Example sentences of "and even the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Tanzanians were brought up with their own musical , dance and oral traditions but at school or college were taught the language , culture and even the history of the colonial power .
2 Much of the acreage in this round is closer to the coastline , and as such has many implications in terms of how it could impact upon fish spawning , local bird life , and even the Ministry of Defence in some cases .
3 While mass transport hindrances at cellular-subcellular lipid bilayers slow response times , the advantages of an enzyme ‘ immobilised ’ in its natural site are that its in situ regeneration may be possible , natural multienzyme metabolic pathways may be exploited , and even the generation of coenzyme and intermediate reagents may occur .
4 THE SPECTATOR , and even the onfield adversary , can little suspect what goes on inside a cricketer 's head .
5 Apart from the very real administrative achievements of her reign she had some grasp of the advantages of giving the nobility , the townsfolk and even the state peasants an improved status as efficient and creative autonomous groups within Russian society ( see pp. 51–2 ) .
6 A great deal of the argument against central controls has stressed that local government has shown a greater ability to reduce spending than the departments of central government and even the Audit Commission — in the early 1980s — has acknowledged that the operation of central rules may actually have encouraged increased levels of spending and a reduction in the accuracy of information feeding into the centre ( Audit Commission , 1984 ) .
7 The symptoms of angina are a heavy cramp-like pain across the chest which can spread to the neck , shoulder , arm and even the jaw .
8 ‘ Looking after ’ their workers most definitely does not mean paying higher than the prevailing rate of wages , but it does imply a genuine concern for their employees ' welfare ( including help with personal and domestic problems ) , the provision of decent housing facilities and frequent individual acts of generosity like small gifts on family birthdays and at Christmas , the allowance of various perquisites and even the provision of occasional ‘ treats ’ like harvest suppers and days out at local agricultural shows .
9 County councillor John Herbert said : ‘ The visit highlighted the lack of modern technical equipment which is available to fire services in the former Eastern Bloc countries and even the provision of out-dated equipment from this country is an extremely worthwhile and valuable improvement . ’
10 County Coun John Herbert , Conservative fire brigade spokesman said : ‘ The visit led by the County Fire Officer to St Petersburg highlighted the lack of modern technical equipment which is available to fire services in the former Eastern block countries and even the provision of outdated equipment from this country is an extremely worthwhile and valuable improvement .
11 Hard-pressed financially , the government , headed by the Duke of Northumberland , ordered the commissioners to confiscate all remaining church treasures , in the form of plate , jewels , vestments , and even the bronze of the bells , to meet royal debts .
12 First , people are now ingesting fluoride from many more everyday sources , including water , food , dental health products , and medicines as well as pesticide , insecticide and fertiliser residues and even the air we breathe .
13 And even the type of strings you use will make a difference to the kind of music you produce .
14 Except for Mr Tunze , all seven African backbenchers who spoke were highly critical of the TBC and advocated more direct control over the way it handled its finances , the news it chose to broadcast , and even the type of entertainment it presented .
15 Scarlet had watched amazed as teams of youthful strangers had made unerringly for the fruit bowl , demolishing pears , grapes and even the mango which was really there for ornamental purposes , without uttering one squeak which could be construed as a request for permission .
16 Creggan looked at her and then , mantling his wings , glared angrily at the world outside the Cages , a glare that took in the Zoo , the Men , the trees , the wind and even the sky , and said loudly , ‘ I can face anything , anything ! ’
17 But as soon as a company takes the first tentative steps from data to information , its decision processes , management structure , and even the way its work gets done begin to be transformed .
18 Veiled in official secrecy until 1986 , this atmospheric underground complex is now revealed in a fascinating guided tour which takes in the room where Operation Dynamo was planned , the anti-aircraft control area and even the telephone exchange .
19 She brought a pile of cards that the children had made , using brightly-coloured paper and even the glitter tubes rationed out at Christmas .
20 The architecture shows the influence of the Italian colonisation ; the modern harbour harks back to the healthy export of livestock to the Gulf States ; and the large scale agricultural activity in the adjacent fertile valley now lies dormant with equipment and crops stolen and even the electricity pylons stripped of their cables .
21 In Bartlett 's view long-term memory involves the reconstruction of events , such remembering is subject to bias and distortion not only from idiosyncrasy but also from the context and even the culture .
22 She may have dreams which clearly show her initiation into pregnancy , and even the sex of the unborn child .
23 For example an R & ID department can specify " the resources it needs and even the direction of its work .
24 As a result our picture of the divisions , and of the resulting kingdoms , or Teilreiche , is not complete , and even the outline that we have was not properly understood until the middle of the twentieth century .
25 Until then any finger — and even the thumb — was used .
26 Many organisations including salary clubs , salary survey producers and even the specialist relocation companies produce their own statistics on cost of living .
27 His description of the Roman military camp ( 6.27–42 ) is almost certainly derived from a book , and even the description of a Roman levy on the Capitol ( 6.19–21 ) seems to be taken from a written account , since , as Professor Brunt has lately shown in detail , it can hardly have corresponded to contemporary practice ( Italian Manpower 225 B.C.–A.D. 14 ( 1971 ) , 625–34 ) .
28 Few heads had allocated any of their extra capitation to the development of productive links with parents and the community , while nearly all of them considered that such PNP resources as the Authority 's advisory and support staff , the INSET programme and even the refurbishment of their own schools had made little or no impact on home-school links , however effective they may have been in furthering the programme 's other objectives .
29 This is a highly dangerous area to sail in because the seas contain many monstrous creatures which were stirred up by the collapse of northern Ulthuan centuries ago — Kraken , huge shark-like megalodons , Behemoths and even the dread Black Leviathan are all commonly seen in the waters north of Ulthuan .
30 He was a writer of the fidgety , costive kind whose works are long in the planning , and meticulous in the execution — only at the very end of a project , when the scaffolding , the foundations , the walls and roof and even the plaster were laid down , did spontaneity and delight take over , in the actual play of , play with , words themselves .
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