Example sentences of "but even the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But even the happiness Mother and Father felt at being able to live together under the same roof at last was tinged with sadness , because they both liked Stainmore very much and would have preferred to stay in the area . |
| 2 | But even the presence of the ridge proved nothing — it merely made the problem at once more difficult and more fascinating , and debate over the possibility of continental drift raged fiercely , with geologists divided into two opposing camps . |
| 3 | But even the Treasury was reluctant to blow a trumpet yesterday , because the upturn came entirely from a leap of 6.3 per cent in oil and gas output . |
| 4 | But even the Randolph , which caters for the top end of the market , has felt the chill wind of economic depression . |
| 5 | He had his head in one hand and a cigarette in the other , but even the shock that Mickey was in fact human and a reformed drop-out from the Bronx failed to dispel the magic . |
| 6 | But even the problems of these companies seem to pale into insignificance compared with those of Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG . |
| 7 | ‘ They 're living off beans and cheese and horse and ass-meat if they can pay for it , but even the price of dogs and cats is getting on the high side . |
| 8 | But even the professionals need more information . |
| 9 | It 's not a punishment , but even the punishments are not deterring criminals either . |
| 10 | Artists could make these perfect copies , not just reproducing the composition , but even the way it was painted , and the handling of the paint . |
| 11 | But even the likes of Morgan Stanley , Paine Webber and Salomon Brothers , though still in the black , saw profits crumble . |
| 12 | For many years little notice was taken of Wordsworth 's writings before 1798 , but even the School Exercise written at the age of fourteen ( Poetical Works , i , 259–61 ) is useful as an illustration of the faults of eighteenth-century style ; it is written in heroic couplets , in imitation of the work of Alexander Pope , and contains an excessive use of personification : |
| 13 | Some trials could not be performed due to a routine defrosting and cleanout of the growth cupboard , but even the ones which were done , were unsatisfactory . |
| 14 | But even the groups chairman , Professor Geoffrey Rose of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine , admitted that he had thought that when all the trials were completed , the benefits of intervention would be certain . |
| 15 | Preservation , it was claimed , had not only jeopardized the market 's move to Docklands but even the survival of the fishing industry of Great Britain ! |
| 16 | All this Kathleen Lavender told herself , knowing that it would never be voiced aloud , but even the thoughts were some small comfort . |
| 17 | The doctrine of precedent restrains tribunals and the trial judges in the county courts and in the High Court from digressing into frolics of legal innovation , but even the trial judge will be presented from time to time with issues upon which there are no binding precedents . |
| 18 | is anathema to me , but even the layman |
| 19 | But even The Times was giving space to the possible consequences of a royal divorce . |
| 20 | But even the Government 's staunchest supporters were n't exactly whooping it up over the results . |
| 21 | But even the computer needs a little help . |
| 22 | Technological changes are also affecting not only the content of professional work , necessitating new competences such as computing , but even the structure of professions , in terms of the relationship between the generic practitioner and the specialist technician whose power grows with the growth of specialized technology in medicine , management and other fields . |
| 23 | But even the blind can make certain demands for consistency upon those with sight . |
| 24 | But even the bone itself is eaten away in places , thought Nuadu , sick with horror . |
| 25 | But even the test is dear is n't it now on the actual day . |
| 26 | 1-2-3 release 3.4 for DOS makes nothing easier than it would have been under Windows , but even the Lotus 1-2-3 for Windows version needs a major overhaul before many folk will take it seriously . |
| 27 | Petitioning for bankruptcy tends to be the last resort , but even the threat of petitioning can prove most effective . |
| 28 | I only did mornings but even the mornings were too much for me . ’ |
| 29 | Not only was metal shaped in this fire , but even the smelting of fine high carbon steel for sword blades was accomplished on the simple arrangement . |
| 30 | He had less than a tenth of the jigsaw puzzle pieces , but even the fragments of a picture he was able to put together made him ache for Anne . |