Example sentences of "even [art] [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the garrison , distressed by the revelation that Dr McNab had actually written a description in his diary of his own wife 's death by cholera , feared that in the case of Dr McNab even the caricature of a Scot might be mild in comparison with the truth ; they could think of few less tantalizing prospects than that their deaths should become medical statistics . |
| 2 | 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 ! |
| 3 | Second , the prosperity and even the survival of many private enterprises depends largely on the workings of the social services . |
| 4 | Even the compensation of going to the Saturday matinee on my own to see Buck Jones or Hoot Gibson and then again at night with Uncle Geordie and his wife to another picture house for the big film of the week — Clara Bow or Norma Talmadge or some star like that — did n't make up for the way Skipper kept eyeing me and slavering . |
| 5 | THE FERGIE expected to swell the gate at Old Trafford tonight is not Manchester United 's wallet waver , nor even the creator of Budgie the Helicopter . |
| 6 | Even the chairman of the CEGB , Sir Arthur Hawkins , once described the AGR programme as ‘ a catastrophe we must not repeat ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ Someone mentioned Mike Slide , the head of the department , and even the chairman of the company , Stephen Blufton . ’ |
| 8 | Even the chairman of the National Westminster bank has conceded that they should look at that issue . |
| 9 | Then even the choice of the surface ( having the wire as its boundary ) might tax to the limit one 's meagre imagination , let alone the calculation of the flux . |
| 10 | No , it 's not the supplier or even the choice of hardware which worries me . |
| 11 | Even the choice of words must be made with our musical intention in mind , to ensure that they are apt . |
| 12 | The British , once a proud nation , have now lost even the trick of organizing horse races , preferring hoaxes instead . |
| 13 | However , even the exercise of this right may , by the declaration of the Contacting State in which the evidence is to be taken , be made subject to the permission of the appropriate authority designated by that State . |
| 14 | These principally involved the fishing industry , but they also included many other activities — even the construction of railways . |
| 15 | Eventually they were found out , and you can just imagine what a fuss that caused , all those years ago when Victoria was on the throne , and even the sight of a petticoat was forbidden to young men . |
| 16 | Even the sight of Little Chef and the ponies longingly looking out for her every morning did n't make him relent . |
| 17 | It was n't even the sight of Alf Roberts in Coronation Street collapsing with a suspected heart attack after eating too much Christmas pudding . |
| 18 | Even the sight of her dark loosened hair did not move him . |
| 19 | By the close , even the sight of a man in yellow trousers surfing across the battered crowd can barely raise a flicker of surprise . |
| 20 | Even the sight of a national candidate must have been a rare and unusual occasion . |
| 21 | Even the sight of their own front garden could not quite depress her . |
| 22 | Even the sight of the table , laid there before her , filled her with disgust , for it bore witness to so many foibles , so many fixed and rigid rules . |
| 23 | Even the sight of employment interests . |
| 24 | He missed even the sight of them acutely . |
| 25 | To be a eunuch was a curse ; even the sight of them was defiling to a Brahmin . |
| 26 | Even the sight of ‘ Graham Crowe , man in the know ’ sporting a Rentokil Tee shirt did n't bother these industrious termites . |
| 27 | Even the sight of the herds , grazing gently on the new young grass , failed to cheer him . |
| 28 | Not even the sight of Penry 's dark head , clearly visible above the crowds on the platform , had the power to raise her spirits as he forged his way towards her , looking spectacularly attractive in a lightweight grey suit with a white silk shirt striped in Cambridge blue , open at the throat . |
| 29 | ‘ I could n't bear all the familiar landscapes and even the sight of the park . ’ |
| 30 | As you push the blouse off her shoulders , even the friction of the material sliding over her arms is part of the orchestra of pleasure . |