteries and veins , diaphragm petrified . |