Example sentences of "even [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | So great a change does not enter upon the national economic scene unnoticed , like Owen 's ‘ thief in the night ’ nor even conspicuously to the trumpetings of statutory provisions and the flourish of bureaucratic apparatus . |
| 2 | The first reason why the market could no longer be perceived as limiting economic power was that the structure of the market ceased to correspond even loosely with the model of perfect competition which required numerous firms operating in the same industry so that no firm was capable of affecting the price of its product by varying the level of the output of that product . |
| 3 | They 're now even on to the vile Trade Union Reform Bill , they 're accepting it admittedly but but they 're accepting it , but it 's in the wrong Bill it 's in the wrong place it should be up in the front . |
| 4 | Now there are cars parked right the way up and even on to the roundabout , and I think a lot of these erm persons erm with the cars are probably from the Polytechnic . |
| 5 | It was n't even properly on the Foulness road , but a track from the road led to it , and then on to the camp ; about a quarter of a mile away . |
| 6 | The trouble was , he thought , as he signed the paper , indecipherably , with his left hand , folded it and put it into his jacket pocket , he did n't know much about thallium poisoning , and even less about the making of lenses with a high refractive index . |
| 7 | Nevertheless , we know even less about the inspection methods of these inspectors than we do of HMIs . |
| 8 | Both she and Dr Brewis were also concerned about the many patients on their wards who came from outside Newcastle : they knew even less about the arrangements for community care within those districts . |
| 9 | He realised that he knew even less about the father than the son . |
| 10 | Little is known about the eccentric Mr Enoch and even less about the collection he kept here . |
| 11 | Wall Street is notorious for having scant regard for the future and even less for the past . |
| 12 | The cultural dynamics of transgressive reinscription suggest how both positions are correct : identification with , and desire for , may coexist with parodic subversion of , since a culture is not reducible to the specific desires of the individuals comprising it — desires which anyway differ considerably — and even less to the ‘ truth ’ of desire itself . |
| 13 | In parallel with the Republic , class politics has flourished even less on the protestant — loyalist side , despite the periodic strength of protestant trade unionism ( Patterson 1980 ) . |
| 14 | Economics and geography could be altered by human , at least European , agency : ‘ Reversing the trend of people going over the border is the long-term objective ’ ( whose objective — whether that of the World Bank , of Britain , of other unnamed financial interests , or even perhaps of the Lesothans themselves — is left unclear ) . |
| 15 | The most that could be offered would be autonomous areas within regional self-government ‘ towards which members of the respective nationalities , scattered all over the country or even all over the world , would gravitate and with which they could enter into relations and free associations ’ — some measure of accommodation to Bauerism . |
| 16 | They were all there on the last day , even down to the original.horse-drawn trams , rattling or gliding past in stately line-astern , a fleet from decades gone , past the Central Hotel and the ‘ Mal ’ , up Hope Street , and bidding farewell to Argyle Street under the gateway of the Hielan' Man 's Umbrella . |
| 17 | If parents want to leave a child in the garden with a dog , it 's their responsibility , but anywhere else , even down to the local shop , children should never take a dog out . |
| 18 | The cake is decorated to look like a parcel , even down to the gift tag which is edible . |
| 19 | The performance of the instrument belies its humble price ; the action is even and consistent across all twenty-four frets , and even down to the relatively unflappable low B. The minimalist headstock and long top horn combine with the bass 's reasonable weight for a well-balanced and comfortable instrument , with total access to all frets an added bonus . |
| 20 | Collectors of bank-notes in Argentina are apparently now able to collect ‘ swaps ’ , notes identical to others in every single detail , even down to the serial numbers . |
| 21 | It never fails to amaze me how little some people know about the fish they are buying , even down to the most basic of aspects . |
| 22 | Its fossils have been investigated by cutting them into thin slices , a technique that has revealed a great deal about its anatomy , even down to the details of the structure of its blood vessels . |
| 23 | A recipe for it or a description of this beguiling dish of peppers , onions , tomatoes and eggs appears in every one of his books , even down to the booklet commissioned from him by the Romary biscuit firm and which sold for sixpence . |
| 24 | The city was designed for these machines even down to the shape of control switches on their instruments . |
| 25 | Harrods has the final say in whom its concessions may hire , even down to the lowliest positions , and Sally may have seemed the obvious choice to impress them . |
| 26 | Followed it even down to the detail of Michael Banks not knowing his lines . |
| 27 | He was black and gleaming , his outline as smooth as a dolphin 's even down to the hint of rubber . |
| 28 | Under such leases , the builder/developer would be responsible for erecting a building or a number of buildings upon a particular site , and detailed provision might be made for the manner of their construction and continuing maintenance , even down to the type of subsequent letting of the buildings which was to be permitted . |
| 29 | ‘ And that 's why you go to such lengths to ensure you research your subject even down to the fact of their star sign ? ’ |
| 30 | The actions of Timex in Dundee exude an air of pre-meditation rather reminiscent of Rupert Murdoch 's at Wapping : even down to the fortified perimeter installed by the new management team after it took over 18 months ago . |