Example sentences of "that even [art] [noun sg] of " in BNC.

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1 Dungannon 's Clarke , now attached to the host K Club , has improved his score each day — 75 on Thursday , 73 on Friday and a splendid 70 yesterday — but it is most unlikely that even a golfer of his calibre could make up seven shots in one round .
2 Doubtless it will shock , but it may also remind us that even a princess of poise can crack under the strain of family tensions .
3 Then he realised that they were presumably so poor that even a choice of cornflakes or lumpy porridge , along with underdone toast and margarine , had the overwhelming attraction of being free .
4 It would seem that on the basis of recent research in the U.S.A. the answer would be ‘ no ’ as it has been suggested that even a panel of eight is too small to obtain consistent and reliable results .
5 Although it is a great advantage to be just inside your weight category , some contestants forget that even a glass of water can tip them over .
6 In one small group Mrs M finds that alcohol helps her forget the noises and is in real danger of ‘ taking to the bottle ’ , whereas Mrs N finds that even a thimbleful of alcohol increases the head noises dramatically .
7 But at the same time we have been told that even the phial of Galadriel loses its virtue on Mount Doom , for there Frodo is at ‘ the heart of the realm of Sauron … all other powers were here subdued ’ .
8 Between 1346 and 1348 , and again , after the visitation of the Black Death , between 1356 and 1358 , the people of Reims completed the construction of their city 's defence , with the gratifying effect that even the king of England , Edward III himself , could not force an entry in the early winter of 1359–60 .
9 He argued that even the procurement of raw materials from abroad should be subject to government control .
10 Under Irish law , abortion is a criminal offence and recently the courts ruled that even the provision of information on abortion is now illegal .
11 It is perhaps appropriate that even the date of the birth of a personality who still eludes us despite the myriad of books written about her is uncertain .
12 During my researches for material to complete this book I have found that railwaymen in particular have been reluctant to allow their names to be used in a story , and have sometimes insisted that even the name of the location be changed ; perhaps they fear leg pulling from their workmates !
13 And it has been well established that some animals , such as pigs , are capable of completely consuming animal bones , along with other kitchen waste , so that even the sample of animal bones from a site may not give a true picture of diet .
14 Many people would say that even the possibility of a link would justify action , but the ITC already has detailed restrictions and before jerking one 's knee it 's necessary to know the nature of the material that may be subject to cuts .
15 He points out that even the proponent of a purely egoistic view of life effectively acknowledges that different aspects of our being have different degrees of authority .
16 It was the perfect foil for her colouring ; she looked cool and composed and that was how she would behave tonight , despite the fact that even the thought of having to spend an evening in Nicolo 's company made her stomach clench .
17 Everyone felt that even the attainment of a small portion of Palestine for the Palestinian Arabs would be a triumph .
18 Ozone formation is so influenced by sunshine that even the west of Ireland and northern Scotland experience summers with ozone damage .
19 Although she might have been wise to add that even the life of a Television Presenter 2nd Class is a doddle compared to packing frozen peas , doing a 12-hour nursing shift in an understaffed hospital ward or for that matter being married to David Mellor .
20 I have recently discovered that even the profession of accountant is n't a bar .
21 But now we see that even the absence of law is no guarantee against the possibility of retrospective regulation .
22 compared with the Minister 's adjusted figure , and that even the Association of Yorkshire and Humberside Chambers of Commerce is now calling on the Government to do something about a sinking economy ?
23 She finally admitted to herself that even the risk of another snub was preferable to her growing anxiety about what lay ahead .
24 ‘ Never , ’ writes Boswell , ‘ did I see him in a better frame ; calm , gentle , wise , holy ’ — with Johnson opining that the essence of the Crucifixion lay in showing to the world that even the Son of God suffered on account of sin , and in doing so , displayed how heinous a thing sin must be .
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