Example sentences of "even [conj] [not/n't] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There has to be a freshness about teaching — it can not be pre-arranged and pre-packaged , for that almost always loses the attention of pupils , even if not also of the teacher . |
| 2 | But , even if not properly speaking a science , it is still worthy of systematic pursuit . |
| 3 | If you propose a change of plan to most men they take it — even if not consciously , and that 's often worse — as some sort of insult or criticism . |
| 4 | Proceedings should be informal so that no one need feel inhibited from taking part even if not professionally represented . |
| 5 | If NEP was presented as a retreat , however , giving ground to capitalist economy to gather strength for a later offensive , this suggested that ‘ war communism ’ was desirable , even if not immediately practicable . |
| 6 | Or even if not wholeheartedly within this tradition , to posit some form of violent action as the only solution . |
| 7 | The following remark of Dennis Altman 's , even if not strictly correct historically , rightly implies how the negation of desire and the negation of difference are in practice often inseparable : ‘ the original purpose of the categorization of homosexuals as people apart was to project the homosexuality in everyone onto a defined minority as a way of externalizing forbidden desires and reassuring the majority that homosexuality is something that happens to other people ’ ( Homosexualization , 72 ) . |
| 8 | attempts by the executive arm of government to influence sentencing are unconstitutional ; attempts by the legislature to interfere with the sentencing discretion of the courts are , even if not strictly unconstitutional , bound to result in both practical confusion and injustice to defendants ; the sentencing powers of the courts should therefore be left to the wisdom of the courts , under the guidance of the Court of Appeal . |
| 9 | Edwardian solidity had been achieved even if not exactly aimed at . |
| 10 | Plenty of mergers take place , often under pressure even if not overtly hostile . |
| 11 | The main point to be taken , however , is that by then , even if not yet dramatic , the growth of the economy was strong enough for per capita tax yield to rise with the growing population . |
| 12 | In fact , the account is correct , even if not very explicit , and as by now the reader will be equally confused , let us look at the history of the papingo shoot . |
| 13 | By contrast , the presence of a relatively small number of unions — even if not entirely structured according to the principle of one per industry at least covering large sections of industry — appears to be associated with markedly fewer inter-union jurisdictional disputes . |
| 14 | Even if not as ancient or beautiful as the Charles Bridge , it is a lovely artefact from which one commands splendid views of the Parliament Building and of the skylines of Buda and Pest . |
| 15 | He refuses to play for the moment , boldly pressing on where others tend to dwell ; yet , with those Philadelphians really turning it on for the composer with whom this orchestra is most indelibly associated , superbly captured in Decca sound of great sumptuousness and tonal allure ( even if not always ideally balanced ) , it all makes for compulsive listening . |
| 16 | In prosperous districts too — most strikingly in central Suffolk — the labouring element was minimal , few assessments falling below £2 , and many people had their own smallholdings which , even if not always big enough to afford a really adequate livelihood , at least restricted working for wages to a subsidiary role . |
| 17 | It would have been nice to have it , even if not actually turning . |
| 18 | This is such a formidable list that we might be tempted to assume that research and higher education must at least be species of the same genus of activity , even if not actually identical . |
| 19 | Indeed , using archaeological and documentary evidence , it can be postulated that , in parts of west Somerset in particular , present-day settlements are the successors to prehistoric and Romano-British predecessors , even if not actually on the same site . |
| 20 | He has more men than have we , even if not all mounted . |
| 21 | In the last decade or so of his reign , approximately 100 mints functioned ( even if not all did so continuously ) : for the volume of the coinage they produced , only a " ball-park estimate " can be given — perhaps tens of millions of coins — but the quality of the coins has recently been very precisely determined : whereas before 864 many coins were debased by up to 50 per cent , after 864 a silver-content of well over 90 per cent was secured across the board . |
| 22 | We may also draw attention to the fact that it is possible logically , even if not biologically , to use old , with the same effect as it has in the phrase Charlie 's old school , in combination with the word mother ; the incongruity of the result should give us a very sharp view of the difference between the ordinary referential variation of adjectives used relativistically , and the semantic effect produced by the difference in type of relation at work in ( 33 ) and ( 34 ) . |
| 23 | Items which are purchased with the vessel and which would be sold with it , are normally to be considered as part of the hull and machinery and will be covered even if not specifically declared on the proposal . |
| 24 | Some of these guys had brains once , even if not that much sign remains . |
| 25 | The boats are blue , the nets are black , and the whole scene does remind me a little of the Adriatic , even if not precisely of Venice . |
| 26 | In many instances , pellet formation is stimulated by the availability of the next meal ( Chitty , 1938 ) , with the previous meal being regurgitated even if not fully digested in order to leave room for the next and in this case it seems likely that the initial level of pH would be higher than normal . |
| 27 | The transcendental practices of the Australia Aborigines seem to be of the same order as those of the Tibetan practices , even if not so highly developed . |
| 28 | The islands of Isabella , Green Island , Flinders , and Waterhouse were to prove a fertile hunting-ground even if not aesthetically pleasing . |
| 29 | It will still be possible to have a charmingly flattened face , which transmits all those appealing baby-signals , even if not quite so flat . |
| 30 | Serious again , he went on , ‘ A real presence sometimes , at any rate , even if not quite like the folk image . |