Example sentences of "even [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 There were worries about the teachers and even about the miners .
2 Even during the days when he was critically ill , he was unable to distract his mind from the on-going reforms and economic development , ’ the obituary , issued through Xinhua news agency , said .
3 The Soviet Union had remained a Utopian ideal to the Left even during the vicissitudes of the late 1920s and the collectivization and famine during the First Five Year Plan .
4 In practice , however , the BBC knew that as its audience share fell , the case for a compulsory fee would become weaker and that getting the fee raised at the regular three-yearly review would be trickier ( no government was going to win votes by raising the licence fee , even during the years of monopoly ) .
5 Many were little better off and little more contented than their rural counterparts , even during the years between the two world wars .
6 Even through the contacts the cold dragged tears from her ; they froze on her lashes .
7 For suddenly Gus Hambro performed a minor miracle , by producing a fiery blush that made itself visible in waves of dubious gratitude and indubitable mortification even through the layers of river mud that still decorated his face .
8 The men winced as their bare feet touched the plaster and Owen could feel the heat even through the soles of his shoes .
9 Even through the years before myxomatosis rabbits were vulnerable to disease simply because there were so very many of them .
10 On the surface these remarks appear to be true , and even between the lines immorality occurs regularly .
11 Even with party animals like Birchall around , there are moments of true relaxation — even between the men battling for the world title .
12 When we see sin unmasked now and again , and reigning even for a minutes unrestrained , we get a faint idea of its extreme hatefulness and loathsomeness .
13 Queensland has a warm tropical climate and going barefoot was quite common even for the boys but some form of footwear was needed on occasion .
14 Even for the optimists this allowed for unemployment rates of up to 8 per cent .
15 It has n't been an easy time , even for the professions , and while law firms have had to cut back on staffing , they face having to get more out of the personnel they have left in terms of client service .
16 Yeah but would they , what I mean is that there are even for the parents
17 Lurid semi-fictional accounts by James Greenwood , George Sim and Jack London alluded darkly to acts of debauchery not fit even for the pages of The Lancet .
18 But it is the same for everyone on this world — even for the races that have no talons . ’
19 The dance of Skin is , then , even for the girls , a mime of awkward masculinity — the geometry of menace .
20 In this case , however , unlike the aluminium industry , there are serious barriers that limit the extent of profitable integration through the rest of the chain , even for the multinationals .
21 The aim , even for the Falcons , is to become a qualified military freefall instructor .
22 A flat water venue is vital since choppy , coastal conditions make smooth turns very difficult , even for the experts .
23 Moreover , the impact of the newcomers has not been an entirely detrimental one , even for the locals .
24 Even for the natives it is a point of pride to understand the system .
25 Because New York in the summer was too hot even for the natives , shows would close for a couple of months when the Girls would be sent home for a holiday on half pay , which was better than the average salary in Britain .
26 This is a classic example of how competition can erode profits : rising barriers to entry and high growth do not necessarily make an industry profitable , even for the leaders .
27 Even for the materials described here , all the combined scientific efforts have still only made comparatively small inroads into the accumulating list of unsolved questions .
28 This conspiracy between State and museums was humiliating even for the museums , because in case of need , the State could sell what it liked from their collections .
29 Most recent wars have ended in a baby boom , even for the losers .
30 But even for the Iranians the Hellenistic era meant a change in appreciation : the prophet Zoroaster took the place of King Cyrus as the most characteristic Iranian figure .
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