Example sentences of "[prep] even " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their company seemed to drain me and send me into a state of nervous exhaustion after even a short while . |
| 2 | Unfortunately , this is not the case with many millions of people whose backache is worse after even a short drive . |
| 3 | Deficiency results in excessive bleeding or bruising after even minor accidents or injuries . |
| 4 | These essays made the almanacs widely sought after even when their immediate practical use had passed , and they were later published in book form . |
| 5 | However , Pearson 's lack of interest in the methods of play construction led him towards even more unfocused ways of organizing his films , aiming for a sort of primitive naturalism — ‘ nothing more than the capture of things seen , life in the living , and by selection and arrangement , the flow of the human tale . ’ |
| 6 | Butler and Stokes " challenge any image of the elector as an informed spectator " , noting how " understanding of policy issues falls away very sharply indeed as we move outwards from those at the heart of political decision-making to the public at large " , and how attitudes are formed towards even the best-known policy issues to only a " limited degree " . |
| 7 | Exhaustion is a permanent feature preventing the completion of even the most simple task . |
| 8 | There are amusing archaeological records in the nineteenth century of the inability of even trained artists to record what they saw ; Assyrian figure sculptures , for example , were recorded as having unmistakably classical Greek features by an artist in the employ of the archaeologist Sir Henry Layard . |
| 9 | Since we live at 1g for virtually all of our lives , the feeling of even slightly reduced ‘ g ’ is unusual and , for many people , alarming ( it can be associated with nightmare dreams of falling ) . |
| 10 | Another influence — arguably of even greater influence — burst upon him at this time , in the form of Irving Layton , the enfant terrible of Canadian poetry then a local school-teacher , who was invited to participate in a poetry workshop on the campus , and did so with great élan . |
| 11 | The annihilation had all but occurred in far-off Europe , but that with which he wrestled was of even deeper concern — the cessation of the faith from within . |
| 12 | You may not think that you have a problem , but in a company of even modest size it is statistically likely that some employees will have a drink problem . |
| 13 | The production of Mark 3 vehicles , at first for the High Speed Trains , began in 1975 , but the proportion of even top-grade express trains composed of them in the early 1980s was stili small . |
| 14 | When you think about it , the beauty of even the smartest kitchen is only skin deep . |
| 15 | The contextualizing of even the simplest poem has no obvious point to end at , once begun . |
| 16 | The one serious omission of Behr 's script was to discuss from whom they were shielding him : is kidnapping an inevitable corollary of even relative economic freedom ? |
| 17 | Sometimes , too , the return of even a class player such as Sean Lineen can actually have an inhibiting effect for there was an unmistakable tendency either to channel everything through the Scotland centre or else turn the ball back inside . |
| 18 | Born in 1909 in New York City to parents who were members of the Ethical Society , he went to a school run by the Society where , under distinguished teachers , he ended up with little knowledge of even how to write correctly . |
| 19 | But beside all the problems confronted by such strategies in , say , Latin America , there is a whole set of even more basic structural problems specific to a post-war East European ‘ socialist ’ economy : the lack of capital , real money or real banks . |
| 20 | ‘ Of even greater importance is the need to restore the link between earnings and pensions . |
| 21 | WITH UK mortgage interest rates heading towards 14.75 per cent , and the possibility of even higher rates in prospect as a result of the sterling crisis , borrowers can be forgiven for taking notice of the proliferation of newspaper advertisements extolling the virtues of foreign currency loans . |
| 22 | stock responses like ‘ well , you know , we do n't really think about it that much , actually ’ , send the hearts of even the least demanding interviewer plummeting into their boots . |
| 23 | The 24-valve straight six M50 unit is a simply gorgeous thing to see , with throttle response sharp enough to draw blood , urge aplenty for safe fourth-gear overtaking , a cultured yet appealingly guttural engine note and the kind of smoothness that makes you question the worth of even a good V12 . |
| 24 | Behind the scenes they have been steadily resisting , for many years , the introduction of even the most basic and cheap safety measures such as cab radios . |
| 25 | Mr David Hebblethwaite , secretary of the Liturgical Commission which helped produce the Alternative Service , said that if one translated the service back into the language of even 50 years ago , it would be ‘ pretty incomprehensible ’ . |
| 26 | Mr David Hebblethwaite , secretary of the Liturgical Commission which helped produce the Alternative Service , said that if one translated the service back into the language of even 50 years ago , it would be ‘ pretty incomprehensible ’ . |
| 27 | And so it has gone on , although by the end of the 1980s it was evident that the patience of even a government as dedicated to the eventual triumph of nuclear power as Mrs Thatcher 's was showing signs of severe strain . |
| 28 | A salad of even the simplest ingredients is enlivened by an innovative dressing . |
| 29 | In many tuna sets most encircled dolphins are successfully released , but sometimes adverse weather conditions or equipment malfunctions can hamper the efforts of even the best-intentioned and most experienced crews . |
| 30 | Adopting initial tariffs of even 100% would still be a bold reform ; the implicit tariffs set by central planners approach infinity . |