Example sentences of "even a [noun sg] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The effect was beautiful , as even a serpent is beautiful once the fear of it is overcome . |
| 2 | There is plenty of evidence for the planting of new vineyards in the Bordelais and even a Poitevin was prepared to admit that Bordeaux wine was of superb quality , but at this date by far the most important wine-exporting region was further north , in Aunis and Saintonge . |
| 3 | Even a knight was worth a fair ransom ; and better worth if he decided , upon consideration , to enlist upon the other side . |
| 4 | And when you are two technical generations behind , even a slide-rule is a jump . |
| 5 | If it is argued on the basis of this reply that even a maniac is not beyond redemption and that given the right kind of treatment he might be able to take his place again within society , the argument only serves to show the different moral considerations that can be brought to bear on situations of moral dilemma . |
| 6 | I could not imagine a German , Italian or even a Frenchman being so patient in such a discussion . |
| 7 | Surely it was better to follow any occupation , even a baker 's , a barber 's , a librarian 's , than commit the cardinal sin — for a Dutchman — . |
| 8 | Anyway , even a Taig 's allowed to make enquiries , is n't he ? |
| 9 | The question is held to be one for the unrestricted discretion of the jury or magistrates who are allowed to find that even a bruise is enough . |
| 10 | He had treated her exactly as he 'd said he would , and not even for an instant had Kate had even a bat 's twinkling that he thought of her as an attractive woman . |
| 11 | High-tech tools are of little help here , and even a saw is of limited use : it 's a job for mallet and chisel . |
| 12 | But there comes a point when even a hat is n't enough to keep your hands warm , so do n't forget a pair of gloves . |
| 13 | In 1922 the percentage of households without even a plough was 32.7 in the Central Industrial Region , 33.6 in the Siberian guberniia of Omsk , and 55.8 in the guberniia of Tsaritsyn to the south of Saratov . |