Example sentences of "even [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even the munificent patronage of binders by Grolier was outclassed by that of his sovereign Henry II ( 1519–59 ) . |
| 2 | As he stood contemplating it , as if hesitating to violate its calm , there was a moment of extraordinary silence in which even the muted roar of the traffic in the avenue was stilled and in which it seemed to him that two images , the shining façade of the house and that dusty blood-boltered room in Paddington , were held suspended out of time , then fused so that the stones were blood splattered , the caryatids dripped red . |
| 3 | Mary said , ‘ Even the stupid hate being made to look foolish ! ’ |
| 4 | ( How I loved you when you said to Lord Byron , ‘ Even the stupid hate being made to look foolish ! ’ ! ) |
| 5 | Even the consistent opposition to any form of appeasement maintained by Ernest Bevin , Walter Citrine and Hugh Dalton , wavered at the time of the Spanish Civil War in the direction of " non-intervention " . |
| 6 | Radio waves , radar , television , fluorescent lights , high voltage power cables and even the electrical ring circuits in all our homes add unseen , and often unsuspected , frequencies to our environment . |
| 7 | It 's not a crime for anyone , even the managing director of a shipping company , to go off without saying where . |
| 8 | It was repeat of the strike two weeks ago , except not even the Chiltern Line from Bicester and Aylesbury into London was running . |
| 9 | Indeed there are so many newspapers in contrast to the two television networks , that relatively few voters ( as a percentage ) read even the best-selling paper . |
| 10 | So it would be , but even the Prime Minister ought to see that it is the least bad course open to her . |
| 11 | Even the Prime Minister , Stanley Baldwin , got in on the act , speculating upon ‘ the enormous power which the film is developing for propaganda purposes , and the danger to which we in this country and our Empire subject ourselves if we allow that method of propaganda to be entirely in the hands of foreign countries . ’ |
| 12 | Even the Prime Minister , in her first year as a tenant in No. 10 Downing Street , might score only 18 out of 31 — again rather a dubious credit risk on this rating system . |
| 13 | Mr Clark insisted he was completely innocent in the affair , which has provoked a political storm , engulfing even the Prime Minister in allegations that the Government had encouraged firms to breach the arms embargo . |
| 14 | Even the prime minister is playing the game : in a speech to the Confederation of British Industry on May 18th , John Major promised stronger ‘ partnership ’ with industry . |
| 15 | Apparently even the Prime Minister has now seen a copy . |
| 16 | Even the Prime Minister has posed the question , ‘ Why should half our population go through life like a hobbled horse in a steeplechase ? |
| 17 | Even the Prime Minister , who once used to arrive on the last day by aeroplane in order to deliver his speech , sits every day on the platform listening to rebuke , complaint and exhortation . |
| 18 | It is the people , the parliament actually , because the Emir when he proposes a cabinet the parliament can accept the cabinet , or change , or request it to be changed and even the Prime Minister , which is proposed or nominated by the Emir , the cabinet has to approve him , and together they they run the business of the government . |
| 19 | The dramatic events in Eastern Europe in late 1989 called into question even the Franco-German relationship . |
| 20 | Feeding : When kept in an aquarium the species will thrive on brine shrimp even the freeze-dried variety . |
| 21 | ARs depend heavily on us , not only for their income but for product and technical training , administrative backup , mortgage advice , special guidance in areas such as corporate pensions , compliance with the FSA , sales ideas , day to day motivation , marketing support , general morale boosting and even the occasional lunch ! |
| 22 | Only one of the characters in tonight 's film would turn even the occasional head in the street Mick Daley from Bootle . |
| 23 | Move towards fresh fruit salads , berries or fruits with a topping of yogurt ( rather than cream ) , or even the occasional banana flambé or strawberries in champagne . |
| 24 | He had been a fisherman and told tales of the waters ‘ boiling ’ with seals near the Monach Isles , of canoeists setting off for St Kilda and of frequent sightings of porpoises , dolphins , basking sharks , even the occasional whale … |
| 25 | If you look closely there 's even the occasional town house designed by Gaudi ( Spain 's most eminent architect . ) |
| 26 | The first thing she wished me to stress more fully in my essay was the goodness of many of her characters , even the occasional goodness of some of her tyrants . |
| 27 | Deep Sea fishing offers everything from conger eel to codling , even the occasional shark . |
| 28 | Even the Commonweal School group photograph on the wall : September 1948 , with Harry featured twice , having sprinted along the back while the camera tracked round , thus appearing with smile and combed hair at the extreme left and with smile and tousled hair at the extreme right . |
| 29 | Even the reforming Wood designs a one roomed cottage ( Fig. 27b ) , intended to accommodate a family with one or two children in a space of only 13 feet square . |
| 30 | Even the classified advertisement department of a local paper could convert faxed ads directly to text without the need for the operator to read it and then re-type it . |