Example sentences of "even [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It could be about particular authors who 've been through the public-school system , or even about the way the system works at close hand . |
| 2 | They are not even about the accessibility of services , and they are certainly not about the development of economic and social policies — something that is so often ignored in the scramble to fragment and disintegrate what was built up over the last century by local government people of all political persuasions . |
| 3 | It is surprising how little each knows , even about the other 's daily routine or the regular demands and pressures involved . |
| 4 | His nickname , his flattened nose , a crossed scar like an emblem beside one eyebrow had all been won honourably , in and out of the ring , and whatever suspicions he might have about the feelings — even about the suitability for the present assignment — of Denis Hurley , sitting back-to-back with him on the cart , he knew that he would be man enough for anything , his nerve would not fail . |
| 5 | They can complain about anything , even about the writer 's script . |
| 6 | And even about the wedding dress her mother , her mother knew |
| 7 | Supply flights had to be made at night ; the aircraft had no radar or proper navigation equipment , could not get information even about the weather , and had to find drop zones in thick jungle by the light or smoke of bonfires . |
| 8 | But she told him nothing , not even about the Laboratory . |
| 9 | Even as the siren voices in the poem call us towards speech , we 're aware that our own one voice can never hope to carry all these as we would want it to . |
| 10 | About his wife she had no reservations : tough and vital , the life force flowed through her even as the cancer — which she would acknowledge to no one , and certainly not to her husband — extended its grip on her . |
| 11 | Pictured right is a saffron-gatherer whose image , painted on to a wall in Thera ( now Santorini ) in the first century BC , was preserved under ash even as the volcano which produced it was destroying civilisation on the island . |
| 12 | Maslow 's model is obviously not empirically based but , even as the basis of a conceptual framework for managing staff , it has severe limitations : |
| 13 | Paul has n't decided to fold Focus Now before it 's even off the ground , has he ? ’ |
| 14 | This gave everyone a chance to have their meal without the attention of the doves and fodies , who would otherwise steal food from your table — or even off the plate in front of you . |
| 15 | ‘ We are not even off the plane and they are playing into the hands of the Great Satan , ’ Matchsticks sneered . |
| 16 | Even during the Reformation it was biblical scenes likely to promote superstition and idolatry that came down . |
| 17 | As a result , even during the peak years of labour mobility in the early 1970s , the outflows from the cities were dominated in both net and gross terms by people who were home-owners and had higher-paid jobs ( Kennett , 1983 ) . |
| 18 | The reason Carol contacted me was that she was now frightened to go out of her house , even during the daytime . |
| 19 | For example , it may be necessary to install duplex softners operating in service/standby mode to ensure that softened water is available at all times , even during the night . |
| 20 | We must have permanent service , surgeons must be able to register patients at any time even during the night , our system must be running 24 hours a day , seven days a week . ’ |
| 21 | In a field landing it often happens that on the final approach or even during the hold off you realise that the first part of the field is not as smooth as it is further along . |
| 22 | Even during the war-time emergency itself , women with children under fourteen were never conscripted , and evidence from the Ministry of Labour files suggests that interviewing panels behaved with greater leniency towards those married women who had never worked than towards those ( predominantly working class ) women who had . |
| 23 | Even during the recession years of the early 1980s , the rate of net outward migration from Greater London to the rest of the South East never fell below 40 000 a year and with the subsequent economic recovery it had risen to 65 000 by 1986–87 ( Champion and Congdon , 1988 ) . |
| 24 | ‘ In our dealings with North West companies we find that many have shown increases in productivity and earnings , even during the recession , proving that they have been able to compete effectively in the international arena , ’ she said , adding that there was nevertheless no room for complacency . |
| 25 | Even during the recession , trade has grown through keen pricing and friendly personal service . |
| 26 | Still , there may be chances , even during the course of what will be a relatively short Session of Parliament , for amends to be made . |
| 27 | Nightlife can be fairly active , but even during the day there is plenty to do and we guarantee you 'll be tempted at least once by the luscious cakes on offer in the resort 's many cafes . |
| 28 | Young Suzi , in the depths of her misery , knowing it was making her worse , still could n't keep away from the theatre , even during the day , even on Sunday when no-one was there . |
| 29 | But not many people this century , even during the boom of a few years ago ( when Tory ministers still bragged about the ‘ sea change ’ that had supposedly taken place in the British economy ) , have ever seriously thought of the UK as a ‘ land of opportunity ’ . |
| 30 | Even during the heyday of the comics , certain science fiction stories were raising the question about the misuse of science . |