Example sentences of "even in [adj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1763 the now very substantial collection in the Louvre ( even in 1715 it had amounted to 2,000 bound volumes ) returned to Versailles to be kept there in a new foreign ministry building . |
| 2 | Even in 1981 it could be claimed that those who held a " strongly anti-progressive , pro-standards line had been enjoying increasing credibility and increasingly strident support from most of the popular press " ( Dale et al. |
| 3 | We survived the Thirties and the war , we sold successfully up to 1987 ( a flourish of porcelain animals and birds sold out 90 per cent before the opening party , immediately after Black Monday in the City ) ; even in 1991 we had secured a collection which made the first half of the year look profitable . |
| 4 | But common sense may have been more important than learning in perceiving the vulnerability of most castles to — battering-rams and catapults ; for even in 1100 they were , as a rule , primitive structures . |
| 5 | Even in 1964 we commented , ‘ For as long as many of us care to remember there has been a big Healey in the price lists . |
| 6 | It was only a cast-iron lump with pushrod valvegear , of course , and with no pretensions to be anything more exotic ; even in 1964 we observed that ‘ although this comparatively unsophisticated six-cylinder engine must now be very near the end of its development , it seems to have gained in flexibility and is virtually free from any temperament . ’ |
| 7 | In international relations , in a broader sense of the term , they were beginning to play an increasing part , and one with immense potentialities for the future ; but even in 1914 they had only a secondary role in the thinking of diplomats or foreign offices . |
| 8 | It is only too evident that the scribes considered gentility the only status worth recording , and even in this they were not consistent ; civic dignity was almost invariably ignored . |
| 9 | It began life as a counterpart to the NCCL , but even in this it was not original ; in 1962 a Northern Ireland Council for Civil Liberties ( NICCL ) was set up . |
| 10 | Even in 1953 they could not raise six entries for the monthly medals and in 1961 there were still only eight regular players . |
| 11 | Of course , their domestic tastes were more grandiose than most contented couples , and Elena played her part in promoting the over-decoration of their apartments in the various palaces they used , and even in those they never visited . |