Example sentences of "even for [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 How could I give it up , even for the splendid trappings that have fallen to my lot ?
2 The lack of effective mechanisms , tailored to community needs , makes community led economic development , even for the influential Eldonians , an uphill task with forbidding obstacles to overcome .
3 How he was able to do this is a mystery , for he never seems to have been paid by Lowther , not even for the necessary expenses of entertainment called for by an election campaign .
4 Although , cholecystectomy is the most effective longterm treatment for gall bladder stones , not all patients are suitable even for the modern techniques of undertaking cholecystectomy , through mini-incisions or laparoscopically , and will continue to require non-operative management of their gall stones .
5 They have given many parties in their time , but on New Year 's Eve they have always gone out to the gatherings of others — sometimes to several gatherings in the course of the evening , and some years separately , not always meeting even for the magic chimes .
6 He believes all the right things but for no reasons at all or even for the wrong reasons .
7 For two hours they made love , never leaving each other , even for the brief periods when they lay still , nibbling ears and lips gently ; always delaying the splendour until the last possible moment , and always achieving it together , gasping and roaring , moaning and crying , seven times .
8 Perhaps the hope-association was as old as the star one ; perhaps ‘ Earendel ’ had contained a presentiment of salvation even for the old heroes ( like Beowulf ) who lived before Christianity was brought to them .
9 Moreover , even for the common members the speeds and angles with which they cross the orbit of Mars differ from those at which they cross the orbit of the Earth-Moon system , and this further changes the exposure .
10 But a survey is often the only approach even for the physical sciences ; an engineer , investigating the effects of gusts of wind on a suspension bridge must accept the wind speeds that nature happens to provide during the period of observation .
11 The treble clef is always used even for the bottom notes .
12 Not ail of the clearinghouses are ideally placed to fulfil this role , and even for the national clearinghouses there are difficulties to be faced when it is attempted .
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