Example sentences of "even [prep] the [adv] " in BNC.

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1 There is anchoring space in both harbours , even during the most popular events such as Race week and Charter Agents week .
2 But even during the most bitter quarrels of the " social fascist " period , the United Front was proclaimed and , to a limited extent , practised .
3 Even during the much more disastrous Seven Years War she made strenuous efforts under the Duc de Choiseul to recover her lost seapower , and these were continued in the 1760s and 1770s .
4 That was sometimes too much even for the equally outrageous Orton , who partly envied the relationship Ken had with his mother — he knew he could n't talk to his own parent that way — and was partly disgusted by it , to the point of wanting to change the subject from sexual organs and sexual intercourse to something more inane .
5 Not that acers insist on an acid woodland soil , not even for the most exotic species with unpronounceable Japanese names ; I have even seen them as cut plants on patios .
6 Within 60 years , the nineteenth-century fascination with the Middle East begins to lose its romantic edge , even for the most mundane travellers .
7 In so far as the fear of relativism is of it becoming even for the most aware a matter of taste whether one is selfish or unselfish , compassionate or cruel , the fear is misplaced .
8 Torture is also routine in criminal investigations , even for the most petty offense .
9 Rare is the commercial , even for the most drab products , in which the cast is not prettier than most people .
10 Indeed , even for the most familiar fraction , " J " , only 26 per cent of pupils were able to express this as 0.5 while 31 per cent of pupils were able to write 0.5 as ½ ( or
11 This is first because of the individual differences in stylistic competence already noted ; secondly because our sense of style is essentially vague and indeterminate , not reducible to quantities ; and thirdly because it is likely that certain deviances ( below a certain level of significance ) do not reach the threshold of response , even for the most experienced , alert , and sensitive reader .
12 The bleeding might then stop spontaneously , but this time there would be no question of coming home , even for the most disciplined bed-rest .
13 The light hearted and straightforward way in which the author has approached this book should take most of the hard work out of learning Excel , even for the most apprehensive beginner .
14 He looked at the hillside across the river , where the moving masses had halted , still just out of range even for the most expert , to redress their line .
15 In this way television sets standards for writing textbooks , editing newspapers — even for the most ‘ effective ’ ways to teach in the school classroom .
16 I still believe that even for the most senior colleges , there is value in an external incentive — provided that the Council does not continue for ever its inspectoral function , and becomes instead more of an advisory body in partnership with the colleges .
17 There was no certainty of work even for the most skilled : during the slump of 1857–8 the number of workers in the Berlin engineering industry fell by almost a third .
18 The Vantage is top of the market stuff , costing £150,000 even for the most basic model .
19 Remember — it 's always worth turning up even for the most popular events , but we suggest that you check with the Box Office on availability first .
20 It can not be pretended that either scholar 's career is entirely typical of its period-Hocazade 's career is unusually chaotic even for the later fifteenth century , Civizade 's in many respects unusually " regular " even for the later sixteenth century-but the degree to which they are atypic is not sufficient to give a misleading impression .
21 It can not be pretended that either scholar 's career is entirely typical of its period-Hocazade 's career is unusually chaotic even for the later fifteenth century , Civizade 's in many respects unusually " regular " even for the later sixteenth century-but the degree to which they are atypic is not sufficient to give a misleading impression .
22 Without the cultural context conducive to virtue , baseness , Roman Catholicism , and immorality become menacing realities even for the both spiritually and militarily fortified minority of civilised individuals .
23 Quarterly bills were thus more widely used by the mid-1950s , even for the relatively poor consumers .
24 It is impossible to say , even for the relatively well-documented western part of the Carolingian Empire , how many counts there were at any one time , let alone identify the personnel .
25 This is not easy to achieve , however , since like that of Meadow House Caravan Park , the sites in question often occupy positions along the coastline which , had they not been established before the advent of full planning control , would never have obtained planning consent , even for the ostensibly ‘ temporary ’ location of static caravans .
26 In all their subsequent movements during the campaign , the Germans were immeasurably helped by the Russian staff practice — inexplicably naive even for the militarily inept — of sending radio messages and orders ‘ in clear ’ rather than in cypher .
27 The atmosphere is always electric , so it is an easy temptation to begin uninhibitedly , even for the very experienced .
28 In windy conditions it is excellent practice in controlling the model even for the very experienced flyer .
29 America has big ‘ co-payments ’ even for the fully insured .
30 Even for the much more limited requirement of a qualification based purely on whether a significant proportion of the likely distribution of outcomes gives a negative net worth , there must be some implicit formulation of a distribution and a cut-off percentage .
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