Example sentences of "even [subord] [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There will have to be fuller use even than now of the invaluable expertise and experience of the community and that means largely the business and industrial community … |
| 2 | Where land is registered , right gained by adverse possession amounts to an overriding interest , and defeats a purchaser even if not on the register . |
| 3 | He 'd met Sean Penn maybe 20 times , and they went to the same clubs on Melrose and Sunset , even if not at the same time or on the same night . |
| 4 | In so doing he could still ensure loyalty to the Merovingian dynasty , even if not to the individual king . |
| 5 | ‘ Even if not in the biblical sense , ’ I agreed . |
| 6 | It seems that personal equity plans are here to stay — even if not in the form that Nigel Lawson intended . |
| 7 | In the theatre , stage lighting varies in brightness , but it is often sufficient for video recording purposes , even if only as an aid to rehearsals . |
| 8 | The petty bourgeoisie of shopkeepers and self-employed tradesmen needed to keep accounts even if only of a primitive kind , but the growing fraction of permanent journeymen among the artisans grew into a more literate as well as more skilled elite section of the labouring classes . |
| 9 | Some diets are not successful at all but some are , even if only for a short time . |
| 10 | When the slings and arrows of outrageous everyday life buffet our heads , we escape to Assynt , even if only for a long weekend , and always return refreshed , perspective regained . |
| 11 | If a killer thinks , even if only for a split second , that it is face to face with an owl or an eagle , it is very likely to back away and this may give the harmless bluffer enough time to escape . |
| 12 | It is good that we can walk into that world again , even if only for a brief interlude . |
| 13 | Despite this demonstration of his habitual need for normal sleep , even if only for a few hours a night , this same individual appeared on television a few years later , again claiming never to sleep . |
| 14 | Losing two front teeth , even two false front teeth , at the age of fifty , even if only for a week , had distressed him : he had sat opposite her at the breakfast table with a napkin over his mouth , and she knew that it had taken some courage to go to the board meeting at all . |
| 15 | Always lock your car whenever you leave it , even if only for a moment . |
| 16 | We could do the same , but every piece of music must have its own shape , and many composers introduce new material at this point , even if only for a brief few bars . |
| 17 | Opportunities to relax and let her guard down , even if only for a few hours , had been rare . |
| 18 | Everyone felt a desire to go out , even if only for a moment , to feel the pleasure of walking in a foreign city at night . |
| 19 | If one accepts this , even if only for the present and not as an inevitable fact for the future , then a responsibility lies with hearing society to meet not only the communication requirements of deaf people but also to understand and be able to work with this group in their language . |
| 20 | To reach such a target audience we probably need , at the minimum , ( a ) about two pages of description by the authors of each unit , telling the user how to load the program , how to drive it , and its limitations both educationally and technically this information could be included on the disc or tape that loads the program ( b ) some incentive to the programmer to document the program to this level , perhaps through its resulting acceptance into a ‘ library ’ ( c ) assurance from those receiving the program that they will be prepared to deal with the problems that such draft programs impose — this implies that they must be fairly competent users of their computer system : they could not expect to get software support from the author , who is likely to be another teacher whose time is fully occupied ( d ) some financial and organizational support for the distribution of programs , even if only on a cooperative basis ( e ) that users of such programs should undertake to report to the authors ( and to the library ? ) on the usefulness of each program received , and if they wish , to make recommendations for improvement . |
| 21 | Proving that a contravention has occurred , even if only on the balance of probabilities , will not be easy , nor will demonstrating that an alleged miscreant has made a profit as a result of his contravention . |
| 22 | It may delay the onset of Aids , even if only by a small amount . |
| 23 | But because interest rates were expected to drop gradually over the coming 12 months , the view was that by early 1991 confidence would have returned , volumes picked up and prices started to lift — even if only by the inflation rate . |
| 24 | It is worth trying , even if only in a very small quantity . |
| 25 | Being useful , even if only in a small way , was a marvellous booster of confidence . |
| 26 | Normally she would have found the tall blond rock star attractive , even if only in a detached , academic sort of way . |
| 27 | Hinrich Medau evolved a simple method of teaching piano improvisation so that even students who have never played the piano before and have no previous knowledge of music almost all learn to play well for movement , even if only in a very simple way . |
| 28 | He allowed himself , or claimed to allow himself , no beliefs about the world which could n't be justified if , if , even if only in a very loose sense , by scientific canons of procedure . |
| 29 | Luxury firms can sell their wares at high prices only by keeping them ‘ exclusive ’ , even if only in the minds of shop-till-you-drop status-seekers . |
| 30 | Although children can be attached to more than one person from a very early age , there is usually one parent who is special — even if only in the sense that their presence can be taken for granted . |