Example sentences of "in even the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | The BFG by Roald Dahl NIGEL WIGMORE ( father of Ben , 8 ) Ca n't You Sleep , Little Bear ? by Martin Waddell and Barbara Firth ( Walker Books , £6.95 ) Winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal A simple , poetic tale about fear of the dark , a subject that tends to hit the spot in even the toughest child . |
2 | However , care should be exercised in the use of dictionaries of surnames , because none is quite infallible and some entries , in even the best of them , can be positively misleading , as the detailed example which forms the last section of this chapter demonstrates . |
3 | The sad thing about all the comments I have made so far is that in even the best organizations you can recognize one or more of these undesirable characteristics . |
4 | You may need new clothes and , perhaps , a briefcase ; the price of travel can make a hole in even the deepest pocket ; and depending on where your job is , you may need to pay advance rent on new accommodation . |
5 | With a decent sleeping bag , a night under canvas in even the bleakest of winters is cosy and restful . |
6 | The surgical exposure is satisfactory and not unduly prolonged in even the largest patients and the technique does not interfere with any subsequent transplant operation . |
7 | Rather , in these days when computers are capable of most things , and electronic safeguards have become commonplace in even the steadfastly-traditional confines of Wimbledon , the Jockey Club 's time would be better spent discussing innovations that would make the 1994 Grand National , and all its successors , worthy of the event . |
8 | Four very different styles of miniature picture are displayed in this photograph , proving that there is plenty of scope for inspiration in even the smallest of designs . |
9 | Where space is particularly limited sliding mirrored doors prove very popular as they automatically create an illusion of spaciousness in even the smallest of rooms . |
10 | Many burgh councillors and freeholders were happy enough to see one of their numerous sons placed in even the humblest post in the excise administration . |
11 | Is there not an implicit threat of legal proceedings in even the first demand for payment of a debt ? |
12 | By the 1980s , in the wake of the stagflation and slow growth in even the rich economies of the Western Europe , came an equally almost universal loss of faith in the capacity of any individual state to intervene decisively and effectively . |
13 | We are sure this end that the Pikes would n't be a party to exporting the virus to ( or in even the slightest way aiding ) the place you 've just been . |
14 | In even the worst-run factory , faults on the production line are speedily recognized : even if there is not enough money to effect the ideal repair , something is done almost immediately . |
15 | In even the worst-run sales department , the danger that you are going to lose a key sale is recognized and every effort is made , within the limited headroom that you have , to try and retain it . |
16 | People in even the simplest forms of developed economy required goods and services which they could not provide for themselves . |
17 | I think that he , who could have had as many friends as he wished , never realized how much it meant to a lonely and friendless person to have a friend , to be seen walking with him in the rose-red streets of Salamanca , to be able to go to a concert or an art museum with him , to have him opposite me at dinner in even the meanest , cheapest restaurant . |
18 | In even the mildest winter , the situation was desperate enough for those in the workshops to make a form of briquette from any form of rubbish bound by rags — and sometimes wired flex — that would give the slightest measure of heat . |