Example sentences of "even [subord] [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Even where his name had appeared , however , the percentage of the vote which he had managed to achieve was smaller than had been widely anticipated . |
2 | Unquestionably it was ancient Rome 's greatest legacy to the medieval world , greater probably even than its literature and its poetry . |
3 | Doug 's year-long affair has been the roughest life event I 've ever faced , harder even than my mother 's death , ’ she says . |
4 | Even if her scheme permits her to make additional pension contributions to make up for missing years of service , such payments will cost her more than would be the case for a man of the same age and salary status , since the arrangements assume that a woman will live longer and therefore claim benefits for longer than a man . |
5 | It is quite possible , however , even if her influence within the EEC has been weak , that Britain has nevertheless gained great benefits from her membership . |
6 | Further , wives ' legal access to the marital home has been improved by the recent practices of divorce courts which have more often allowed the wife to claim possession of a portion of the marital home even if her name did not appear on the title deeds . |
7 | Writing to the client would be out of the question too , because of her marital problems , even if her address were available . |
8 | Blondie were a group , but Blondie was also Debbie 's alter ego , a cartoon character come to life , a girl that has fun even if her heart gets broken . |
9 | Once again Isabel did n't get a chance to argue , even if her brain had been working . |
10 | And how could she , always so proud , have come to ask a stranger to write for her a private letter , even if her sight was becoming bad ? |
11 | But whether Rider Haggard wanted to move his mysterious veiled woman somewhat further from the realm of allegory near which she certainly appeared to reside in She and Ayesha , or whether he was merely exercising the husbandry of a writer who had created in Quatermain a remarkably useful narrator and wanted to make the fullest use of him , the fact remains that the ‘ She ’ of She and Allan is more shrewdly realised as a woman than in the two preceding books , even if her self- centred mysticism is still as grandiose and woolly as it was . |
12 | That agile mind was not going to sit back and take things easy even if her body had no option but to obey the doctor 's orders . |
13 | Then she hid it well , she mused , even if her awe was n't for his title , but for the man . |
14 | Annabel Hogan was polite to him even if her maid was n't . |
15 | At least now she was beginning to get her focus back , even if her strength had n't yet come with it . |
16 | So , for example , Salah and Bil Hasan , brothers living with their wives in one household , with their own private rooms and kitchens , always ate in the common courtyard , on neutral territory ; and each wife in turn prepared the meal , rigidly observing the rota even if her husband was absent . |
17 | No one is ever fully prepared for bereavement , and even if her husband 's terminal illness was one from which she had known he could not hope to recover , his death will still have come as a shock to her which may create a feeling of numbness and unreality : . |
18 | She knew me even if her mind went wrong . |
19 | On this , as on other issues , the outcome of the Government actions has been good , even if its motives for seeking the reforms are suspect . |
20 | It was impossible to walk across the top and ignore the great panorama of London , even if its lights were obscured by the rain , even if the downpour was steadily soaking you . |
21 | East German tenure of such property would be secured even if its ownership reverted to the original owners . |
22 | An accident can result in some form of disablement or disfigurement and , even if its effects are only temporary , the human suffering involved can be intense . |
23 | By the late twelfth century the Papal State as a separate entity had been long established as a notion even if its boundaries were in a continual state of flux . |
24 | The two-hour spectacular took their breath away , even if its plot was not that far removed from the original . |
25 | Soviet leaders have given no indication , moreover , that they are prepared to abandon the PDPA and apparently expect its apparatus to be retained in post-settlement Afghanistan even if its role is reduced and its monopoly of power relinquished . |
26 | The law recognizes this and demands that care continue , even if its nature changes . |
27 | However , even if its impact has been modest , interactive video has at least helped to establish the effectiveness of multimedia . |
28 | Even if its policy advice role were reduced , the nation still needs managers of the best quality to run the public services . |
29 | Similarly , not every trade union liaises efficiently with its members , even if its officials are trying hard to defend jobs in their negotiations with the company . |
30 | The conclusion of the first section was that a just government can exist even if its subjects are not bound by a general obligation to obey it . |