Example sentences of "even if [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | But the overwhelming size of the response to an initiative like ‘ Childline ’ indicates that it would be dangerous to conclude that young people do not have problems even if first attempts to tap them fail . |
2 | Even if First Fidelity 's shares stagnate , Santander can expect to make a profit on a recovery of the dollar alone . |
3 | The aim of the Democrat civil rights legislation was to prevent employers from discriminating against minorities even if such discrimination was unintentional . |
4 | The court can therefore have regard to the totality of the delay between the date of accrual of the cause of action and the date of issue of the writ , notwithstanding s33(3) ( b ) and ( c ) and is likely to pay particular heed to the length of any delay in first notifying the defendant of the claim against him , even if such delay occurred before the expiry of the limitation period , ( Donovan v Gwentoys Ltd [ 1990 ] 1 WLR 472 ) . |
5 | Even if such feelings and judgements are not disreputable in themselves , they must be under the firm guidance of respect for sheer duty . |
6 | Even if such statistics belie the myth of an enormously popular president , the fact is that he and his staff managed to convince sufficient members of congress that he and his programme enjoyed overwhelming public support . |
7 | Yet even if such provision were available in every area , this would not in the least preclude the kinds of support and networking discussed in the preceding pages . |
8 | Even if such geologists are still employed in areas related to their university research , there can be commercial pressures not to publish . |
9 | Even if such geologists are still employed in areas related to their university research , there can be commercial pressures to publish . |
10 | The fact that some believed that their teaching programme would not differ greatly even if such examinations were abolished seems to suggest that the GCSE syllabuses may be moving in the right direction , and present fewer conflicts with the way arts teachers normally operate . |
11 | Even if such support was forthcoming , is there any surety that it would work ? |
12 | Even if such inscriptions were non-existent rather than just rare , it would be no more than commonsense to guess that generals in the field must have enjoyed great executive latitude , especially in wartime — more latitude than was compatible with the exercise of detailed control , and so of full sovereignty , by the Assembly . |
13 | Even if such remarks are not to be taken literally , Craigbarnet was clearly living in poverty and was burdened with a ‘ numerous family ’ . |
14 | The separation of strategies into generic versions is a useful conceptual device , even if such strategies become intertwined in practice . |
15 | But even if such issues are excluded , there were far more downgrades than upgrades , and many more than in 1989 . |
16 | It is rare for counsel to be stopped from corss-examining on what actually did happen during the currency of an agreement , or addressing the court on this , even if such events were not reasonably foreseeable . |
17 | ‘ Even if such measures are painful and certainly should not be the only way to cut costs , an analysis of the present economic situation in our most important markets leaves no other choice , ’ he said . |
18 | Please notify all days of sickness absence to your Divisional-Section Head , even if such days are non-working days . |
19 | However , even if such equilibrium was achieved the floor would still lie below the surrounding terrain , because of permanent compaction of the floor materials by the impact . |
20 | Even if such buildings are the exception to the general norm , however , their architectural character , size and visual appearance would have served to distinguish them from their humbler domestic counterparts . |
21 | It is a fact that a sale is more likely to ensue if fewer objections can be advanced initially , even if such objections can be satisfactorily overcome . |
22 | Indeed , a soft conventionalist would be able to deny that there were gaps even if lawyers disagreed about these abstract conventions , even if many lawyers denied that statutes make law or that precedents exert some influence over later decisions . |
23 | Anytime a westerly or south-westerly wind is blowing , for example , means you must be in with a good chance of making a catch , even if other conditions are not equally as good . |
24 | Even if other countries reduce their subsidies , marketing will matter ever more as low-cost producers from Eastern Europe and other developing countries enter the world market . |
25 | Those who start off their married life in shared accommodation or in the local authority sector were more likely to experience marital breakdown later , even if other factors known to be associated with marital breakdown , such as age at marriage and childbearing patterns , are controlled for ; this excess risk for tenants being of the order of 30 per cent greater than for owner-occupiers ( Thornes and Collard , 1979 ; Murphy , 1985 , Table 7 ) . |
26 | Even if other painters had to wait for their money , Zbo tried desperately hard to make sure that Modi did not go without . |
27 | Then a policy directive in 1977 reinforced by the new government in 1979 , also insisted that InterCity should run commercially even if other parts of the passenger business were to receive grant-aid under the 1968 Act . |
28 | You need to believe that these are sound , even if other people do n't like them . |
29 | Anyway , the Bible tells us to do good , even if other people hurt us . |
30 | ‘ I 'm proud of what I achieved at Plough Lane , even if other people are n't . |