Example sentences of "even [subord] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There will have to be fuller use even than now of the invaluable expertise and experience of the community and that means largely the business and industrial community … |
| 2 | A person who is displaying an offensive banner in his front window so that it is visible to all the world clearly ‘ displays ’ within section 18 even if not under section 4 . |
| 3 | The chief problems of the NEA the attempt to please every constituency , the absence of firm administrative control , an ossified panel system rife with artists and administrators sitting in judgment on each other 's grants , even if not on their own , and above all , the lack of a clearly articulated policy as to what should be supported remain , and will surely bedevil anyone brought in to run the agency . |
| 4 | Where land is registered , right gained by adverse possession amounts to an overriding interest , and defeats a purchaser even if not on the register . |
| 5 | He 'd met Sean Penn maybe 20 times , and they went to the same clubs on Melrose and Sunset , even if not at the same time or on the same night . |
| 6 | If you leave your car , even if not for long , you should be taking necessary precautions . |
| 7 | In reply , we would point out that , before we can even raise the question of correlation between linguistic expressions and extra-linguistic phenomena , we have to know what the linguistic expressions are , and for speakers and hearers ( even if not for strict behaviourists ) this means understanding them . |
| 8 | In so doing he could still ensure loyalty to the Merovingian dynasty , even if not to the individual king . |
| 9 | ‘ Even if not in the biblical sense , ’ I agreed . |
| 10 | Even if not in any way competitive , STACK membership is advantageous for the individual stunt flyer , not only for the informative manual , but also for its newsletter with a regular calendar of activities worldwide and tips on team flying . |
| 11 | It seems that personal equity plans are here to stay — even if not in the form that Nigel Lawson intended . |
| 12 | It is difficult to remain calm and objective when one 's own child is distressed , even if only through bad temper . |
| 13 | In the theatre , stage lighting varies in brightness , but it is often sufficient for video recording purposes , even if only as an aid to rehearsals . |
| 14 | The petty bourgeoisie of shopkeepers and self-employed tradesmen needed to keep accounts even if only of a primitive kind , but the growing fraction of permanent journeymen among the artisans grew into a more literate as well as more skilled elite section of the labouring classes . |
| 15 | The systematic putting together of parts to a purposeful design is something we know and understand , for we have experienced it at first hand , even if only with our childhood Meccano or Erector set . |
| 16 | Some diets are not successful at all but some are , even if only for a short time . |
| 17 | When the slings and arrows of outrageous everyday life buffet our heads , we escape to Assynt , even if only for a long weekend , and always return refreshed , perspective regained . |
| 18 | If a killer thinks , even if only for a split second , that it is face to face with an owl or an eagle , it is very likely to back away and this may give the harmless bluffer enough time to escape . |
| 19 | It is therefore helpful to develop those interdependent bonds by taking battling males out as much as possible , even if only for short , on-lead walks . |
| 20 | I say strangely because finishing as the League 's top striker surely warrants a travelling place even if only for experience . |
| 21 | If one accepts this , even if only for the present and not as an inevitable fact for the future , then a responsibility lies with hearing society to meet not only the communication requirements of deaf people but also to understand and be able to work with this group in their language . |
| 22 | It is good that we can walk into that world again , even if only for a brief interlude . |
| 23 | Despite this demonstration of his habitual need for normal sleep , even if only for a few hours a night , this same individual appeared on television a few years later , again claiming never to sleep . |
| 24 | Losing two front teeth , even two false front teeth , at the age of fifty , even if only for a week , had distressed him : he had sat opposite her at the breakfast table with a napkin over his mouth , and she knew that it had taken some courage to go to the board meeting at all . |
| 25 | Always lock your car whenever you leave it , even if only for a moment . |
| 26 | We could do the same , but every piece of music must have its own shape , and many composers introduce new material at this point , even if only for a brief few bars . |
| 27 | Opportunities to relax and let her guard down , even if only for a few hours , had been rare . |
| 28 | However , the large number of castles erected in the eleventh and twelfth centuries ( Fig. 12 ) and the hundreds of new monasteries founded during the same period also became the administrative centres of their estates , even if only for brief periods . |
| 29 | Everyone felt a desire to go out , even if only for a moment , to feel the pleasure of walking in a foreign city at night . |
| 30 | He came to start again , to build a home he could bring you to , even if only for your holidays . |