Example sentences of "even if [pron] [adj] [noun] " 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 | The mammalian hippocampus was already a very well understood structure ; its neural connections , input and output pathways were clearly mapped and easily identifiable from preparation to preparation even if its individual neurons were not as directly recognizable as are those of Aplysia . |
7 | ‘ Liberal ’ protestantism had done much to recreate an accepted image of the ‘ historical ’ Jesus , even if its theological validity was soon to be exploded . |
8 | 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 ) . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | Danzig , even if its own journalists and citizens were harassed and threatened , was open to all the observation and criticism the world could muster . |
11 | But it was now clear that depression had a biochemical basis , even if its original causes lay in heredity and in the experiences of life . |
12 | 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 . |
13 | That is to say , they behave like three-year-olds on false belief tasks even if their mental ages are , by other criteria , well above three years . |
14 | In Chapter 6 , for example , we shall see that insurance companies can be very important traders of company securities even if their net acquisitions are small . |
15 | Our experience indicates that the majority of in-patients in psychiatric hospitals are not particularly suitable , even if their major problem is anxiety . |
16 | Clients must consult solicitors even if their only need is for an opinion from counsel . |
17 | Elite theorists who dominated political studies as an academic discipline before 1939 enriched and advanced the study of politics even if their empirical assertions may now appear naive or gross . |
18 | 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 . |
19 | The faces of Esther and Alix were mobile , expressive , changeable ; they were open to the weather , responsive , at least superficially , even if their darker motives remained obscure . |
20 | 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 . |
21 | 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 . |
22 | 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 . |
23 | ‘ Because even if my personal feelings were a whole lot warmer than hatred , I hardly know you . ’ |
24 | If I myself joined your community , I should be obliged to adapt myself to your code , even if my spontaneous approvals and disapprovals did not change . |
25 | I am trying my best even if my biggest dream is to play in the Premier League . |
26 | 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 . |
27 | Given that it is only half an hour from the coast and has charming country to both west and east , Cambo is a place to think perhaps of staying in , even if my own instincts would lead me to prefer one of the Basque villages . |
28 | 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 . |
29 | Even if your other girl friends are . ’ |
30 | So make sure you persist even if your first enquiry produces no immediate result . |